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My real name is John "DUCKY" Slaughter. I am President and co owner of M.A.D.a.M Music Artist Development and Marketing, a artist development and marketing management company in the Las Vegas area. M.A.D.a.M uses viral and gorilla marketing strategies to secure fan bases for new and up and coming musical talent. We also handle tour support, booking, and assist artists in exposing their music to label A&R departments. Currently M.A.D.a.M is contracted by 7 major labels and 13 independant labels to handle their new artists promotional marketing and promotional support in the Las Vegas market.I have an extensive background in the Music industry spanning over 17 years. I have worked for Capitol Records, EMI, Virgin Records, MCA/ Universal, Arista, Island, Mercury, A&M, and Polygram Label Group. As well as in publicity and radio.If you are really interested........ write me. I will respond. Thank you.
What does M.A.D.a.M. stand for??? M.A.D.a.M. is an acronym for Music Artist Development and Marketing.
Who is M.A.D.a.M.?
Co-Owner John"Ducky"Slaughter Co-Owner Matthew P. Wurm national director A&R David McMahan
What does M.A.D.a.M. Do?
M.A.D.a.M. is a creative agency specializing in new promotional tactics and channels to raise consumer’s awareness of new and up-and-coming music talent and artists from a grass roots platform. M.A.D.a.M is CERTIFIED TO SOLICIT NEW MUSIC TALENT TO MAJOR AND INDIE LABEL A&R REPRESENTATIVES and we are currently looking for new unsigned talent.
M.A.D.a.M has been approved and certified to directly shop acts to A & R executives of both major and independant record labels after they have carefully been screened by us.
M.A.D.a.M works with several major record labels and their subsidary labels as well as over 19 indie labels.
Soon after the inception of M.A.D.a.M. owners John ”Ducky” Slaughter who has over 17 years experience in the music industry, and Matthew Wurm noticed that they could use their contacts in the Las Vegas market and in the record industry to put together quality events for touring bands and new record releases to assist labels and artists with on going marketing efforts. M.A.D.a.M. started small by doing events like Paris Hilton’s CD release for Warner Bros. Records at Beachers Rockhouse..
M.A.D.a.M. has grown leaps and bounds form its humble beginnings.
M.A.D.a.M now assists major and independent record labels, as well as unsigned artists in securing and providing a unique channel for label artists to plug directly into club, life style, and entertainment markets..
M.A.D.a.M assists Labels and talent in obtaining and securing fan bases for music talent projects through implementation of artist releases, meet and greets, album listening parties, tour support, tour management, booking, artist management, publicity, radio promotion, and event special appearances..
This is coupled with non-traditional strategies providing Interactive online marketing, Influencer programs, Guerilla and grassroots strategy, Street team promotions, Lifestyle marketing, Viral marketing, Community marketing, College marketing, Guerilla media and Gen X/Y brand strategy. .
M.A.D.a.M (Music Artist Development and Marketing) further assists unsigned talent in securing label representation through the companies’ vast network resources and relationships with both major and independent labels, and industry professionals. M.A.D.a.M is determined to stay ahead of the curve to continually provide unique and creative ideas and execution strategy for new music artist talent. M.A.D.a.M. has working relationships with the following major record labels and/or their subsidiaries. Capitol/EMI Records, Sony/Epic, Virgin Records, Universal Records, Warner Bros Records, Island Records, Geffen Records, Interscope Records, Reprise Records, Columbia Records, and Maverick to name a few.
M.A.D.a.M. has worked with or for the following bands directly or through the record labels. The Killers, Depeche Mode, Paul Oakenfold, OK GO, Dave Navarro’s The Panic Channel, Hurt, Under the Influence of Giants, Sound Team, SAOSIN, Paris Hilton, The Pink Spiders, Morningwood, The Rapture and many other artists.
M.A.D.a.M. has been hired to create events for: MGM Nightlife venues (Studio 54 & Tabu), UNLV Events, Midnight Oil Company (The Whiskey Bar), The Beauty Bar Las Vegas, and many other venues in the Las Vegas market.
M.A.D.a.M. has been featured in magazines and news articles like CityLife, 944 Magazine. Vegas Magazine Please read our BLOG SECTION for some of the complete articles.
M.A.D.a.M. has the intention to one day become a record label. But, in the mean time M.A.D.a.M. has become a unique successful independant music marketing and promotional events company.
M.A.D.a.M. has branched out into Artist promotion, management and Booking.CONTACT M.A.D.a.M via Email at: [email protected]
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I'd like to meet:

Jake Gylenhall, Steve Buscemi, Madonna, John Waters,

Music:

HURT,SWAY from london,Kraftwerk,MSTRKRFT, Velvet Underground, Catherine Wheel, Depeche Mode,white trash debutantes, AC DC, Def Leppard, Deftones, Oasis, Blur, Placebo, London Suede, Smiths, Marianne Faithfull, The Beetles, Rolling Stones, Erasure, TOOL, The Police, Mud Honey, Death cab for cutie,The Dandy Warhols, Bauhaus, The specials, Charlatans, Soup Dragons, Pansy Division, David Bowie, Bjork,Guided by voices, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, CUB, Built to spill, Marilyn Manson, Johnny Cash, Dub Narcotic, Tricky, Treble charger, DJ Shadow,Superchunk,Cibo Mato, Shonen Knife, Pixies, Beastie Boys, Helmet, The Muffs, New York Dolls, Butt trumpet, Bloodhound Gang, Tegan and Sara, New order, WIR, Yaz, Electronic, Soul Coughing, Foo Fighters, Perfect Circle, Tribe called Quest, Yo la tengo, NWA, LL cool J, Missy Elliot, Postal Service, Hot Hot Heat, Ramones, Melvins, concrete blonde,The Cure, Me First and the gimme gimme's, morphine, third bass, Jeru the Damaja, Stereo lab, Ben folds, Aphex twin, Dinosaur junior, Nirvanah, Judy bats, Dj spooky, Supergrass, Tom waits, Sublime, Sex pistols, Luna, Christian death, sunny day real estate, elliot smith, rufus wainright, bis, Sloan, Sonic youth, Lords of acid, the vandals, Janes addiction, Swans, Ministry, circle jerks, Nick cave, james, Chemical brothers, sea and , , Daft punk, Mozart, Outkast, Madonna, Prince,THE PERVZ, Pansonic, lady tron,adventures in stereo,young gods,iannis xenakis,wolfgang press,westbam,vapourspace,wagon christ,united future organization,underworld,uberzone,transglobal underground,tosca, tortoise,amon tobin,square pusher,plastikman, pizzicato five, negativland, mouse on mars,joi,joy division,hood,green velvet,grand master flash,future sound of london,eon,808 state,Rancid, Social Distortion, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Royal Crown Revue, Southern Culture on the Skids, Operation Ivy, Transplants, Bouncing Souls, FooFighters, Jack Johnson, Dance Hall Crashers, Ween, G-Love, NOFX, Pennywise, Face To Face, Black Eyed Peas, Reverend Horton Heat, Sublime, Ben Harper, Blink-182, The Cure, Juanas Addicion, Tilt, Unwritten Law, Peter Searcy, Hagfish, The Strokes, Klover, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Cibo Mato, Lords of Acid, Shonen Knife, LunaChicks, The Donnas, Cold Play, Ben Lee, Beastie Boys, All, Descendents, Specials, Ramones, Ethyl Meatplow, Flaming Lips, Garbage, SNFU, Pizzicato 5, Youth Brigade, Ten Foot Pole, Billie Holiday, Green Day, Bomboras, Mojo Nixon, Dick Dale, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Big Bad Voo Doo Daddy, Dwarves, Voo Doo Glow Skulls, Millencolin, H2O, The Cramps,Lagwagon, Vandals, No USe For A Name, 88 Fingers Louie, Strung Out, Good Riddance, Less Than Jake, Mustard Plug, 22 Jacks, Mad Caddies, Blue Meanies, Murphy's Law, Drop Kick Murphy's, Screw32, Betty Blow Torch, Sum 41, The Humpers, Pulley, New Bomb Turks, Ataris, Assorted JellyBeans, Gewn Stefani, No Doubt, Skankin Pickle, Prince, Louis Armstrong, Louis Prima, Kay Starr, Reel Big Fish, Esquivel, Modest Mouse, Everything 70's, Reggaeton, The Lashes, Koffin Kats, Scissor Sisters, Dresden Dolls, 5 Times August, Louis XIV, The Super Pineapples, Weezer, The Casualties, Hello Nurse, 311, Pharcyde, Luscious Jackson, Luna and too many others to mention

Movies:

Star Wars, All George Romero films, and all John Waters films, Nowhere, Doomed generation, Lost boys, Goonies, Casablanca, Willy Wonka, Seven, Raising Arizona, Fear and loathing, Metropolis, Blade runner, Fight club, Caddy shack, Bird cage, Super 8 and a half, cold rain on hot rocks, apocolypse now, the exorcist, aliens, big lewbowsky, singles, uhf, empire records, classic horror and B films, documentaries, Baraka, and many, many, more film titles.

Television:

That 70s show, will and grace, raymond, sex and the city, dave chappell show, south park, daily show, discovery channel, and other funny randomness.

Heroes:

Oscar wilde, Aqua man, Bob Marley, and john lydon