AIMA Season IV Submission Window is Closing and Awards Ceremony Update

The Final submission date to enter Season IV of the Artists In Music Awards is November 15, 2014 at Midnight. If you have not become a member and submitted, there is still plenty of time.

For more information and to find your category go to http://www.aimusicawards.com/#!vote/c60z

We have several categories in Music, Film, Poetry, Literature, Photography, and Theatre. If your category is not represented, please let us know. We may add it.

Behind the Scenes

If you have been apart of AIMA at all during the past 3 seasons, you may have noticed that we are doing less live shows during the year. Now that we are under the Siqueiros Foundation of the Arts, the Artists In Music Awards has scaled back on the monthly shows, but we are very much still active. We do plan on continuing the live show tradition in Season V and reintroducing the Summer Showcase and the Breakthrough Series.

As of today, we are behind the scenes hard at work and focusing on the final stages of obtaining our 501c3 charity organizational license. In the meantime, the Executive Board of Directors have been diligently attending Community events, shaking hands with State and City leaders by attending political events, and appearing at various Art & Music shows in and around Los Angeles as part of our awareness campaign.

Awards Ceremony

As of today, we are unable to reveal the official location of the Awards Ceremony, but we will very soon. The Awards Ceremony is still scheduled for Saturday, March 7, 2015 and it will be held in Los Angeles. Once we have the “go-ahead” we will send out a Press Release to make the HUGE announcement.

For the main event, we are doing something never done before - show full-length films, have live performances, and exhibit Art during a televised event. At the present moment, we are looking for Full-Length Films, Short films, and Documentary’s. As mentioned previously, we will have an exhibit area to showcase Artwork, so we are looking for Nominees from the Visual Arts arena. Of course, we are also looking for live music performers for the main stage to perform in between the trophy presentations. If you are a member and you have something unique to offer, please email us.

Once we make the location announcement, we will begin selling tickets to attend the main event.

FYI: Anyone can become a member. As a member, you can nominate yourself, a band, or any single artist, actor, etc. You are also welcome to nominate someone for Lifetime Achievement, Educator of the Year, etc. We simply ask that if you nominate someone for an award, your participant is aware they must be present during the awards ceremony as we have a strict attendance policy - We do not award absentees.

To join and submit, go to http://www.aimusicawards.com/#!submit

The final submission date is NOVEMBER 15, 2015.

Stay tuned for more information COMING SOON!

Artists In Music Awards Season IV Opener at Black Rose Tavern with performances by 8-time award winner Glitter Rose and Best Reggae Artist Sono Vero

The Artists In Music Awards hosts its kickoff party celebrating the Season IV opener at Black Rose Tavern in West Los Angeles on July 5. Red Carpet begins at 8pm with live performances by Glitter Rose and Sono Vero at 10pm.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- On July 5th, two of the hottest Artists In Music Awards and most recognized recording artists will take the stage at newly remodeled Black Rose Tavern (formerly The Joint). Glitter Rose is the program's most decorated artist with 8 awards including 6 awards received by the organization (2014 awards include Artist of the Year, Performer of the Year, Best Music Video for "Buda Negra", and Best Southern Rock Artist. 2013 awards include Album of the Year for Dead or Alive and Best Rock Artist).

In 2014, Sono Vero won the award for Best Reggae Artist at the 3rd annual AIMA event held at Universal Citywalk on February 7. This will be the first time these two artists will perform together and this is the first time Sono Vero will perform for AIMA. Glitter Rose originally won a spot to perform at the Awards Ceremony when she unanimously received the highest scores at the Breakthrough Series contest held at House of Blues in 2012. Since 2012, Glitter Rose has performed a total of a dozen shows for AIMA over the course of three years. With 12 endorsements and 6 sponsors behind Glitter, this makes her one the most recognizable and most sought after artist in independent music.

Event Details
Where:
Black Rose Tavern
8771 W Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90035

When:
Saturday, July 5, 2014
Red Carpet/General Entry 8pm to 10pm
Show and Live performances 10pm to 11:30pm

Red Carpet Schedule:
Media Check-in 7pm - 7:30pm
Red Carpet Arrivals 8pm to 9:45pm

Cover charge: $10 donation (FREE entrance to AIMA & SFOTA members)
100% of proceeds will benefit Siqueiros Foundation of the Arts (a non-profit organization)

About the Artists In Music Awards 
Established in 2011, the Artists In Music Awards was originally created to honor and recognize the most talented and gifted artists.

Over the years, this tradition has evolved beyond the recognition of a singular art form with a desire to encompass all areas of Arts & Entertainment.

