MGM Distribution

MGM Distribution

Type	Corporation
Industry	Music entertainment
Founded	in 1998
Headquarters	Sydney, New South Wales
Area served	Australia
Key people	Sebastian Chase (CEO/founder) Mark Bolton (General Manager)
Products	Distribution of records, CDs and music downloads
Website	MGM Distribution

MGM Distribution (Metropolitan Groove Merchants) is the largest independent distributor of Australian music^[1] and music related merchandise and was established in April 1998 by Sebastian Chase.^[2][3]

MGM Distribution was specifically set up as a distribution hub to service independent labels and artists. MGM Distribution is totally focused on a specific agenda - dealing with retail, promoting its releases to retail, ensuring that orders are filled correctly and dispatched expediently. MGM is not a label and does not sign artists.

MGM as a distributor requires that the labels market their releases to the media to create demands that causes sell through at retail.

MGM Distribution is a major finacial supporter of the JB Seed grant program, an arts grants fund established by John Butler in 2005, in addition to their support of the Australian Music Prize.^[4]

Artists

• The Basics (Independent)
• The Beautiful Girls (San Dumo/Independent)
• Ben Mitchell (Independent)
• Birds of Tokyo (Independent)
• Blue King Brown (Roots Level Records)
• Bukkcity (Unda K9)
• Butterfingers (Valley Trash Records)
• Carus and The True Believers (Independent)
• Cog (Diffrnt Music/Little Samurai)
• The Conglomerate (Independent, debut album only)
• Dan Webb (Independent)
• Drawn from Bees (Bonefinger Records)
• The E.L.F. (Oaks Records)
• Edward Guglielmino (Independent)
• Endorphin (Seduction Records)
• Epicure (Independent)
• The Flairz (Lefroy Records)
• Hungry Kids of Hungary (Independent)
• Impossible Odds (Impossible Odds)
• Intercooler (Rythmn Ace)
• Jacqui Hunt (Auraphonic)
• The Jezabels (Independent)
• John Butler Trio (Jarrah Records)
• Karnivool (Independent)
• Kate Miller-Heidke (Waterbear Records)
• Lior (Senso Unico)
• The Little Stevies (Independent)
• Lucky Fonz III (Cruiserweight Records)
• Mark Wilkinson (Independent)
• Mia Dyson (Backdoor Records)
• The Panda Band (Bamboo Records)
• The Panics (LittleBIGMAN Records)
• The Pigram Brothers (Pigram Music)
• Tin Alley [1]
• The Preytells (Independent)
• Resin Dogs (Hydrofunk)
• Sam Clark (PLW Entertainment)
• Sarah McLeod (Naughty Mouse Ink/Independent)
• Sekiden (Valve Records)
• Skipping Girl Vinegar (Popboomerang)
• Sneaky Sound System (Whack Records)
• Superengine (Q-Stik Records)
• Voodoo Monkeys (Independent)
• The Waifs (Jarrah Records)
• Young Modern (Croxton Records)

See also

• List of record labels

External links

• Official web site

References

1. ^ "ARIA Board Members". ARIA. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/more-information.htm. Retrieved 14 April 2011. 
2. ^ "Sebastian Chase". Song Summit 2010. APRA/AMCOS. http://www.songsummit.com.au/speakers/SChase.html. Retrieved 14 April 2011. 
3. ^ "Sebastian Chase". IanSandercoe.com. http://sebastianchase.iansandercoe.com/. Retrieved 14 April 2011. 
4. ^ Eliezer, Christie (December 2005). "The Australian Music Prize 2005". Issue #372. Db Magazine. http://www.dbmagazine.com.au/372/iv-AMP.shtml. Retrieved 14 April 2011.