Rocketown Records

Rocketown Records is an independent record label which was started in 1996 by Michael W. Smith. The dream was to create a new, independent Christian record label that wouldn't follow the rules of the modern music business. In the fall of 1995, Michael W. Smith met with Don Donahue, who was, at the time, Smith's A&R director at Reunion Records, to discuss the creation of this new label. They hoped to develop artists, and not focus on musical fads.

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Current Rocketown Artists

* High Flight Society
* Geoff Moore
* Michael Olson
* Jake Smith

Alumni Rocketown Artists

* Alathea
* apt.core
* Christine Dente
* Ronnie Freeman
* Shaun Groves
* Hyper Static Union
* Reuben Morgan
* Out of the Grey
* Ginny Owens
* Chris Rice
* George Rowe III
* Taylor Sorensen
* The Swift
* The Turning
* Watermark
* Wilshire

Imprint

In 2006, Rocketown launched an imprint label, RKT Music, focused on rock artists servicing a more younger demographic than the core Rocketown Records demographic. The first release under the RKT Music name was "Lifegiver" by Hyper Static Union (May 06) as a partnership between Rocketown Records and the Christian rock band Third Day (Hyper Static Union was signed to a production deal with Third Day's Consuming Fire Productions).

Additional releases under RKT Music include "Learning to Lose" - The Turning (June 06) and High Flight Society (July 07).

References

See also

* List of record labels

External links

* [http://www.rocketownrecords.com/ Official site]