On April 28, 2014, Artists In Music Awards joined forces with the Siqueiros Foundation of the Arts. SFOTA is a non-profit organization with two goals in mind - the dedication to empowering creative youth by providing scholarship opportunities to underprivileged children and providing an avenue to explore and express the arts through unity and community involvement. SOFTA is also dedicated to creating jobs for out of work artists using Federal aid through the resurrection of the Federal Art Project (FAP), a program with a focus on putting Artists back to work, but disappeared after the end of the Depression Era in 1943.

Now under the Siqueiros Foundation of the Arts, this is not only a new chapter for the Artists In Music Awards, but an exciting opportunity for all artists to be apart of.

As a member of the AIMA and SFOTA comes with special privileges including exclusive access to special events, FREE awards submissions, workshops, discounts on premiere affiliated art exhibits and award events, plus voting privileges on AIMA categories.

Season IV Sponsors by MusicSUBMIT, IndependentMusicPromotions.com, LA "IN" PR, KGUP 106.5FM, Spirit Airlines, and InDspotlightTV

For more information to go: http://www.aimusicawards.com

For Press inquires and sponsorship opportunities, contact [email protected]

Register today and become a member and submit your materials for Nomination

Interview with The Como Brothers Band on The Great Unknowns Presents

Mikey Jayy of the Great Unknowns Presents interviews The Como Brothers Band. The Como Brothers is a 2-time Artists In Music Awards winner including titles for 2014 Composer of the Year and Album of the Year for Baby Steps LIVE on KGUP 106.5FM.

About The Como Brothers Band

Matt and Andrew Como are songwriters and musicians that value organic music, and songs with original integrity. All of their songs are credited as written by Matt and Andrew Como. Music is not a hobby of the brothers but a way of life and a career. Early in life their Dad and his brothers played music at family parties and Matt and Andrew were inspired along with their parents encouragement, to play music. Music was a big part of their lives throughout childhood and their teenage years. They extensively played live throughout high school and college and are now an experienced live act. In 2010 they officially began the rock band The Como Brothers Band and have been pushing forward for their dreams of a long-term career in music.

Having grown up performing in a Beatles tribute band on Long Island The Como Brothers have proved to be true musicians. Channeling their love of singing and music composition, Matt and Andrew aim to create original music that is fun to groove out to, but at the same time can be relatable and meaningful to fans.

“We wanted to make an album that was as accessible as it was relatable. The topics of the songs are very universal. There’s nothing on there that will cause anyone to say, ‘Well, I really have no idea what they’re trying to tell me.’ Everything is pretty straightforward, and that’s exactly how we wanted it to be. We wanted to write a pop album, but on our own terms.” said guitarist and singer Andrew Como.

Past performances include opening for David Cook, The Wallflowers, and Jillian Jensen. They’ve also played numerous music festival events throughout the northeast and popular music venues like Hard Rock Caf, Highline Ballroom and Nikon Jones Beach Theatre.

Music from their previous EP’s, “The Speed of Sound” [January 2012] and “Still Waters” [March 2013] has appeared on episodes of E! Network’s Keeping Up with the Kardashians, MTV’s Real World Portland & St. Thomas, and Oxygen channel’s Best Ink. In addition to opening for David Cook, The Como Brothers Band will be performing at the CBGB Festival 2013 on October 11 at Tammany Hall; and the New York City Marathon on November 3rd.

Official website: www.comobrothersband.com

Twitter: www.twitter.com/comobrosband

Facebook: www.facebook.com/comobrothersband

Listen to KGUP 106.5FM at www.kgup1065.com

Interview With 8-time Award Winner Glitter Rose on The Great Unknowns Presents, EP 170

Mikey Jayy of the Great Unknowns Presents interviews Glitter Rose. Glitter Rose is an 8-time overall award winner including 6 Artists In Music Awards titles for 2013 Best Rock Artist, Album of the Year for "Dead or Alive", 2014 Best Southern Rock Artist, 2014 Best Music Video for "Buda Negra", 2014 Performer of the Year, and 2014 Artist of the Year LIVE on KGUP 106.5FM.

Listen to the interview here:
 https://archive.org/details/Ep170InterviewWithGlitterRoseOnTheGreatUnknownsPresents

ABOUT GLITTER ROSE:
Glitter Rose’s music is breaking ground as the new sound of Southern Rock meets Country. In 2013, the 28-year-old Texan was recognized with two awards including Best Rock Artist and she received the Album of the Year Award for Dead or Alive at the 2013 Artists In Music Awards at Key Club in Hollywood, CA. In April, Glitter earned the title for Best Music Video for her song “Buda Negra” at the 14th Annual Bare Bones International Film Festival in Muskogee, OK. During the same month, Glitter was honored with the prestigious nomination for Texas State Artist - State Musician by the Texas Commission of the Arts. Glitter was also chosen as one of the three finalists in Hard Rock Rising’s 2013 Global Battle of the Bands. Then in November, Glitter was honored at the 23rd Annual Los Angeles Music Awards when she took home the award for Country Artist of the Year. Glitter took home four additional awards for Artist of the Year, Performer of the Year, Best Southern Rock Artist, and Best Music Video at the 3rd Annual Artists In Music Awards held at Jon Lovitz Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Friday, February 7, 2014.

