New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ MTS Management) MTS Management Group would like to congratulate their clients, Ed Roman, Doug Briney and the Whiskey And Cigarettes Show on their first ballot nominations in the 4th Annual Artists In
Music Awards (AIMA.) Ed Roman received two nominations, Best Adult Contemporary Artist and Best Alternative Artist. Doug Briney received a nomination for Best Country Artist, and Whiskey And Cigarettes Show was nominated for Best Broadcast. For a complete listing of nominees, and to vote for the AIMAs, visit https://www.aimusicawards.com/#!vote/c60z.
Final ballot nominees are selected based upon a combination of public votes, member votes and judges votes. Judges include industry veteran DJs, A&R Reps, producers and more. The Top 5 Nominees will be announced at a special live event on January 10, 2015, with the winners being announced at a March 7, 2015 awards ceremony in Los Angeles, CA. Past winners include Tyler Matl, Glitter Rose, and McKenna Loren.
The Founder of the Artists In
Music Awards is Award winning Executive Producer, Mikey Jayy. Mikey is also the Vice President of the Siqueiros Foundation of the Arts, a member of
National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS), endorsed by the St. Jude Children Research Hospital, Hollywood Arts Council, Los Angeles
Music Awards, the Peoples Mayor of Hollywood, L.A.A.C.i. (LOS ANGELES AWARDS SHOW COALITION INCORPORATED), and the Independent
Music Coalition (IMC). In 2012, Mikey received the award for Outstanding Service to the
Music Community by the Los Angeles
Music Awards. Mikey is also the Program
Director at KGUP 106.5FM and Managing Editor at All Indie Magazine.
Ed Roman is a Shelburne, Ontario-based indie-rock singer, songwriter and mult-instrumentalist. Performing 90% of the music on his latest album, Letters From High Latitudes, Ed is fast becoming known as one of the most interesting and intellectual musicians on the planet.
Doug Briney is a 2013 Independent Country
Music Association (ICoMA) Award Winner, a 2014 ICoMA Award Nominee, and a 2014 Nashville Universe Award Nominee. His debut album, It's All Country spent 8 consecutive months on the roots airplay charts, and it reached #11 on the itunes New Country Releases chart. The follow up, Super Country Cowboy reached #58 on the itunes Inspirational chart.
Whiskey And Cigarettes
Radio Show is a weekly show, originating in Milan, Italy, hosted by the "Romeo of the Rodeo" Nashville Universe Awards Winner and Independent Country
Music Association nominee, Nik Pizzigoni. The show features a unique blend of classic, current and indie country, trivia, contests, artist spotlights and interviews and Nik's European charm. Previous guests have included Steve Wariner, John Rich, Bill Anderson,
David Ball, Bryan White, Doug Stone, Lee Greenwood, Collin Raye and many others.
