FONTANA NORTH, through it's partnership with Universal Music Canada, provides us with a retail sales and promotion team to ensure our releases are in all major music retail stores (and big box outlets) in Canada. They also provide our digital distribution in Canada exclusively. Fontana North was formerly Maple Music.
IODA provides us with global digital distribution (excluding Canada) for all our releases. Their partnerships include all major and indie digital music services on the planet including: iTunes, Puretracks, MusicNet, Emusic, Rhapsody, AOL, MSN, HMV, Amazon, Groupie Tunes, Verizon, AT&T, and hundreds of others.
THE ADDICTIVE RECORDS ROSTER:
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INNER CITY SURFERS
DEBUT CD "Inner City Surfers" is available in stores and on-line NOW!
ADDICTIVE RECORDS, IN THEORY, WAS CREATED FROM A CHILDHOOD DREAM STEMMING FROM THE DESIRE TO CREATE MUSIC. WE’RE HERE TO FIND, NURTURE, DEVELOP, AND, MANAGE THE MOST DRIVEN, CREATIVE,
COMMITTED, AND TALENTED ARTISTS IN THE WORLD AND EXPOSE THEM TO THE UNIVERSE.
WE OFFER ARTISTS: MANAGEMENT, RADIO/VIDEO PROMOTION, MEDIA RELATIONS/PR, AND DISTRIBUTION. OUR RELEASES ARE DISTRIBUTED IN CANADA BY FONTANA NORTH/UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA. THIS INCLUDES EVERYWHERE YOU BUY YOUR MUSIC - IN STORES AND ON LINE.
WE ALSO OFFER WORLDWIDE DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION AT OVER 100 DIGITAL MUSIC SERVICES / E-STORES IN OVER 60 COUNTRIES - INCLUDING: APPLE iTUNES, PURETRACKS, NAPSTER, E-MUSIC (DRM FREE!), AMAZON (DRM FREE!), YAHOO, AOL, SONY CONNECT, VERIZON WIRELESS, ROGERS WIRELESS, BELL MOBILITY, AND MANY OTHERS.
MISSION STATEMENT: TO FIND, NURTURE, DEVELOP, AND MANAGE THE MOST DRIVEN, CREATIVE, TALENTED, AND COMMITTED ARTISTS IN THE WORLD AND EXPOSE THEM TO THE UNIVERSE.
OUR GOAL IS TO FUNCTION AS A TEAM, WITH EACH MEMBER WORKING TOGETHER TO ALLOW OUR DREAMS TO UNFOLD. BE IT SINGER, SONGWRITER, GUITARIST, BASSIST, DRUMMER, KEYBOARDIST, ROADIE, MERCH PERSON, OR MANAGER, WE EACH HAVE OUR STRENGTHS AND IF WERE ALL ON TOP OF OUR GAME, AND FUNCTION AS A TEAM, WE CANT LOSE.
FOR THOSE WHO WANNA ROCK. ADDICTIVE RECORDS WILL ROCK YOU.
ANGER- MANAGEMENT, A DIVISION OF ADDICTIVE RECORDS, IS A FULL SERVICE ARTIST MANAGEMENT COMPANY. WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE ACCESS TO WORLDWIDE DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION THROUGH ADDICTIVE RECORDS. OUR CLIENT ROSTER ENJOYS ALL THE BENEFITS OF DISTRIBUTION. WE USE ADDICTIVE RECORDS AS A MAJOR MANAGEMENT TOOL. THIS ALLOWS US THE ABILITY TO DEVELOP A SOLID SALES STORY, PRESS STORY, RADIO/VIDEO STORY AND ULTIMATELY ENJOY THE SUCCESS OF DEVELOPING AND BREAKING TALENTED INDEPENDENT ARTISTS. OUR PHILOSOPHY IS OLD-SCHOOL DIY. TOGETHER WITH THE ARTIST WE CAN BECOME THE ATTRACTIVE INVESTMENT FOR ANY MAJOR INTERNATIONAL LABEL...SHOULD WE CHOOSE TO ACCEPT THAT INEVITABLE OFFER.
VEE POPAT HAS OVER 2 DECADES OF EXPERIENCE WORKING IN THE CANADIAN MUSIC INDUSTRY. AFTER DJ’ING HIS GRADE 8 GRADUATION HE MOVED ON THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY WORKING RECORD RETAIL AT SAM THE RECORD MAN (SARNIA), A&A RECORDS & TAPES (SCARBOROUGH, ASSISTANT MANAGER), HMV (GUELPH), AND SUNRISE RECORDS (TORONTO – RETAIL STORE AS WELL AS MARKETING ASSISTANT AT HEAD OFFICE), HE ALSO HAS BEEN A CLUB DJ SPINNING EVERYTHING FROM HOUSE, COMMERCIAL DANCE AND HIP HOP TO ALTERNATIVE ROCK, CLASSIC HIP HOP, AND ELECTRONICA.