“2013 has been an incredible year, filled with opportunities. I’m honored to be recognized and respected by the independent music and entertainment community. I’m looking forward to what new adventures 2014 will bring. Whatever they are, I’m so grateful!” - Glitter Rose

She has been involved in several new projects including hosting a successful charity auction for Susan G. Komen held at the Gibson Showroom in Beverly Hills that helped make it possible for 32 women to obtain mammograms at no charge. Glitter also made an appearance in the upcoming film “American Girl” and she wrote the title track for the film with the same name. The song “American Girl” was accompanied with her new track “Tennessee Time”, a song that was also nominated for Country Single of the Year at the 23rd Annual Los Angeles Music Awards.

Discover more about Glitter Rose at http://www.glitterrose.com

Watch Glitter’s latest music video “American Girl” from the Original Movie Soundtrack American Girl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3MX8B_xSws

Watch the 2-time award winning music video ”Buda Negra” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWjCdfHpoHo

Artists In Music Awards Returns to The Joint for St Jude Charity And Red Carpet Event

We are very pleased to announce our next St Jude Children Research Hospital Charity & Red Carpet Event featuring live performances by The Devious Means and 2012/2013 Best Alternative Artist - In Air, plus performances by Trevor Page, Marga Lane, and Kamal Khan at The Joint on August 22.

RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/323144671165543
5:30pm - Media Check-in
6pm - Red Carpet Arrivals
7:30pm - Live performances scheduled
$5 - Cover charge (recommended donation) at the door. We will also accept higher donations at the door, which will benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, but it is not required. 

If you're a 2012/2013 AIMA trophy winner and you didn't bring your trophy with you to our 8/8 event at Bugatta, bring it with you on August 22 and get photos with your trophy on the Red Carpet. This is your chance to gain some publicity. If you're a 2014 AIMA Nominee, please come and get photographed with our Official 2014 Artists In Music Awards Nomination plaque. Also, if you're an LA Music Awards recipient, you are very welcome to bring your award plaque with you to the red carpet event.

Media Coverage from August 8 at Bugatta:
If you missed it, CNN covered our event. You can read the article here: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1018408

Watch LA LIVE the SHOW video footage on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM2EUNz6ncU

Indie News At Noon Coverage Of Bugatta: http://www.indienewsatnoon.com/2013/08/trevor-page-ben-davis-torrey-mercer-soren-bryce-diamonte-among-performers-at-artists-in-music-awards-and-carvalho-birthday-bash-in-hollywood/

Photos by Mickey's Maximum Exposure:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.622010041164712.1073741858.252835224748864&type=1

Photos taken by Lucky Dog Photos:
http://www.luckyfrogphotos.com/johncarvalho

The Artists In Music Awards Hosts John Carvalho St Jude Charity & Red Carpet Celebration

Hey! I hope you're having a wonderful week.

I have some exciting news. If you're not following the Artists In Music Awards on Facebook or following us on Twitter, then you probably are unaware of next weeks festivities. We have an exciting new event that we added to the schedule, thanks to LGBT Person of the Year, Dr John Carvalho for adding an additional event for us on August 8th at Bugatta on Melrose in Hollywood.

We're celebrating his birthday and calling it the JOHN CARVALHO RED CARPET BASH AND ARTISTS IN MUSIC AWARDS CELEBRATION. It's still very much apart of The Breakthrough Series and we're also raising money for partners at St. Jude Children Research Hospital.

For this event, we have special guest performances by  Diamante, Trevor Page, Ben Davis, Isaac Hanna, Torrey Mercer, and a special guest performance by 2013 AIMA Best Folk Acoustic Artist winner Soren Bryce.

PLUS, we are showing a special screening of the short film "Blind" with guest celebrity Sunill Sadarangani and we'll also get to see a special sneak preview of the Marneen Lynne Fields new music video, "Shadows."

You won't want to miss this incredible event!

Media Check-In 5:30 pm
Red Carpet Arrivals: 6:00 pm
Live Performances: 7:30 pm

Confirmed Media:
LA LIVE TV
Pop Blitz Magazine
Mickey Maximum Exposure
InDspotlight TV
The "IN" Show
1 in a Million Photography
Get Busy Promotions & Photography
Mollywood Photography
and more!

Location:
BUGATTA RESTURANT & BAR
7174 MELROSE AVE
LOS ANGELES, CALIF 90046
$6 Valet parking available

Why is Dr. John Carvalho such an important figure in Hollywood? Dr. Carvalho is a strong advocate for Marriage Equality, he is a Political Activist for Human Rights, he Advocates for the LGBT Arts, Music, and Entertainment scene in West Hollywood, he is a leading Public Health Researcher on Infectious Diseases in the Developing World, and a Member of the Twenty International Scientific Academies.

