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THE ADDICTIVE RECORDS ROSTER:
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INNER CITY SURFERS
DEBUT CD "Inner City Surfers" is available in stores and on-line NOW!
TO PURCHASE "Inner City Surfers" CLICK HERE
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR "WHAT A LIFE" BY CLICKING HERE
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littleSUNDAY
DEBUT CD "Wait For Tomorrow" is available everywhere NOW!
TO PURCHASE "Wait For Tomorrow" CLICK HERE
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SIDHARTA
DEBUT EP "Rendez-Vous" in stores and on-line on OCTOBER 30 2007
TO BUY "Rendez-Vous" CLICK HERE
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LYE
Click HERE to REQUEST LYE "Kiss Me" VIA EMAIL!
CLICK HERE TO BUY THE CD "COMPANION"
CLICK HERE TO BUY THE NEW CD/DVD "LIVE AT THE OPERA HOUSE"
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SAIGON HOOKERS
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TRACKDIRTYAZ
TRACKDIRTYAZ "THE SON HOUSE" EP IS AVAILABLE NOW IN STORES AND ON-LINE!
CLICK HERE TO BUY THE SON HOUSE EP
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LEVIRIDE
NEW CD "NIGHT OF THE DRIVE-BY" is IN STORES and ON-LINE NOW!
CLICK THE BANNER ABOVE TO BUY IT NOW.
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ROMEO LIQUOR STORE
ADDICTIVE RECORDS MOST DANGEROUS BAND!
RLS IS: TONY FANTASTIC, DICKIE DEL RAY, DOUGIE MURDER, and JOHNNY POP.
ROMEO LIQUOR STORE "Switchblade" THE ADDICTED VERSION - AVAILABLE NOW.
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE
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INTROSPECT
CLICK HERE TO BUY THE CD "REFLECT"
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ABOUT ADDICTIVE RECORDS:
ADDICTIVE RECORDS, IN THEORY, WAS CREATED FROM A CHILDHOOD DREAM STEMMING FROM THE DESIRE TO CREATE MUSIC. WE’RE HERE TO FIND, NURTURE, DEVELOP, AND, MANAGE THE MOST DRIVEN, CREATIVE, COMMITTED, AND TALENTED ARTISTS IN THE WORLD AND EXPOSE THEM TO THE UNIVERSE.
WE OFFER ARTISTS: MANAGEMENT, RADIO/VIDEO PROMOTION, MEDIA RELATIONS/PR, AND DISTRIBUTION. OUR RELEASES ARE DISTRIBUTED IN CANADA BY FONTANA NORTH/UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA. THIS INCLUDES EVERYWHERE YOU BUY YOUR MUSIC - IN STORES AND ON LINE.
WE ALSO OFFER WORLDWIDE DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION AT OVER 100 DIGITAL MUSIC SERVICES / E-STORES IN OVER 60 COUNTRIES - INCLUDING: APPLE iTUNES, PURETRACKS, NAPSTER, E-MUSIC (DRM FREE!), AMAZON (DRM FREE!), YAHOO, AOL, SONY CONNECT, VERIZON WIRELESS, ROGERS WIRELESS, BELL MOBILITY, AND MANY OTHERS.
MISSION STATEMENT: TO FIND, NURTURE, DEVELOP, AND MANAGE THE MOST DRIVEN, CREATIVE, TALENTED, AND COMMITTED ARTISTS IN THE WORLD AND EXPOSE THEM TO THE UNIVERSE.
OUR GOAL IS TO FUNCTION AS A TEAM, WITH EACH MEMBER WORKING TOGETHER TO ALLOW OUR DREAMS TO UNFOLD. BE IT SINGER, SONGWRITER, GUITARIST, BASSIST, DRUMMER, KEYBOARDIST, ROADIE, MERCH PERSON, OR MANAGER, WE EACH HAVE OUR STRENGTHS AND IF WERE ALL ON TOP OF OUR GAME, AND FUNCTION AS A TEAM, WE CANT LOSE.
FOR THOSE WHO WANNA ROCK.
ADDICTIVE RECORDS WILL ROCK YOU.
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ABOUT ANGER-MANAGEMENT
ANGER- MANAGEMENT, A DIVISION OF ADDICTIVE RECORDS, IS A FULL SERVICE ARTIST MANAGEMENT COMPANY. WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE ACCESS TO WORLDWIDE DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION THROUGH ADDICTIVE RECORDS. OUR CLIENT ROSTER ENJOYS ALL THE BENEFITS OF DISTRIBUTION. WE USE ADDICTIVE RECORDS AS A MAJOR MANAGEMENT TOOL. THIS ALLOWS US THE ABILITY TO DEVELOP A SOLID SALES STORY, PRESS STORY, RADIO/VIDEO STORY AND ULTIMATELY ENJOY THE SUCCESS OF DEVELOPING AND BREAKING TALENTED INDEPENDENT ARTISTS. OUR PHILOSOPHY IS OLD-SCHOOL DIY. TOGETHER WITH THE ARTIST WE CAN BECOME THE ATTRACTIVE INVESTMENT FOR ANY MAJOR INTERNATIONAL LABEL...SHOULD WE CHOOSE TO ACCEPT THAT INEVITABLE OFFER.
