Rocketown Records
Independent record label
Rocketown Records was an independent record label which was started in 1996 by Michael W. Smith. In the fall of 1995, met with Don Donahue, A&R director at Reunion Records, to discuss creation of the label.
In 1996, Word Records bought a minority share of the company.[1]
Imprint
In 2006, Rocketown started the RKT Music imprint label to concentrate on a younger demographic. The first album released was Lifegiver by Hyper Static Union as a partnership between Rocketown and the Christian rock band Third Day. Hyper Static Union was signed to a production deal with Third Day's Consuming Fire Productions. Additional releases by RKT include Learning to Lose by the Turning and High Flight Society.
Roster
- Alathea (active, currently independent)
- Christine Dente
- Ronnie Freeman
- Shaun Groves (active, currently independent)
- High Flight Society
- Hyper Static Union (active, with Amplitude Media)
- Geoff Moore
- Reuben Morgan (active, current worship pastor of Hillsong Church)
- Michael Olson (active)
- Michael W. Smith
- Out of the Grey (on hiatus)
- Ginny Owens (active)
- Chris Rice (active)
- George Rowe III
- Taylor Sorensen
- The Swift (disbanded in 2006)
- The Turning
- Watermark (inactive)
- Wilshire
See also
References
- ^ Price, Deborah Evans (1996-11-09). "Higher ground". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 45. p. 34.
External links
- Official site
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- Michael W. Smith Project
- Michael W. Smith 2
- The Big Picture
- i 2 (EYE)
- Go West Young Man
- Change Your World
- I'll Lead You Home
- Live the Life
- This Is Your Time
- Healing Rain
- Stand
- Wonder
- Hymns
- Sovereign
- Hymns II - Shine On Us
- A Million Lights
- Freedom
- Glory
- Christmas
- Christmastime
- It's a Wonderful Christmas
- The Spirit of Christmas
- The Live Set
- Worship
- Worship Again
- A New Hallelujah
- Surrounded
- The Wonder Years
- The First Decade (1983–1993)
- The Second Decade (1993–2003)
- Decades of Worship
- "Friends"
- "Great Is the Lord"
- "Wired for Sound"
- "Old Enough to Know"
- "Place in This World"
- "I Will Be Here for You"
- "Christmas Day"
- "You Won't Let Go"
- "A Million Lights"
- Discography
- Rocketown
- Rocketown Records
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