SAVE THE DATES!

Other Breakthrough Series, St Jude Charity, & Red Carpet Events you can look forward to and to save on your calendar:

Thursday, August 22 at The Joint - performers include In Air, The Devious Minds, Mind the Gap, and more to announce (2 slots available)

Sunday, September 22 at The Joint - performers include MK Ultra, Walla, Byron Gore, (2 slots available)!

Sunday, October 20 - St Jude Charity, Costume Party, & Red Carpet Event (open)

Sunday, November 10 - Breakthrough Series and St Jude Charity Event (open)

Sunday, December 15 - 2014 Artists In Music Awards Nomination Event - performers Cheating Daylight (seeking additional performers)

Friday, February 8, 2014 - (2014 Artists In Music Awards Ceremony) - performers Cheating Daylight (seeking additional performers)

FEATURED COMPANY SPOTLIGHT: SUBSTANCE CO

Introducing the company of the week Substance Co. Substance is a Radio Promotions & Digital Branding Company based out of Los Angeles, CA. The Artists In Music Awards and KGUP 106.5FM endorse Substance Co, because they deliver results and help get their clients increase their standings on the FMQB Submodern Report & Mediaguide Alternative Specialty Charts. Unlike the imitators that only sell you the dream, Substance Co does exactly what they say and make it happen for their clients.

Substance, Co. is a downtown Los Angeles based boutique music marketing company aligned with credible artists and labels. Substance Co's services include:

SPECIALTY SHOWS

Substance, Co. promotes releases to Specialty Shows (“New Music Shows”) airing on Commercial, Non Commercial, Satellite & College Radio Stations in the United States. These 1-3 hour free form music shows support new releases from Independent & Major Labels as well as Unsigned Artists. A large section of the Specialty Show DJ’s we service are monitored by two influential Industry Radio Charts: FMQB Submodern Report & Mediaguide Alternative Specialty Charts.

CMJ COLLEGE RADIO & NON COMMERCIAL RADIO CAMPAIGNS

Our CMJ College Radio & Non Commercial Radio campaigns dive deeply into the worlds of top-ranked radio stations in the United States and Canada. The majority of these tastemaker stations report directly to CMJ Top 200 and CMJ AAA Radio Charts.

NEW MEDIA RADIO CAMPAIGNS

New Media Radio is the “new college.” With a focus on HD2, Internet/Podcast, Apps, Music Streaming Services, & Satellite radio, Substance, Co. promotes to an exclusive list of forward thinking outlets such as Shazam, Moheak, Indie1031, Sirius/XM, East Village Radio, Music Choice, RadioIO, SomaFM, 3WK, AOL Radio, Yahoo! Music, Fearless Radio, XPN2, SoundHound, Pandora & Pacific FM.

Their collective successes include: Local Natives, Still Corners, Swimm, Dum Dum Girls, Pains of Being Pure At Heart, Surfer Blood, John Maus, Weekend, Dodos, Veronica Falls, Antlers & Now, Now (formerly Now, Now Every Children).

More Dates added to Artists In Music Awards Breakthrough Series, St Jude Charity, and Press Events

How are you? I hope you're doing great!

On Sunday, July 7th we hosted our first Press Event at The Joint for a St Jude Children's Research Hospital. We had an incredible turn out and I want to personally say "thank you" to all the performers that donated their time for a charitable cause, including Above Seclusion, Gravity Hill, Diamante, Abi Ann, Gavyn Bailey, This Boy, That Girl, Torrey Mercer, and Matt Ryan King

A special thank you goes out to all that came to support this incredible event and to all the Artists In Music Awards Nominees and Alumni that attended and appeared for the Press Event including 2013 AIMA winners Tom Slack and Glitter Rose.

If you weren't able to attend and you'd like to still like to help us reach our goal of donating $1,000  to St Jude Children's Research Hospital, click HERE to make your tax deductible donation.

MORE BREAKTHROUGH SERIES DATES 

We are proud to announce that we have two more shows coming up for the month of August (Thursday 8/22) and September (Sunday 9/22). If you're a current Artists In Music Awards Nominee and you'd like to perform at one of our AIMA Breakthrough Series St Jude Charity & Press Events, please let us know asap as these slots will fill quickly. If you're not a Nominee and you would like to be entered in one of our 30 categories, send us your submission through our website HERE (These performers slots are for AIMA Nominees ONLY). In addition, only AIMA performers will be eligible for "Performer of the Year".

GET YOUR MUSIC HEARD ON 
KGUP 106.5FM 

Did you know that becoming an Artists In Music Awards Nominee, your music is automatically submitted for consideration for radio airplay on KGUP 106.5FM "The Emerge Radio Networks"?

