About Me
Adam Sloat has been a personal artist manager for over 15 years, after work interning at indie labels and as a profession guide for a white water river rafting company in high school (Boulder) and college (Tulane - New Orleans). He founded Miasma Management in New Orleans in 1995, since changing the name to Sloat Entertainment after moving offices from New Orleans to Boston to Los Angeles. He has broadened his scope to include promotions and label consulting/general management, running the US portion of the Global Battle of the Bands in cities across the US (2005-2006), along with working with a few non-music related clients to seek out book deals, TV/Film work, and more. Because Adam's musical tastes are broad, the roster is kept diverse. We seek out and enjoy the ability to work with all phases and levels of the business of entertainment, especially to interact with fans and media outside the major US and worldwide markets.
In 2007 while still running Sloat Entertainment full time, Adam moved back to New Orleans to take on the role of General Manager for Sony RED distributed Nocturnal Records, along with helping to manage releases from partner label Housecore Records (Phil Anselmo's label). He also worked with The Voodoo Music Experience, online music sites and more.
In July of 2008, life and work took Adam to Las Vegas. It was a move to be closer to Los Angeles and friends and business there, along with his Vegas-based girlfriend (now fiancee), who it was time he settled down with. Life and work will be based back in California soon.
Most recently we've had The Memphis Horns playing on the new Raconteurs awesome release and on the new James Bond movie theme song with Jack White and Alicia Keys, along with another major label project TBA soon. We're working with TAT who's gaining momentum fast on the road with The Warped Tour, Alice Cooper, Pennywise, Lagwagon, and MXPX. Sam Lloyd's character "Ted Buckland" on Scrubs has been more featured in the current season. The Blanks have another appearance on this season of Scrubs (now on ABC), along with more live performances confirming around the world. Both Sam and The Blanks are in their 8th year of Scrubs, syndicated worldwide, and looking forward to life and work beyond the show. The Waking Hours are gaining more placements in TV/Film/Video Games (over 20 different songs have been placed in 75+ shows and films and games). We do a little of this and a little of that as well - you know the this and the that.....
Some of our current and recent roster clients and work includes:
TAT:
www.myspace.com/TAT
(London Town, England)
Straight from the Queen's womb, placenta in hand, TAT conquered the UK underground, sold 10,000 records independently, took the money, shacked up with US producer Russ-T Cobb (The Academy Is.., Sevendust, Hot Hot Heat etc) and released their debut album on their own Red Wagon Records, with Sony RED distribution!
The current US focus all started with an accidental month on the Vans Warped Tour 2006 where the band, who originally set out to play 8 dates, were offered the rest of the tour totalling 28 dates, scoring them some great interest and opportunities including 2007 support tours with The Bouncing Souls, Me First and The Gimme Gimmes, and NOFX round the UK and Europe which they were lucky enough to get through personal invites from the bands themselves.
Prior to that, they played over 200 hundred shows including supports with The Offspring, Therapy?, an arena tour of Poland, playing Reading Festival 2004 and Download Festival 2005 earning them some great reviews and new friends at radio in the UK and Europe. Their debut single - Peace Sex and Tea charted in the UK's top 100 as did their second single; Pessimist live from Reading festival, which entered the UK BBC Rock Chart at no 18. 2008 was pretty much all US touring, with a few Bad Brains dates, followed by a buzz-worthy SXSW showcase, then the entire Vans Warped Tour, taking two weeks off to open shows for Alice Cooper as direct support, followed by two months throughout North America with Lagwagon and MXPX. They have spent a week on the road with Pennywise in early 2009, have a Spring tour around SXSW, and then are set again to play the entire Vans Warped Tour, having graduated to the Hurley Stage!
