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AIRPLAY DIRECT CONGRATULATES THE 2015 IBMA “MOMENTUM AWARD” NOMINEES

Posted on August 19, 2015

 

AirPlay is pleased to congratulate all of the 2015 IBMA “Momentum Award” Nominees.

AirPlay Direct continues to be excited about our previous involvement with and co-sponsorship of IBMA “Momentum Awards” for 2013 & 2014, and is looking forward to the same level of involvement and participation for 2015.  Listed below are the 2015 IBMA “Momentum Award” Nominees.  Each "Performance Momentum Award” recipient will be awarded a global AirPlay Direct “Marketing & Awareness” Campaign to promote and market their music to AirPlay Direct’s 9,800+ radio station members around the world.”   Lynda Weingartz, CEO – AirPlay Direct

Momentum Award Nominees:

Performance Award nominees, Instrumentalists (final committee will select 3)

•    Annie Staninec (fiddle)

•    Casey Campbell (mandolin, fiddle)

•    Molly Tuttle (guitar, banjo)

•    Nate Lee (fiddle, mandolin)

•    Paul Kowert (bass)

•    Patrick McAvinue (fiddle)

•    John Mailander (fiddle, mandolin)

•    Bryan McDowell (fiddle, guitar)

Performance Award nominees, Vocalist (final committee to select 1)

•    Savannah Church (The Church Sisters)

•    Alysha Bankester (The Bankesters)

•    Kim Robins (Kim Robins and 40 Years Late)

•    Louise Holden (I Draw Slow)

•    Summer McMahan (Mountain Faith)

Performance Award nominees, Band (final committee to select 1)

•    I Draw Slow

•    Lonely Heartstring Band

•    Twisted Pine

•    Haas, Kowert, Tic

Industry Involvement Award nominees, Media/Artisan/Business/General

•    Alan Tompkins (promoter, radio broadcaster, association leader)

•    Casey Freeland (association executive director)

•    Daniel Mullins (journalist, radio broadcaster)

•    Erin Scholze (publicist)

Nominees for Festival/Event/Venue

•    HoustonFest – Galax, VA

•    Outer Banks Bluegrass Festival – Manteo, NC

•    ISIS Restaurant and Music Hall – Asheville, NC

•    PineCone Youth Camp – Cary, NC

•    Christmas in the Smokies – Pidgeon Forge, TN

Mentor Award (given to a bluegrass professional who has made a significant impact on the lives and careers of newcomers to the bluegrass industry):

•    Alan Tompkins (promoter, radio broadcaster, association leader)

•    Andrea Roberts (Andrea Roberts Agency)

•    Daniel Boner (director, Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies at ETSU)

•    Ken Irwin (Rounder Records)

•    Woody Platt (Steep Canyon Rangers)

"Once again we deeply appreciate the support of AirPlay Direct as an IBMA Momentum Awards sponsor.  Our partnership with AirPlay Direct is an important one to both recognize and empower the emerging talent in bluegrass.  Robert and Lynda Weingartz at AirPlay Direct generously give of their time and provide valuable member benefits that help artists distrubute their music to radio in an innovative and cost-effective way.  The first demonstration I saw of AirPlay Direct was a 'wow' moment!"  Paul Schiminger, Executive Director - IBMA

The AirPlay Direct Executive Team will be attending the IBMA WOB 2015. 

Unfortunately, we will not be hosting an IBMA panel this year as previously announced.  However, we will keep our commitment to meet with everyone collectively or one-on-one as time permits.

To arrange a time to meet with the AirPlay Direct team and discuss how to develop your career, grow your brand and create global awareness for your company, artists, clients or music… please reach out to Lynda Weingartz to schedule a time. lynda@airplaydirect.com  We look forward to seeing everyone at all of this year’s events.

About IBMA Business Conference 2015:  The IBMA Business Conference is the premier industry event and trade show where top bluegrass professionals—including artists, agents, journalists, merchandisers, record labels, publicists, publishers, talent buyers and more—come to share and discover the latest tools, strategies, technology and sounds.  The 2015 conference will take place September 29 - October 1 at the Raleigh Convention Center in beautiful downtown Raleigh, NC.  www.ibma.org/world-of-bluegrass

About AirPlay Direct:  AirPlay Direct is an e-based artist marketing, promotion and education platform that allows artists, record labels and music publishers to securely deliver broadcast-quality music and digital Press Kits / DPKs to music industry professionals worldwide.  Our system allows, radio programmers and film / TV music supervisors globally to connect to new music, create music calls, browse top downloaded artists and immediately download music and related artist information.

AirPlay Direct also provides our artist / label members our genre-based APD Global Radio Indicator Charts which track the download activity that our members' music receives from our worldwide radio panel.  We have a national and international reach of 9,800+ radio stations and programmers in 90+ countries.  www.AirPlayDirect.com

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