Here is your chance to be heard on a network with over 400,000 listeners worldwide!
There is no need to submit twice once you've become an AIMA Nominee and you do not even need to ask. Every submission is prescreened for consideration. You will be contacted if your song(s) is selected for airplay on most popular independent radio station on West Coast.

FEATURED SPONSOR OF THE WEEK: MUSICSUBMIT 

MusicSUBMIT is a music promotions and internet publicity website for musicians. Music SUBMIT submits your music to genre-specific radio stations, online music magazines, online music directories, blogs, podcasts, indie record labels, and other electronic music media. WEBSITE  

THE JOINT TO HOST RED CARPET ST JUDE CHARITY EVENT FOR 2014 ARTISTS IN MUSIC AWARDS; ABOVE SECLUSION & DIAMANTE AMONG PERFORMER

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Hollywood, CA), July 7, 2013— We cordially invite you to attend the FIRST Red Carpet Event of the Summer for the 2014 Artists In Music Awards: “The Breakthrough Series” at The Joint benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital! 

FURTHER DETAILS OF EVENT:

Where: The Joint, 8771 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90035

When: July 7, 2013
4pm: Red Carpet Arrivals
Time: 5-10pm
Live performances by:
Above Seclusion
Gravity Hill
Diamante
Abi Ann
Gavyn Bailey
This Boy That Girl
With special guest performers
Torrey Mercer 
and
Matt Ryan King

Price: $5 (recommended donation) at the door. We will also accept higher donations at the door, which will benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Many celebrities, 2014 AIMA Nominees, and AIMA alumni will also be in attendance.

About St. Jude:
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital was founded in 1962 and is a leading pediatric treatment and research facility focused on children's catastrophic diseases.

About the Artists In Music Awards:
The Artists In Music Awards is a privately held organization established for music artists and entertainers. Our mission is to entertain and give recognition to the finest emerging artists. Each artist we work with is not a product, but a valued partner. We are committed to providing an engaging and rewarding environment through live entertainment events including award shows, showcases, Red Carpet, and press events.

For more information, visit our website at www.aimusicawards.com for the latest updates and artist profiles!

Thank you to our sponsors Arts Seen & Heard PR, KGUP 106.5FM “The Emerge Radio Networks”, MusicSUBMIT, & 101Distribution, and a big thank you to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

RSVP to attend: https://www.facebook.com/events/610379705652918
For Press inquires email [email protected]

Hard Rock Cafe to Host Opening of 2014 Artists In Music Awards: Performances by Glitter Rose and Soren Bryce

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Hollywood, CA), June 27, 2013— We cordially invite you to attend the opening of the 2014 Artists In Music Awards: “The Breakthrough Series” at Hard Rock Cafe benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital!

This year’s event will feature exciting LIVE performances by past AIMA winners Glitter Rose and Soren Bryce and will be attended by numerous professionals within the independent music industry including AIMA Executive Producer Mikey Jayy, who is also receiving his BA in Music Business the same day. Guests will have the opportunity to enjoy the show and network with many entertainment leaders.

FURTHER DETAILS OF EVENT:

Where: Hard Rock Cafe, 6801 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028
When: Thursday, June 27, 2013
10pm: Soren Bryce
11pm: Glitter Rose

Price: In lieu of tickets, we are accepting donations for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, founded in 1962, is a leading pediatric treatment and research facility focused on children's catastrophic diseases.

To make your donation, click this link:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=6HLDDN37LTCV8

About the Artists In Music Awards: The Artists In Music Awards is a privately held organization established for music artists. Our mission is to entertain and give recognition to the finest emerging music artists. Each artist we work with is not a product, but a valued partner. We are committed to providing an engaging and rewarding environment through live entertainment events including award shows, showcases, Red Carpet, and press events.

About the performers: 

GLITTER ROSE: Originally from Ft. Worth, TX, Glitter Rose came to California and became a 2-time Artists In Music Awards winner. She has won "Best Rock Artist" and has taken home one of the most coveted awards, "Album of the Year", for her 2012 full-length CD release, "Dead or Alive". While Glitter is definitely a "rocker" in a class of her own, her other genres are influential of Southern Rock with a touch of Country. At the age of 13, Glitter's career began in 1998 as an accomplished guitarist, a simply genius songwriter, and has vocals packed with power, grit, and originality. Her live show is that of legends, captivating the audience with her high-energy performance, and her passionate presence.

Glitter has great love and admiration for her fans, stating, "They are the reason I make music. If I can evoke emotion and excitement in one person in the crowd, I've done my job. It brings me great satisfaction to touch people with my songs and my performance."

