2005 MMC SPONSORS

Sam Ash - Sam Ash is known as “The World's Favorite Music Store,” but they didn't arrive at that title overnight. Today there are 30 Sam Ash Musical Instrument Megastores nationwide located in California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Nevada, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia. The company also runs a pro services and parts division, Sam Ash Professional and an Educational Division that specializes in servicing schools. Known the world over for offering the most complete selection of musical instruments and accessories at famous discount prices, Sam Ash Music retains the same goals that their founder established when he opened that first store in Brooklyn.
   

CD Baby - The leading online distribution center for independent artists.  Derek Sivers will be in attendance at the 4th annual conference conducting his seminar/demo on marketing. 
   

The Zippo Hot Tour, now in its second year is quickly becoming the Worlds HOTTEST band competition. Zippo is dedicated to exposing the best emerging talent and supporting the local music scene. 
   

Onlinegigs is a unique solution to this age old problem. It is a centralized database of nationwide venues, colleges, festivals and media contacts. But the Onlinegigs members actually help to maintain and contribute to the data simultaneously from different parts of the country. Each member acts as a market researcher for the other, allowing everyone to benefit from every member's interaction with every contact.
   

Rule Radio was started out of frustration of corporate radio's need for talk and commercials.  I had been wondering (as many of you have) of ways to hear different music since radio was not offering it with their national play lists.
   

Best Western Charlotte Uptown - The official site of the 4th Annual Midatlantic Music Conference, formerly the Four Points Sheraton Uptown, this luxurious hotel still has spacious beautiful rooms, and some of the largest rental areas in the Uptown area. 
   

Lady Di`/Bar-Red Ent. Grp. (LDBR) is the Premier Marketing/Promotions Company in the Southeast based out of Atlanta, GA.  We specialize in Internet, Street, Club, Radio, Video, and Retail Promotions.
   

Exposure Magazine: The Monthly Source Of Exposure For Industry Professionals. Their Features Include Exclusive Interviews, Pillow Talk, Artist Spotlights, And Much More...
   

Caustic Entertainment Group is an Atlanta, Georgia based Music Production Company. Their product is a hybrid of East Coast & Southern Funk Hiphop, R & B, Reggae, Alternative Southern Rock, Gospel, Jazz, Blues and Spoken Word.  Their artists represent a wide spectrum of incredibly diverse musical talent. Home of the World Renowned Caustic Dames, "The Hardest Working Ladies in the Business"

Queen City Indie - is an entertainment promotions organization who puts on some of the hottest talent in Charlotte.

DiscMakers - Nobody makes CD or DVD manufacturing easier and no one delivers faster. When you need CD or DVD replication, short-run duplication, complete printing and packaging options, cd dvd duplicators and printers, or affordable blank CDs and blank DVDs look no further.
   

Select-O-Hits - Select-O-Hits Distribution, in business for over 45 years, is one of the nation's top five independent record distributors. Based in Memphis, Tennessee, Select-O-Hits also has sales offices in key music markets such as New York, California, Florida, the Pacific Northwest, the Midwest and the Southern Belt.
 
   

Media Partners

Kiss 95.1 FM - Charlotte
   

The Weeklys - The Weeklysª, Inc. has been on the forefront of simplifying entertainment calendars for the past 10 years and has now branched out onto the internet. You can look strictly at our 10 year history to see that this is already a thriving product in print and expanding to the internet is a logical progressionnowhere else on the net will you find club calendering that is accurately and completely updated week by week in the Clear & Conciseª format pioneered by a company with a successful 10 year history.
   

Creative Loafing - Charlotte NC's premier entertainment paper

 

 

106.5 - The End, 90 mins with Divakar, indie show

 

 

 

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Customized sponsorship packages are available. Contact us for more info:
888-755-0036 / 770-300-0175
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Advertising Media:

  • Print Media

  • Web Campaigns

  • Radio Advertising

  • Television Advertising

Sponsorship Levels

  • Platinum - $5000

  • Gold - $3000

  • Silver - $1000

Advertising Opportunities Include:

  • The 4th Annual Conference Panels at the Best Western Charlotte

  • The 4th Annual Showcase at 6 Area Venues

  • MMC Opening Night Parties

  • MMC Panelist Brunch

  • Official Conference Grab Bags, with your logo and distributed to all attendees, is filled with music and more.

  • Official Conference Directory, our custom built guide distributed to all attendees

  • Official Conference Badge and Lanyards, Worn by each attendee, the lanyard assures constant visibility of your company logo

  • Flyer Print Logo Placements

  • MMC Product Demonstrations/Clinics

  • Radio and TV ad mentions

  • Booth space is available.