This message is directly from one of their representatives:
We at WholeTeam Entertainment have designed a vehicle for independent
artist and labels to distribute their material on-line via the World Wide Web a.k.a. The
Internet. Our hands on, person to person, approach of doing business will separate us from
the
competition. We believe fax machines, email and voice mail provide a valuable form of
communication.
However, music is a soul-based arena that needs personal communication to express the
emotional message that a laptop or a personal computer can not convey. Our goal is
to provide artists other alternatives besides creating a demo and 'shopping it' to a major
record label. We want to enhance the business mind of the individuals, better prepare them
to launch a career and nor just merely 'exist' in the 'game'. Many times we have seen
young talent get lost in the shuffle of "Big (Music) Business", usually due to
lack of knowledge.
WholeTeam Entertainment views the artists' creations as pieces of their soul and these
pieces as
a 'company'. By having a relationship with WholeTeam Entertainment, the artist can
eventually go
to the major label with some basic knowledge and a bargaining 'chip'. The major
labels' main goal
is the same as yours: To make money. If you can show them that you are marketable, that
there is a
audience for your material and that you have sold any amount of records, your
marketability value has
increased. Therefore, the major record label may look at you twice as opposed to as if you
walked in off
the street asking for a recording deal.
The arrangement WholeTeam Entertainment has with the individual artist is for
distribution. We will not
stifle your creativity or censor your material. WholeTeam will sell the material as
packaged. We do not
ask for exclusivity of distribution of your material, because the material is just that:
Yours. We only ask
for compensation and that the artist passes on WholeTeam advertisements in the material
that we distribute.
We will provide a network of companies to assist in all other aspects of the music
business: photography,
CD duplication, graphics, management, etc. This network plus a web page are included in
our services.
The future of music is here. Independent labels are taking it to the next level. WholeTeam
Entertainment
intends to the do the same. WholeTeam is what the industry has been waiting for,
"Giving the people your music your way".
Sincerely,
Glen Hicks Jr.
Kysii Ingram
Independent Records Online Now Network
a division of Wholeteam Entertainment
PMB#199
3364-A Chamblee Tucker Rd.
Chamblee, GA. 30341
http://www.wholeteam.com/ironn.htm
phone: 404-735-0602
email: ironn@wholeteam.com