THE ART OF CAPTURING LIVE PERFORMANCES
Independent Music Awards Adds Concert Photography Category
TO UPCOMING 8TH ANNUAL PROGRAM
May 19, 2008 The
Independent Music Awards (IMAs) – the awards program for the indie
revolution – has added a Concert Photography category to an
already broad spectrum of honors that span music genres from Heavy Metal to
Gospel; and design categories that also include Music Video, Packaging and
Merchandise.
Now the IMAs
will honor those valiant photographers, who risk life and limb in the pit while
avoiding occupational hazards such as flying objects and flailing bodies, in
order to capture and preserve a live indie performance.
The IMA
Concert Photography category is open to all photographs of a live performance
by an Independent musician or band taken between July 2007 and August 2008.
Program winners are promoted to more than 15 million music fans and industry
insiders via yearlong print, broadcast and online promotions.
Judges for the
8th annual program include: Peter Gabriel,
Roger Daltrey,
, Buddy Guy, George Jones, Keith Urban, Zakk Wylde, Butch Walker, Ice-T;
Suzanne Vega, Glassjaw’s Daryl Palumbo, Rolling Stone Editor, Anthony DeCurtis,
ManiaTV VP of Programming, Stefan Goldby, Joe Cuello and Carrie Hughes of MTV
Networks and Lee Mergner, Jazz Times Editor-In-Chief among many others.
About the Independent Music Awards
The IMAs is a
unique international program that tears down mainstream obstacles and places
vetted indie talent in front of millions of music fans and industry
influencers.
Created by Music Resource Group publisher of the industry directory, The Musician’s Atlas and AtlasOnline co-sponsored by online retailers, eMusic and PureVolume, digital networks, ManiaTV , HavocTV and The StreamTV; radio promotion gurus,
The Planetary Group, HIP Video Promo; The Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS), Burnside Distribution, radio tracking
service, MediaGuide; CMJ Music Marathon, Venuszine, the
Soundclick and eRockster music communities and Punknews.org, IMA Winners
& Finalists are promoted to more than 15 Million music fans and key
industry players including Radio Programmers, Talent Buyers, Film, TV & Gaming Music
Supervisors and Music Press.
IMA Winners
and Finalists Promoted to More Than 15 Million:
Entries received from the United States, Canada,
Australia, Japan, Guam, Argentina, Cuba, Israel, Spain, Germany, France,
the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Italy, Greece, Estonia, Russia, Ireland, Hong
Kong, New Zealand and the UK reflect the program’s stature and reach
throughout the international independent music community.
Winners and finalists credit the program with boosting their
visibility with festival & club talent buyers, radio programmers, music
press, distributors, industry insiders and fans. IMA artists include: Koko Taylor, Speech (Arrested Development),
Lacuna Coil, Sugarcult, Richard Julian, Animate Objects, Girl In a Coma, The
Dollyrots,
Miguel Migs, No More Kings, Apples in
Stereo, Val Emmich, Scott and Aimee (featuring Unwritten Law’s Scott Russo),
Ari Gold, Ike Turner,
Sweet Honey In The Rock, Chris Whitley and Joan As Police Woman.
Deadline for the upcoming Independent
Music Awards is August 1, 2008.
Details and entry forms
are available at: www.IndependentMusicAwards.com
Contact Joelle
Caputa: Joelle@IndependentMusicAwards.com,
973-509-9896
