“True To The Game,” the debut CD project to be
released on October 21, 2008, under the Stadium
Entertainment banner, has a philanthropic focus and
has been developed as a means to raise funds for the
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
(New York, New York) – August 25, 2008 –
Stadium Entertainment Corporation, the
full-service entertainment company founded in 2006 by
longtime music industry veterans Camille Barbone,
Jerome Mas and Gary Katz has formally
announced that they have inked a licensing agreement
with the multi-platinum-selling rapper T-Pain’s
digital-only label, Nappy Boy Digital.
Under this new licensing agreement the first single from
Stadium’s upcoming CD release is “Beam Me
Up,” featuring T-Pain, Rick
Ross and introducing Nappy Boy artist Tay Dizm.
“Beam Me Up” will also appear on
Stadium’s debut compilation CD, TRUE TO
THE GAME, which is being released on October 21,
2008. A portion
of the
proceeds from the sale of TRUE TO THE GAME
will benefit the fundraising
initiatives of the Kansas City-based Negro Leagues
Baseball Museum.
Stadium Entertainment Corp.
was created because “we recognized the need to construct
a new paradigm in an industry that often forgets
that its reach and power comes with certain
responsibilities,” stated founding member Barbone.
Stadium Entertainment Corp. is uniquely different
from other emerging independent record and consumer
entertainment entities in that each release,
with the Stadium Entertainment Corp. imprint,
will create a revenue stream that is pledged
to the fundraising efforts of a wide-variety of
politically-correct, grass-roots, philanthropic
organizations. With this mission and its focus on
philanthropic efforts, Stadium Entertainment will
generate projects featuring like-minded artists, such as
T-Pain who share a socially-conscious
perspective, and who desire to “give back” to the
community-at-large. As Gary Katz describes:
“We’ve created a new business model where the artists,
their music and worthy charities can come together to
participate in projects that have a profound impact on
the lives of others.”
David Abram, one of Nappy Boy Digital’s founders
added: “We embrace out-of-the-box thinking, and we felt
that Stadium Entertainment exemplifies this.
Camille, Jerome and Gary have developed an
incredible vision that calls upon their collective
intellectual currency and practical experience. We
knew, almost from the start, that working with them and
helping to further Stadium’s philanthropic thrust
would result in creating an exciting new business model
and we’re excited to be a part of it all.”
TRUE TO THE GAME,
in
addition to this first single, will feature new tracks
combining the talents of successful and prominent
recording artists with
new talent such as GLC featuring Kanye West,
Chingy featuring Ziggy Nina, Raiyn featuring
Talib Kweli, Young Cash featuring Akon,
Sam Christ featuring Big Boi of Outkast, Tone BlacQ
featuring Snoop Dog, and Yung Joc, which
Stadium believes will capture and engage the
music-buying consumer’s attention.
Currently,
“Beam Me Up,” is receiving more than 500
spins each week at urban and mix radio formats
and the indie digital label has yet to formally seek
“adds.” Distribution of “Beam Me Up” is
handled solely via digital sales, and Nappy Boy
has sales agreements with major online digital music
retailers such as iTunes, Napster, LaLa and Liquid
Digital, among others. In addition to single sales on
the web, revenue streams are being created with
ringtones and licensing agreements such as the one
created with Stadium Entertainment Corp.
Stadium
Entertainment’s mission is to aggregate the varying
elements of unique entertainment projects that will
attract consumer support, involve viable and practical
corporate participation, and utilize the unique creative
talents of award-winning, platinum and
multi-platinum-selling performers in order to generate
sales that will support a wide range of innovative
creative projects, raise funds for worthy charitable
causes, and bring new and talented individuals to the
public’s attention.
The
company has offices in Santa Monica, California and New
York.
www.truetothegamemusic.com