Find Glitter Rose's complete bio at www.glitterrose.com.
Follow Glitter at http://twitter.com/GlitterRoseTX
and
"Like" her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/glitterrosemusic

SOREN BRYCE: Soren Bryce is a 16yr old folk/acoustic/alternative artist from Amarillo, TX. Soren began writing music at the age of 7 or 8, when she wrote her first song by ear on the piano. Soren recorded a 6 song EP with producer Jonathan Cunningham. Soren submitted her song "Built My House Up" to the Artist in Music Awards and she subsequently won “Best Folk/Acoustic Artist” for 2013. Her song has also been the #1 most requested song on KGUP 106.5 FM for over 17 weeks straight, making her the station's "Most Requested Artist of the Year". Soren recently recorded her original song "Drought" in LA with Grammy-nominated producer, Dan Burns. It is being pitched for film/television placement. Her Management currently has her meeting with various well-sought producers and musicians.

Soren's music can be downloaded or purchased on Reverbnation, iTunes, Soundcloud, and YouTube. Follow Soren on twitter http://twitter.com/sorenbryce for updates on shows, etc.
Website: www.reverbnation.com/sorenbryce

Visit our website at www.aimusicawards.com for the latest updates and artist profiles! Thank you to our sponsors Arts Seen & Heard PR, MusicSUMBIT, & 101Distribution, and a big thank you to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

For Press inquires email [email protected]

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/687646307918785

2014 Artists In Music Awards Voting Polls are Now Open

Alrighty Kids!

Summer is upon us and in case you aren’t aware, the voting polls for the 3rd Annual Artists In Music Awards are NOW open (see below), so if you’re an artist and your name is not listed, we are still accepting award nomination applications.

NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS AT:
www.aimusicawards.com
 and
Music Xray

JUDGES

Voting for the professional judges panel will commence beginning November 1, 2013. The list of Final Nominees will be announced during a special Red Carpet Nomination Event in December 2013 (date and location TBA). The voting polls will reopen to the public to help determine who will win each of the 30 categories in February 2014 (date and location TBA).

The sooner you enter, the greater are your chances of winning an award in one of our 30 categories. 

FAN VOTES MATTER

During the past two years, we have witnessed several artists that were not happy with the results. Some didn't win because they waited too long to submit. Some artists submitted early, but they saw no need to promote themselves to get those all important fan votes and it dramatically affected the results. While we do have an experienced panel of judges, only 50% of the results are weighed in by their decision. The other 50% is weighed on the number of fan votes. This was a fair way to measure not only an artist’s technical and vocal talent, but it was necessary to include the artist’s popularity.

NEW CATEGORIES! 

Yes, we are announcing the addition of three new categories including Composer/Songwriter of the Year, Best Teen Artist, Best Teen Pop Artist, and Best Teen Single

CLICK ON THE CATEGORY TO VOTE NOW
Best Adult Contemporary Arist 
Best Alternative Artist
Best Blues Artist 
Best Christian/Gospel Artist
Composer/Songwriter of the Year
Best Country Artist
Best Dance Artist
Best Radio Disc Jockey
Best Electronica Artist
Best Folk/Acoustic Artist
Best Hip Hop Artist
Best Indie Artist
Best Jazz Artist
Best Latin Artist 
LGBT Person of the Year
Best Pop Artist
Producer of the Year
Best Music Video
Best Reggae Artist
Best R&B/Soul Artist
Best Rock Artist
Best Singer/Songwriter 
Best Southern Rock Artist
Best Teen Artist
Best Teen Pop Artist
Best Teen Single

Judge's Categories (voting will commence November 1, 2013)
Alan Freed Award (Lifetime Achievement Award)
Artist of the Year
Album of the Year
Performer of the Year
Humanitarian of the Year

 *If your category is not represented, please let us know

THE BREAKTHROUGH SERIES 

Come out to Hard Rock Cafe on June 27, 2013 for the St Jude Children's Research Hospital Charity event and concert featuring 2013 AIMA Best Folk/Acoustic Artist winner Soren Bryce and Best Rock Artist and Album of the Year Winner Glitter Rose

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/687646307918785

NEWS UPDATE: Grand Prize Announcements, Perform at Hard Rock Cafe, and Charity Events!