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ABOUT VEE POPAT (myspace.com/veepopat)
VEE POPAT HAS OVER 2 DECADES OF EXPERIENCE WORKING IN THE CANADIAN MUSIC INDUSTRY. AFTER DJ’ING HIS GRADE 8 GRADUATION HE MOVED ON THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY WORKING RECORD RETAIL AT SAM THE RECORD MAN (SARNIA), A&A RECORDS & TAPES (SCARBOROUGH, ASSISTANT MANAGER), HMV (GUELPH), AND SUNRISE RECORDS (TORONTO – RETAIL STORE AS WELL AS MARKETING ASSISTANT AT HEAD OFFICE), HE ALSO HAS BEEN A CLUB DJ SPINNING EVERYTHING FROM HOUSE, COMMERCIAL DANCE AND HIP HOP TO ALTERNATIVE ROCK, CLASSIC HIP HOP, AND ELECTRONICA.
WITHIN 6 WEEKS OF GRADUATING FROM RYERSON UNIVERSITY WITH A BACHELOR OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, MARKETING MAJOR (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, MINOR), HE STARTED WORKING IN THE SALES BRANCH OF UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA. . AFTER 1 YEAR, VEE WAS OFFERED A PROMOTION GIG AT ATTIC RECORDS - ONE OF CANADA’S OLDEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL INDEPENDENT RECORD COMPANIES. HE WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE TEAM RESPONSIBLE FOR NATIONAL RADIO & VIDEO PROMOTION AS WELL AS NATIONAL PUBLICITY. WHILE HERE, VEE WORKED RECORDS FROM SUCH ARTISTS AS: SLIPKNOT, SEPULTURA, FEAR FACTORY, CREED, MAESTRO, AARON CARTER, AND TOM JONES. HE ALSO HAD A NUMBER 1 CLUB HIT WITH A RECORD YOU MAY HAVE DANCED TO IN SOME CLUB: FUNKSTAR DELUXE VS BOB MARLEY “SUN IS SHINING”.
THREE YEARS LATER, VEE TOOK AN OPPORTUNITY WITH VIRGIN MUSIC CANADA. (WWW.VIRGINMUSIC.CA), CONTINUING WITH NATIONAL RADIO AND VIDEO PROMOTION EXCLUSIVELY. WITHIN 6 MONTHS, VEE WAS ASKED TO JOIN THE PROMOTION TEAM AT EMI MUSIC CANADA (CAPITOL/VIRGIN) WHERE HE CONTINUED WITH RADIO & VIDEO PROMOTION. WHILE AT VIRGIN/EMI, VEE WORKED ON SEVERAL RELEASES FROM SUCH MULTI-PLATINUM SELLING ARTISTS AS: COLDPLAY, RADIOHEAD, GORILLAZ, LENNY KRAVITZ, JANET JACKSON, BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB, K-OS, THE MUSIC, DOVES, STARSAILOR, THE ROLLING STONES, NICKELBACK, ROBBIE WILLIAMS, KYLIE MINOGUE, THE VINES, NORAH JONES, JOSS STONE, THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS, FAT BOY SLIM, JANES ADDICTION, CHINGY, SEAN PAUL, MASTER P, AND MANY, MANY OTHERS.
IN JULY OF 2004, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF ADDVICE MARKETING (NEW YORK) , VEE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN LAUNCHING ADDVICE MARKETING CANADA (A DIVISION OF VICE ). AS GENERAL MANAGER, VEE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TEAM WHICH CRAFTED AND EXECUTED ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLE MARKETING CAMPAIGNS FOR SUCH ARTISTS AS: THE MARS VOLTA, NANCY SINATRA, DE LA SOUL, KINGS OF LEON, THE ILLUMINATI, JAKALOPE, AND MAXIMO PARK. ADDVICE WAS A FULL SERVICE MUSIC & FASHION MARKETING COMPANY AND IS NOW KNOWN AS THE MUSEBOX .
IN APRIL 2005, AFTER A MUTUAL AGREEMENT, VEE LEFT ADDVICE. IT WAS THEN WHEN HE TOOK HIS EXPERIENCE, WILL, DETERMINATION, AND PASSION AND LAUNCHED HIS OWN INTERNATIONALLY DISTRIBUTED INDEPENDENT RECORD LABEL: ADDICTIVE RECORDS . THE ADDICTIVE RECORDS ROSTER INCLUDES LYE, SAIGON HOOKERS, LEVIRIDE, ROMEO LIQUOR STORE, THE GUV’NOR GENERALS TRACKDIRTYAZ, AND OTHERS.
WHILE CONTINUING TO OPERATE ADDICTIVE RECORDS, VEE IS ALSO DIRECTOR, MARKETING AND PROMOTION AT TRUE NORTH RECORDS/LINUS ENTERTAINMENT . TRUE NORTH/LINUS ENT IS CANADA’S OLDEST AND ONE OF ITS LARGEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL INDEPENDENT RECORD COMPANIES. VEE ALSO IS AN INSTRUCTOR AT METALWORKS INSTITUTE WHERE HE TEACHES ARTIST MANAGEMENT..
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TO READ MORE ABOUT THE SERVICES WE OFFER OUR ARTISTS HIT WWW.ADDICTIVERECORDS.CA.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/13/2006
Band Website: addictiverecords.ca
Band Members:

