Steve Tramposch named Managing Director, Strategic Partnerships for crowdsourced marketing platform FanDistro

Launchpad President Steve Tramposch is proud to announce his involvement as Managing Director, Strategic Partnerships for crowdsourced marketing platform FanDistro, under the Launchpad Media umbrella of tech companies. FanDistro has introduced a new business model to the music industry by introducing brands to artists’ crowdsourced marketing campaigns. The result is a revenue source for artists, labels, and managers that is not dependent …

Management client Mike Joyce of The Smiths nominated to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Launchpad Media is proud to announce that management client and original member of The Smiths – Mike Joyce – has been nominated for induction into the 2015 class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Additional nominees include Green Day, Nine Inch Nails, N.W.A, Lou Reed and Sting. NME named The Smiths as the most influential music act of the last 50 years, and their album, …

Update – now the #1 rock song in the US! A&R signing Nothing More

[gdl_gallery title=”GALLERY_TITLE” width=”IMAGE_SRC” height=”IMAGE_HEIGHT” ] Update – August 15, 2014 – Now the #1 rock song in the US! “Once in a generation comes a band who change perceptions on what can be achieved. The last one was Linkin Park, the next one is Nothing More.”  – Chris Ingham, Publisher, Metal Hammer (UK) The world is buzzing about Steve Tramposch/Launchpad Media’s …

MyStream announcements

A number of exciting announcements from Launchpad Media’s Tech Consulting client MyStream in the coming days. For more information on MyStream and its team click here. MyStream enables the real-time, wireless, social sharing of content directly between multiple mobile and desktop devices and users, all without the need to ever connect to an external server. This patented technology enables users to stream digital …

Eleven Seven Music / ReverbNation A&R Search

Eleven Seven Music Group through it’s relationship with Launchpad Media has partnered with ReverbNation to help find the next big thing in music.  ReverbNation and Launchpad President / VP of A&R for Eleven Seven Steve Tramposch will collaborate to review all submissions. This includes Rock submissions for Eleven Seven Music as well as Alternative submissions for Five Seven Music. The Eleven Seven Music …

Launchpad represents – legendary musician, percussionist, music host, DJ, producer, and original member of The Smiths – Mike Joyce.

Steve Tramposch and Launchpad Media are proud to announce the representation of legendary musician, percussionist, music host, DJ, producer, and original member of The Smiths – Mike Joyce. NME named The Smiths as the most influential music act of the last 50 years, and their album, “The Queen is Dead” topped the best 500 albums of all time, beating The Beatles, Elvis, Bob Marley, the Rolling Stones, U2, …

A&R signing Che’Nelle receives award for over 1 Million CD albums and 10 Million Digital Units sold

Steve Tramposch / Virgin Records A&R signing Che’Nelle has just received an award for over 1 Million CD albums and 10 Million Digital Units sold, just in Japan.  Congrats and continued success to Che’Nelle and everyone involved! For more information: Launchpad page How Che’nelle was discovered and signed by a Major Label AllMusic Profile For A&R consulting services click here. …

Launchpad is proud to announce our new Music Tech Consulting client, MyStream.

Launchpad Media is proud to announce our new Tech Consulting client MyStream. MyStream is a free mobile to mobile social music streaming technology enabling multiple users the ability to eliminate the cumbersome practice of sharing headphones or using a splitter in order to enjoy listening to music with a small or large group of friends. Music fans can wirelessly share music …

Launchpad represents – Rap Artist/Producer Stat Quo

Steve Tramposch and Launchpad Media are proud to announce the representation of Rap Artist/Producer Stat Quo. Steve discovered Stat Quo while Director of A&R at Elektra Records. A year later, rapper Eminem heard his music and passed it on to Dr. Dre, resulting in Stat Quo becoming signed to both Aftermath Entertainment and Shady Records. Stat has recorded with artists such as Eminem, Dr. …

Launchpad is proud to announce our new Music Tech Consulting client, Silicon Valley-based Zazz

Launchpad Media is proud to announce our new Music Tech Consulting client, Silicon Valley-based Zazz. Zazz (coming soon), is a platform designed for social interaction centered around artists. On Zazz, artists share their music and valuable additional content with all of their fans, in a business model designed to ensure that fans are engaged and artists are financially rewarded. Zazz’s …

Launchpad represents – world-renowned Studio 880 and John Lucasey

Steve Tramposch and Launchpad Media are proud to announce the representation of Northern California’s world-renowned Studio 880, as well as its Founder – Music Producer, Mixer, and Mastering Engineer John Lucasey. Some of John’s projects have included Green Day, Norah Jones, Faith Hill, Drake, Lenny Kravitz, Train, Fall Out Boy, The Killers, Disney, Wal-Mart, Anheuser Busch, The Simpsons TV show, …

Fun. featuring singer Nate Ruess of A&R signing The Format Wins Two Grammy Awards – Best New Artist & Song Of The Year

“Fun.” featuring singer Nate Ruess of Steve Tramposch / Elektra Records A&R signing The Format, won two Grammy Awards last night – for Best New Artist and Song of the Year. The band was nominated for a total of six Grammy Awards including: Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, and Best Pop Vocal Album. For more information on Steve’s role with …