We are NOW officially on the road to the 2014 Artists In Music Awards. I can’t believe we are already in our 3rd year! BREAKTHROUGH AT THE HARD ROCK!  As you may or may not be aware, we will be hosting a series of events called, “The Breakthrough Series” at Hard Rock Cafe or called, “Breakthrough at the Hard Rock” (pending Hard Rock Cafe approval). These events are an 11-show series held at Hard Rock Cafe on Hollywood Blvd in the heart of Los Angeles from April through October 2013.  Two artists will be selected to perform at each of the 11 shows. There won’t be any winners, losers, and no elimination. Just come for great food, great music, great friends, and get photographed on the Red Carpet. At the end of the series, we will invite 4 artists to come back and perform at the Awards Ceremony. CHARITY FUND RAISING EVENTS The best part about THE BREAKTHROUGH SERIES AT HARD ROCK CAFE is each show is also a charity fundraising event benefiting various charities. On April 18th, Soren Bryce and Sinem Saniye will grace the stage and this event will benefit St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. On May 16th, Whisky Row and Glitter Rose will be performing to help to raise money for the P.A.I.N. Foundation. If you are selected to perform and you already represent a specific charity, we want to know about it and a portion of the donations for that evening will go to your representing charity. If you are interested in performing during the “Breakthrough at the Hard Rock,” please SUBMIT HERE and let us know you would like to perform asap as these slots will fill quickly. GRAND PRIZE ANNOUNCEMENT  For the news you’ve all been waiting for. We recently partnered with 2 amazing new companies. First, we reached an agreement and have partnered with Arts Seen & Heard PR, which provides public relations for artists, musicians and writers and has placed clients in local and national publications. They have graciously donated a PR prize pack worth $5,000 that will be awarded to one of the top three recipients for either Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, or Performer of the Year.  We've also joined forces with MusicSUBMIT. MusicSUBMIT has donated a prize pack valued at $500. MusicSUBMIT is a music promotions and internet publicity website for musicians. Music SUBMIT submits your music to genre-specific radio stations, online music magazines, online music directories, blogs, podcasts, indie record labels, and other electronic music media. In addition, 101Distribution and Independent Music Promotions have returned and will also provide valuable prize packages worth $500 each. That's over $6,500 in valuable prizes!  From June 1st through November 1, 2013, fans will decide through the voting poles who are their favorite artists. Between November 1st through November 31, combined with the voting results, the judges will make the final decision who will be the Top 5 Final Nominees in each of the 27 categories, including the Top 5 in the Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, and the Performer of the Year category.  On December 1st, the voting poles will reopen  to the public for the winner take all in each of the categories. On January 20, 2014, the poles will permanently close and we will begin the trophy engraving process. The trophies will be handed in person to each artist that secures their genre category at the Awards Ceremony in February 2014 (date and location TBA). AWARD CATEGORIES Over the last 2 years, we’ve had artists ask us to add various genres into our award categories, but unfortunately, we can’t recognize every category that’s out there. However, we want your opinion. Below is the full list of current and newly added genres. We would like to know what you think. What category(s) is missing from this list? Is your genre not represented? Should we add Music Educator of the Year? Should we add Best Songwriter? We want to know what you think. Music Award Categories: - Alan Freed Award (Lifetime Achievement) - Artist of the Year - Album of the Year - Alternative - Blues - Indie - Christian/Gospel - Country - Dance - Electronica - Folk/Acoustic - Funk (new) - Hip Hop - Latin - Jazz - Metal Band - Music Video - Pop - Performer of the Year (New) - Producer of the Year - Radio Disc Jockey - Reggae - R&B/Soul - Rock - Singer/Songwriter - Southern Rock - LGBT Person of the Year Sincerely, Mikey Jayy Executive Producer Artists In Music Awards Official Website: http://aimusicawards.com Have you watched our promo video?

2013 Artists In Music Awards Recap & Looking ahead to 2014

First I would like to give a BIG thank you to everyone that came to the awards ceremony last Thursday in celebration and support of these incredible artists. We pulled off a very successful Red Carpet Event and Awards Presentation, plus a successful first time Nomination Event and Summer Showcase series during 2012. I am truly honored to have had each and every one of you apart of this incredible platform.

Read the full review of the show here: 

http://www.allindiemagazine.net/2013/02/winners-of-2nd-annual-artists-in-music.html

Without platforms like the Artists In Music Awards, music artists are subjected to false recognition and unattainable platforms that are nearly impossible to achieve. By supporting our program, you give independent artists a fighting chance with recognition that is truly deserved.

With the 2013 Artists In Music Awards now officially over, we can now turn the page and begin to look forward to 2014.

This coming year, we have a lot of new stuff happening. In case you are not aware, the submission window for the 2014 Artists In Music Awards just opened, so if you'd like to make your run at a repeat win, have your chance at becoming a first time recipient of the 2014 A.I.M.A. trophy, or recapture the title from 2012, by all means, please enter. You are not required to have new material or a new album to qualify. Just bring your “A” game and your desire to be at the top. 

SUBMIT HERE TO BE A 2014 ARTISTS IN MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEE

We've also added a few new categories including: 

Best Funk Artist

Best Reggae 

and

Performer of the Year

**************ANOTHER BRAND NEW GOODIE************ 

"BREAKTHROUGH AT THE HARD ROCK"

Another big opportunity this year will include performing at Hard Rock Cafe in Hollywood, CA at our event called "Breakthrough at the Hard Rock". We have several shows scheduled this year beginning April 18. Several bands will perform, but only 4 artists will be selected to perform at the Nomination Event and the Awards Ceremony. However, this is subject to change. If there are more than 4 of you that put on amazing performances, we may invite you to perform on one of the main events.   

