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COMPANY NAME: Shalestone Music HEADQUARTERS: Osaka, Japan ESTABLISHED: April, 1993 (US), Jan. 2006 (JP) MANAGMENT: Duane Levi, CEO FINANCAL TRANSACTIONS: Mitsubishi Tokyo UFJ Bank (JP), Wells Fargo (US), Paypal Past, Present & Future Shalestone Music began as a case production and PA company in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Doing parties for fraternities and universities, sound engineering for bands at nightclubs and building road cases to keep gear in tact was where it all started. Later on, mobile recording was added that allowed for live recording of shows no matter the venue. Getting a full PA and recording gear up & down 4 flights of stairs was sometimes par. for the course. A long list of clients include independent artists like Hobex, Weekend Excursion and Plutopia as well as major artists like Hugh Masekela, Black Uhuru, and Angelique Kidjo. Having experienced the 90's with tours, clubs, parties, festivals, frat houses and much more, the turn of the century brought about a change to a different part of the world and Shalestone Music was re-located to Japan. After some time spent researching the Japanese music scene and seeing the large number of artists interested in getting into the market, services were centered around booking and artist promotion with a focus on independent artists touring Japan for the first time. From the first tour in Oct. 2006, to Oct. 2011 over 35 tours have been booked for artists from 10 countries, 4 artists used our recording services for "Live in Japan" cds (2 of them released with Shalestone Music recording credits), 5 artists have toured more than once and several others are eager to return. In 2009 attention was turned towards improving the scene for independent musicians with the creation of Kansai Music Conference. The idea of a music conference similar to other countries has been tried in Japan, but it never caught on until KMC was conceived. The main goal of KMC is to build the music scene in Japan for independent musicians so that it supports them rather than its current state which is the other way around. In order to do this Shalestone Music has gathered a network of musicians, promoters, label representatives, radio DJ's, music venues and music fans together to strengthen the music scene in Japan. However, progress could never have been such without the support of all the artists that have toured so far, so a big "THANK YOU" goes out to you all and we look forward to working together again in the future. Currently, Shalestone Music is actively booking artists nationwide and providing PA services at various events around the Kansai area. FRONT PAGE |
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