“The band have a supremely talented singer/guitarist (not to mention future punk-rock poster girl) in front-vixen Tatiana DeMaria, but it’s the quality of the songwriting on their debut album that’s most impressive.†“With a record packed with more hooks than a Hellraiser movie, these Brits have a decent shot at some serious stateside success.†– Alternative Press
THE MEMPHIS HORNS:
www.memphishorns.com
(Memphis)
Wayne Jackson and Andrew Love are The Memphis Horns and they are THE purveyors of soul music. They've made legendary contributions to over 300 hit records! We're talking Otis Redding's "Dock of the Bay," Aretha Franklin's "Respect," Al Green's "Let's Stay Together," Wilson Pickett's "Mustang Sally," Percy Sledge's "When A Man Loves A Woman," and of course Sam & Dave's "Soul Man"... and even U2's "Angel of Harlem," Steve Winwood's "Roll With It," and Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" - they helped give these songs and many, many more their sound and their soul. They've recorded with Elvis, Sting, Lenny Kravitz, Billy Joel, Bonnie Raitt, and on and on. They most recently performed on the Tonight Show with Beyonce' Knowles. They are quite frankly, "The Most Recorded Horn Section in American Popular Music." They've toured with Stephen Stills, Rod Stewart, The Doobie Brothers, Jimmy Buffett, Joe Cocker and Robert Cray as well. Need we say more? Now really....2002-2009 - The Memphis Horns joined Beyonce' Knowles on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," to perform her hit single "Work It Out" from the film Austin Powers Goldmember. They played with Neil Young, toured with Jerry Lee Lewis, recorded with The Raconteurs and Jack White/Alicia Keys, and just finished up in the studio with the great UK artist Gary Go (Universal/Decca), and a superstar US artist TBA soon.Please contact us for interest in Wayne Jackson as a producer/arranger. The horns are one thing, Wayne's abilities to arrange and producer are another. He learned the art under the legendary Arif Mardin, celebrated in the modern era for his work on Norah Jones mega-hit album.
THE BLANKS:
www.theblankswebsite.com
http://www.myspace.com/theofficialblanksmyspace
(Los Angeles)
The Blanks are a quartet of friends who like to sing a cappella music. For a few years now (call it eight) they've been appearing on the television show Scrubs as "Ted's Band" or more specifically "The Worthless Peons," where as luck would have it, they have to pretend to be a quartet of friends who like to sing a cappella music. They've put out a CD, and they do live shows, where you can see them singing TV and movie themes such as "Charles in Charge," "The Six Million Dollar Man," "Underdog," and the theme song from Scrubs. They also do songs with talking toys - that's right, four grown men who still play with dolls... er, we mean action figures.
The Blanks have brought their a cappella/comedy shows to performing arts centers, colleges and casinos around the US. They are hitting the stage at the Giggle Comedy Festival in Cairo, Egypt in April, with more US and international dates to come.
SAM LLOYD:
We proudly serve as Theatrical Management for the great actor, Sam Lloyd. Sam has played the character "Ted Buckland" on Scrubs from 2001-2009. His TV work has also included recurring roles on Desperate Housewives, The West Wing and Seinfeld. Film work has included Flubber, Galaxy Quest, and The Brothers Solomon. He sings in both The Butties and our friends/clients The Blanks. Filmography: IMDB
THE WAKING HOURS:
www.myspace.com/thewakinghours
(Richmond, VA originally, Los Angeles currently)
The Waking Hours play rock and roll. Call it Mod-Rock Hipster Pop. In the band's material it isn't uncommon to hear Beach Boys-like harmonies dancing over loaded rock riffs, nor is it unusual for Beatle-esque melodies to mingle with raw punk energy. Live, they are a must-see, Tom Richards pinwheeling his arm like Townshend did all those years ago, while the band leaps about and slams. This is a band that churns their influences into a combination of soul and aggression with stick-in-your-head melodies, creating a tonic of amped-up pop that leaves you wanting more. Rich with harmonies, energy, attitude and hooks, The Waking Hours will restore your faith in rock and roll.The last 4 years have been exciting, seeing the band place 20 different songs in over 50 different spots in TV, Film, Video Games, DVD's and more. Highlights include a song in the final scene and end credits in 2006's "The Bench Warmers" (David Spade, John Heder, Rob Schneider), two EA Sports games, Scrubs' DVD commercials, CSI: New York, Las Vegas series DVD, Toyota.com, MTV's Real World and Next, Veronica Mars, trailer for the film Pauly Shore is Dead, Gary The Tennis Coach (aka Balls Out), The Ghost Whisperer, Bad Girls, and many more.
VARIOUS CONSULTING WORK:
After some 14 years of working with New Orleans blues/soul great MEM SHANNON & THE MEMBERSHIP, we've had to take on a more background/consulting role. But Mem is the man and we've travelled the world together (usually with us in the office and Mem on the int'l stage of course) and made waves and won awards and fans. So we're always here to help!
We also still work with our long time clients INVISIBLE COWBOY and GARY HIRSTIUS, we worked with them in the beginning, back in the good ol' early/mid 90's and because they still work hard, we are still here for them.