So far we have Whisky Row, Reachback, Lift Off, Glitter Rose, and The Brilliancy are our scheduled performers. Several slots are still available. If you'd like to be considered to perform, please let us know asap as these will fill very quickly. 

**************We still have T-shirts left******************

If you did not purchase a limited edition 2013 Artists In Music Awards Nominees t-shirt with all the Nominees names printed on them, we still have a bunch left and they are going for $12. Shipping is included in the price. Just tell us what size you want in the “Add Note to seller”

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Send us your $12 payment via Paypal to [email protected]

While supplies last, we will send you a free Event Program. Of the 1,000 we had on hand, we have 99 left. 

*****For those of you that are considering entering the 2014 Artists In Music Awards as a Nominee, here are some helpful tips******

Last year, there were a lot of artists that did everything they were supposed to do and the results of their hard work paidbig dividends. Some of artists created events on Facebook asking for Votes, they even sent out weekly and monthly newsletters asking fans to vote, and posted daily Tweets on Twitter asking people to vote, but many of the artists that submitted never promoted at all or did very little to promote the voting portion of the contest and therefore, they either did not advance to the Final Judges Round or lost in the Final Voting Round, because they simply didn't not ask their fans to support them or were focused on other things. Don’t make this mistake next time.

There were some artists that really busted their butts to win and only lost by a matter of a handful of votes. I think this is an outstanding achievement. That means their fans cared enough and fought for them until the very end. That is something almost worth more than winning.

Now that you know how to win, your name may forever be etched on one our beautiful trophies in February 2014. 

This program is not about how many tickets you sell or how many tables you buy. It truly is about the music and about how hard you work to promote your music and promote our program. 

In order to make it in this program or in this business for that matter, you need to test the loyalty of your fans. If  you are afraid of bugging your fanbase in fear that they may unlike or unfollow you, then you should do something else. If this is what you are worried about, then the small few that complain were never true fans to begin with. You need to be confident, fearless, and be aggressive. This business is all about the numbers. PR reps, Management, and Label Executives will all tell you it's a numbers game. You need the fan numbers to back you up in order for labels to take you seriously. It's not enough that your music is great. You need to find your diehard fans that believe in you and want to help you succeed. They will in turn help promote you, and your numbers will multiply. You cannot sit back and hope people will vote for you simply because you're music is awesome. Your music is your Product and your product is only one of the four P's of your business.

We have established that your music is your Product, now you need to Promote yourself, a Place to promote it (Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, performing at gigs, etc), and the Price (fans get to see their favorite artist win an award). Do not sit back and hide yourself in the studio and write music and jam all day long and make cover songs on YouTube. Get out there. Do interviews. Appear on Red Carpets. Attend charity events. Do things that are out of your comfort zone and have fun doing it. You cannot expect to win anything if you do not have a balancing act between appearing, performing, practicing, and promotion. Each plays a vital role in your career as an artist. 

Okay, that's enough lecturing for today. 

NOW, SUBMIT HERE AND LET’S GET TO WORK

Mikey Jayy

Executive Producer

Artists In Music Awards

Official Website: http://aimusicawards.com

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2013 ARTISTS IN MUSIC AWARDS RECEPIENTS!

Best Folk/Acoustic Artist - Soren Bryce

Best Christian/Gospel Artist - In the Midst 777

Best Blues Artist - Trevor Sewell

Best Adult Contemporary Artist - Tom Slack

Best Country Artist - Katie Cole

Best Jazz Artist - Alex Economou

Best Singer Songwriter - Mika Ben-Yami

Best Latin Artist - Samy Gana

Best Punk/Post Punk Artist  - Static People

Best Metal/Hard Rock Band - Haster

Best Music Video - Reachback

Best Alternative Artist - In Air

Best Indie Rock Artist - Walla

Best Pop Artist - The Beu Sisters

Best Rock Artist - Glitter Rose

Best Hip Hop Artist - Ko-Lition

Best Dance Artist - Melanie Taylor

Best Electronica - The Ground Above

Best R&B/Soul Artist - Ill Funk Ensemble

LGBT Person of the Year - Dr John Carvalho

Best Radio Disk Jockey - Diggy Kat

Producer of the Year - Avery Berman

Lifetime Humanitarian Award - Ron Whitaker and Isabella Shaldan

Humanitarian of the Year - D'Andre Lampkin

Lifetime Achievement - Brad Mercer

Breakthrough Artist of the Year - Lisa Panagos

John Cassese “Comeback Artist of the Year"

Album of the Year - Glitter Rose

Artist of the Year - Katie Cole