CONTACT INFO AND ARTIST ROSTER

VEE POPAT: Minister Of Rock
( [email protected] )
( www.myspace.com/veepopat )

GET THE MESSAGE Publicity: Media Relations/PR
( Laurie Lockhart: [email protected] )

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DARRYL HURS: Gen-Sub Management
Gen-Sub vs. Addictive Records Imprint (GS.VS.AR)

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ANGER-MANAGEMENT
(ARTIST MANAGEMENT & PROMOTION)

VEE POPAT: Artist Manager/Bookings
( [email protected] )
( www.myspace.com/veepopat )

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ARTIST ROSTER & RELEASES:

NOTE: ADDICTIVE RECORDS CAN BE PURCHASED DIGITALLY (ON-LINE), FROM YOUR FAVOURITE DIGITAL MUSIC SERVICE, ANYWHERE ON THE PLANET.

CURRENT ADDICTIVE RELEASES:

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INNER CITY SURFERS "Inner City Surfers" ADDICT 1013
** RELEASED OCTOBER 23, 2007 **

CLICK HERE TO BUY "INNER CITY SURFERS" NOW

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littleSUNDAY "Wait For Tomorrow" ADDICT 1010
** RELEASED OCTOBER 23 2007 **

CLICK HERE TO BUY "WAIT FOR TOMORROW" NOW

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SIDHARTA "Rendez-Vous" ADDICT 1012
** RELEASED OCTOBER 30, 2007 **

CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER "RENDEZ-VOUS"

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MIWAGEMINI "This Is How I Found You" ADDICT 1011
** RELEASED OCTOBER 9, 2007 **

CLICK HERE TO BUY "THIS IS HOW I FOUND YOU" NOW

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LYE "Live At The Opera House CD/DVD"
ADDICT 1009 * released 04.24.07
www.lyemusic.com
www.myspace.com/lye

CLICK HERE TO BUY "LIVE AT THE OPERA HOUSE CD/DVD"

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SAIGON HOOKERS "Hello Rock And Roll"
GSVAR 005 * released 10.03.06
www.saigonhookers.com
www.myspace.com/saigonhookers

CLICK HERE TO BUY "HELLO ROCK AND ROLL"

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LYE "Companion" * GSVAR 001
released digitally only: May 15 2006
www.lyemusic.com
www.myspace.com/lye

CLICK HERE TO BUY "COMPANION"

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LEVIRIDE "Night Of The Drive By"
ADDICT 1008 * released 11.07.06
www.leviride.com
www.myspace.com/leviride

CLICK HERE TO BUY "NIGHT OF THE DRIVE-BY"

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TRACKDIRTYAZ "The Son House"
ADDICT 1005 * released: 07.18.06
www.trackdirtyaz.ca
www.myspace.com/dirtyaz

CLICK HERE TO BUY "THE SON HOUSE"

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ROMEO LIQUOR STORE "Switchblade"
ADDICT 1004 * released: 08.15.06
www.romeoliquorstore.com
www.myspace.com/romeoliquorstore

CLICK HERE TO BUY "SWITCHBLADE"

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SAIGON HOOKERS "You're The Deer" EP
GSVAR 003 * Available Digitally Only
www.saigonhookers.com
www.myspace.com/saigonhookers

CLICK HERE TO BUY "YOU'RE THE DEER"

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INTROSPECT "Reflect"
ADDICT 1002 * released: 03.23.06
www.intro-spect.net
www.myspace.com/artistintro

CLICK HERE TO BUY "REFLECT"

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GET THE MESSAGE Publicity

offers us full service PR/Publicity. They are currently working a campaign for INNER CITY SURFERS.