WITHIN 6 WEEKS OF GRADUATING FROM RYERSON UNIVERSITY WITH A BACHELOR OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, MARKETING MAJOR (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, MINOR), HE STARTED WORKING IN THE SALES BRANCH OF UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA.. AFTER 1 YEAR, VEE WAS OFFERED A PROMOTION GIG AT ATTIC RECORDS - ONE OF CANADA’S OLDEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL INDEPENDENT RECORD COMPANIES. HE WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE TEAM RESPONSIBLE FOR NATIONAL RADIO & VIDEO PROMOTION AS WELL AS NATIONAL PUBLICITY. WHILE HERE, VEE WORKED RECORDS FROM SUCH ARTISTS AS: SLIPKNOT, SEPULTURA, FEAR FACTORY, CREED, MAESTRO, AARON CARTER, AND TOM JONES. HE ALSO HAD A NUMBER 1 CLUB HIT WITH A RECORD YOU MAY HAVE DANCED TO IN SOME CLUB: FUNKSTAR DELUXE VS BOB MARLEY “SUN IS SHINING”.
THREE YEARS LATER, VEE TOOK AN OPPORTUNITY WITH VIRGIN MUSIC CANADA. (WWW.VIRGINMUSIC.CA), CONTINUING WITH NATIONAL RADIO AND VIDEO PROMOTION EXCLUSIVELY. WITHIN 6 MONTHS, VEE WAS ASKED TO JOIN THE PROMOTION TEAM AT EMI MUSIC CANADA (CAPITOL/VIRGIN) WHERE HE CONTINUED WITH RADIO & VIDEO PROMOTION. WHILE AT VIRGIN/EMI, VEE WORKED ON SEVERAL RELEASES FROM SUCH MULTI-PLATINUM SELLING ARTISTS AS: COLDPLAY, RADIOHEAD, GORILLAZ, LENNY KRAVITZ, JANET JACKSON, BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB, K-OS, THE MUSIC, DOVES, STARSAILOR, THE ROLLING STONES, NICKELBACK, ROBBIE WILLIAMS, KYLIE MINOGUE, THE VINES, NORAH JONES, JOSS STONE, THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS, FAT BOY SLIM, JANES ADDICTION, CHINGY, SEAN PAUL, MASTER P, AND MANY, MANY OTHERS.
IN JULY OF 2004, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF ADDVICE MARKETING (NEW YORK), VEE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN LAUNCHING ADDVICE MARKETING CANADA (A DIVISION OF VICE). AS GENERAL MANAGER, VEE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TEAM WHICH CRAFTED AND EXECUTED ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLE MARKETING CAMPAIGNS FOR SUCH ARTISTS AS: THE MARS VOLTA, NANCY SINATRA, DE LA SOUL, KINGS OF LEON, THE ILLUMINATI, JAKALOPE, AND MAXIMO PARK. ADDVICE WAS A FULL SERVICE MUSIC & FASHION MARKETING COMPANY AND IS NOW KNOWN AS THE MUSEBOX.
IN APRIL 2005, AFTER A MUTUAL AGREEMENT, VEE LEFT ADDVICE. IT WAS THEN WHEN HE TOOK HIS EXPERIENCE, WILL, DETERMINATION, AND PASSION AND LAUNCHED HIS OWN INTERNATIONALLY DISTRIBUTED INDEPENDENT RECORD LABEL: ADDICTIVE RECORDS . THE ADDICTIVE RECORDS ROSTER INCLUDES LYE, SAIGON HOOKERS, LEVIRIDE, ROMEO LIQUOR STORE, THE GUV’NOR GENERALS TRACKDIRTYAZ, AND OTHERS.
WHILE CONTINUING TO OPERATE ADDICTIVE RECORDS, VEE IS ALSO DIRECTOR, MARKETING AND PROMOTION AT TRUE NORTH RECORDS/LINUS ENTERTAINMENT . TRUE NORTH/LINUS ENT IS CANADA’S OLDEST AND ONE OF ITS LARGEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL INDEPENDENT RECORD COMPANIES. VEE ALSO IS AN INSTRUCTOR AT METALWORKS INSTITUTE WHERE HE TEACHES ARTIST MANAGEMENT..
I really appreciate your friendship and support. So this is my way of showing you love. Do visit again if you have already and if you haven't, do come over and listen to the new tracks. Do let me know what's good with you.
Eh how are you? Thanks for supporting Amongst Anger! We just wanted to let you know that we dig your support and we have uploaded more songs off our new CD for you to listen too or download! New tracks Sunshine featuring Boomin Stick Wharton on lead vocals and Why Oh Why featuring Hundred Proof Rye on lead vocals! We hope you enjoy! Peace! Amongst Anger
