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A New West Coast Based Independent Label, Your Music America Launched.


Music Industry Vet Larry Lee and Former Producer of the Year Richie Zito to Helm with Backing from $12 Billion WMC WMC Winter Music Conference
WMC Weill Medical College (Cornell University)
WMC Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (Madison, WI)
WMC Westchester Medical Center
WMC Western Mining Corporation
 Mortgage President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  Amy Brandt

BURBANK, Calif. -- A newly formed west-coast based label, Your Music America has opened its doors for business with industry veteran Larry Lee and former Producer of the Year and creator of 40 chart hits, Richie Zito at the helm. YMA YMA Young Media Australia
YMA Young Musicians & Artists
YMA Young Mizo Association
YMA Young Menswear Association (New York, NY)
YMA Young Muslim Association
YMA Youth Ministry Associates
 will seek out and sign fresh, new talent and develop a rock oriented roster backed with the extensive marketing promotion, production resources enjoyed by major labels.

For funding, Lee and Zito have partnered with the President and CEO of a $12 Billion company, WMC Mortgage topper, Amy Brandt, one of the top female executives in the business world. In 2004, after building WMC into a $12 Billion Mortgage Originator, Brandt, along with her partners, a well-known New York based investment fund, sold WMC to affiliates of General Electric. Under her leadership WMC's monthly production volume soared from $12 million to over $1 billion a month in 2004 and to $3 billion a month in 2006.

The company simultaneously announced its distribution duties will be handled by ADA Ada, city, United States
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 via Adrenaline (Kevin Day, Fred Croshal and Bob Divney).

In other news, a joint venture with Andrew McMahon has also been inked. Lee and Zito are pleased to announce the formation of Airport Tapes and Records ("ATR ATR Achilles tendon reflex, see Ankle reflex "). Headed by Andrew McMahon (Something Corporate, Jacks Mannequin) and Your Music America.

Legal matters will be handled by Scott Bradford, who represents a variety of music clients such as Panic! At the Disco Panic! at the Disco (often shortened to merely Panic!, P!ATD, P!@tD, or PATD) is a band that originated in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA whose sound incorporates elements of pop, electronica, dance, rock, along with many others. , The Shins, and Plain White T's.

Your Music America's first artist signing is the band Kessler, a diverse, upbeat group from Dallas who have already delivered a hit track, "Outside Your Window." Selling out clubs from Texas to Louisiana, YMA's Kessler will be produced by Jim Wirt whose credits include Incubus incubus (ĭng`kybəs), lascivious male demon said to possess mortal women as they sleep and to be responsible for the birth of demons, witches, and deformed children. , Hoobastank, Fiona Apple, Live, Something Corporate, and many more. The Kessler album is slated for a February 2007 release.

Visit: http://www.yourmusicamerica.com/
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