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GEN-SUB provides management for SAIGON HOOKERS and LYE. INDIE WEEK TORONTO is also a GEN-SUB brainchild and production.

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JAGERMEISTER provides support and sponsorship for SAIGON HOOKERS, ROMEO LIQUOR STORE, LYE, and INNER CITY SURFERS.

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FONTANA NORTH, through it's partnership with Universal Music Canada, provides us with a retail sales and promotion team to ensure our releases are in all major music retail stores (and big box outlets) in Canada. They also provide our digital distribution in Canada exclusively. Fontana North was formerly Maple Music.

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UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA provides us with digital, retail, and big box distribution in Canada.

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IODA provides us with global digital distribution (excluding Canada) for all our releases. Their partnerships include all major and indie digital music services on the planet including: iTunes, Puretracks, MusicNet, Emusic, Rhapsody, AOL, MSN, HMV, Amazon, Groupie Tunes, Verizon, AT&T, and hundreds of others.

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ADDICTIVE RECORDS * ANGER-MANAGEMENT

Committed & Dedicated To Our Artists.

FOR THOSE WHO WANNA ROCK.
GET ADDICTED...
LISTEN TO ADDICTIVE RECORDS

www.addictiverecords.ca
www.anger-management.ca

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Influences: SEX, DRUGS, ROCK N ROLL, BLONDES, and RED-HEADS
Sounds Like: THE HOTTEST INDEPENDENT MUSIC ON THE PLANET
Record Label: ADDICTIVE RECORDS
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

ADDICTIVERECORDS.CA >> THE WEBSITE

sorry about our main web site >> www.addictiverecords.ca.you may have noticed that it is down...thanks for visiting us here at our myspace.*** addictiverecords.ca V4.0 is being designed NOW! *** a te...
Posted by Addictive Records on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:03:00 PST

FACEBOOK’S MUSIC PLATFORM

There have been a few small rumors circulating this week about a possible Facebook music project and whether it's taking on iTunes or if it's actually taking on MySpace.From paidcontent.org (Rafat Ali...
Posted by Addictive Records on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:01:00 PST

LIMEWIRE READIES PAID DOWNLOAD STORE

Haven't been blogging for a while...there's been a ton of stuff to blog about and discuss but i guess i've kept it to myself...oh well, let's get back to it.So the leading P2P application/service is m...
Posted by Addictive Records on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 09:16:00 PST

IS YOUR BAND LOOKING FOR DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION? READ THIS:

Addictive Records is looking to expand it's digital roster. "CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS"Addictive Records is offering a 1 year digital distribution deal to talented, hard working, self promoting indie band...
Posted by Addictive Records on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:40:00 PST

WHY RECORD A FULL ALBUM AND MANUFACTURE A CD????

the game is changing...in a big way. the game has been changing in a big way for a few years now.today - i don't think a band needs to (or should) record a full album, design artwork, manufacture tha...
Posted by Addictive Records on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 07:55:00 PST

WHO'S TO BLAME FOR THE DECLINE OF THE MUSIC BUISNESS? THE MAJOR LABELS OR DOWNLOADERS? OR BOTH?

depending on what you read, what you watch, or who you speak with there has been a lot of talk recently about the decline of the music business. in my opinion, this decline is NOT only in the 'busine...
Posted by Addictive Records on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 02:07:00 PST

DIGITAL MUSIC THEFT, PIRACY: LEAVE IT TO US CANADIANS

this is awesome...it's such a simple idea...i know i've discussed this approach with friends and colleagues a few years ago...but it was just talk...but check this out below...leave it to canadians to...
Posted by Addictive Records on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:48:00 PST

MAJOR LABEL(S) AND THEIR IGNORANCE

This post is an addition to the last post. The following is Warner Music chairman Edgar Bronfman, Jr, response to Steve Jobs' open letter (see my previous post).If this doesn't demonstrate the absolu...
Posted by Addictive Records on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 11:37:00 PST

THOUGHTS ON MUSIC FROM STEVE JOBS (Co-Founder/CEO of APPLE Inc)

this article is deep. it contains some very important information about music and how music is and will be shared/purchased in the years to come. don't skim through this...if you're in a band or you...
Posted by Addictive Records on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:47:00 PST

YOUTUBE .2 - THE F'D UP STUFF: YouTube Draws Frustration From Independent Labels

Now How Is This Fair??YouTube Draws Frustration From Independent LabelsIndependent labels are now growing frustrated with licensing terms offered by YouTube, according to various reports. The issue f...
Posted by Addictive Records on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 06:33:00 PST