2021.07.26 - Slash Online - Gibson Announces New Record Label, Will Release SMKCs’ Next Album in Early 2022

Gibson Announces New Record Label, Will Release Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators’ Next Album in Early 2022

For the past 127 years, Gibson–the iconic American instrument brand--has been synonymous with creating and shaping sound across genres of music and generations of players. Gibson today announced the launch of Gibson Records, headquartered in Music City, Nashville, TN—alongside a strategic label partnership with BMG.

Over the past two and a half years, Gibson has launched successful music initiatives built around their iconic brands, premium guitars, and amazing artists.  Not to mention initiatives that have re-energized the Gibson fanbase and the music community at large including Gibson Artist Collections,Gibson TV, the Gibson App, the Gibson Generation Group (G3), Gibson Gives, and the newly opened Gibson Garage in Nashville.  Gibson Records is the next major step contributing to the evolution of collaborative artist partnerships.

Iconic music that inspired generational movements has been recorded with Gibson guitars since the inception of recorded music. Gibson Records will work with Gibson artists to produce, record, and promote their music to fans around the world, spreading the power of their music, creating, building, and delivering guitar centric music, across genres to fans across the globe.

“Launching a record label that is in service to our artists is the natural evolution of our 127 years of history. Gibson Records will work with Gibson artists to capture, record and promote their music under an artist friendly partnership. Gibson Records will keep all of us at Gibson focused on our artist first culture that is engaged and connected to music. We are excited to launch Gibson Records, to announce that SLASH is our first signed artist and that we have entered into a label partnership with BMG.”
Cesar Gueikian, Brand President, Gibson Brands

Gibson Records has also announced that it has entered into a strategic label partnership for the release with BMG, the world’s fourth-biggest music company.

“It’s an honor to be the first release on the new, Gibson Records. It’s a zenith in our partnership for sure and having worked so closely with Gibson for so long, I know they will be a label that genuinely supports their artists creatively. Not just me, but all the artists they choose to work with. It’s perfect.”
Slash

“Partnering with Gibson Records and BMG presents an exciting and unique opportunity to explore new ideas for marketing and promoting a record,” adds Jeff Varner, Co-Founder of Revelation Management Group (Slash’s longtime manager). “It shows a real commitment on the part of Gibson towards the artist community, and it will serve as a model for future artist releases.  Working with Cesar and the Gibson team has provided a fresh approach to how we can support an album release.”

“BMG congratulates Gibson on the launch of their new label and is proud to collaborate with Gibson Records on its inaugural album release,” says Thomas Scherer, President, BMG Repertoire and Marketing, New York, and Los Angeles. This is the perfect match between two global brands with an unrivaled reverence for iconic artists and respect to service their creative talents. We are excited to be the worldwide partner for Slash’s new album with Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators and look forward to delivering their new music to fans everywhere around the world.”

https://www.slashonline.com/news/test-news/

Related article on Audio Ink Radio, same date:

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Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators to Release New Album on Gibson Records

Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators have confirmed that a new studio album is on the way

Story by Charles Ken

Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash has been working hard on a new solo album with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators, and now, he and his team are ready to unleash it to the world. Slash has announced that his new album will arrive on Gibson Records via Gibson’s new, strategic label partnership with BMG.

“It’s an honor to be the first release on the new Gibson Records,” Slash said in a statement. “It’s a zenith in our partnership for sure and having worked so closely with Gibson for so long, I know they will be a label that genuinely supports their artists creatively. Not just me, but all the artists they choose to work with. It’s perfect.”

Gibson Records will collaborate with Gibson musicians to “produce, record, and promote their music to fans around the world, spreading the power of their music, creating, building, and delivering guitar-centric music, across genres to fans across the globe,” according to a statement.

“Partnering with Gibson Records and BMG presents an exciting and unique opportunity to explore new ideas for marketing and promoting a record,” Jeff Varner, co-founder of Revelation Management Group, which marks Slash’s longtime manager, said in a statement. “It shows a real commitment on the part of Gibson towards the artist community, and it will serve as a model for future artist releases. Working with Cesar and the Gibson team has provided a fresh approach to how we can support an album release.”

“BMG congratulates Gibson on the launch of their new label and is proud to collaborate with Gibson Records on its inaugural album release,” Thomas Scherer, president, BMG repertoire and marketing, New York and Los Angeles, said.

Scherer added, “This is the perfect match between two global brands with an unrivaled reverence for iconic artists and respect to service their creative talents. We are excited to be the worldwide partner for Slash’s new album with Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators and look forward to delivering their new music to fans everywhere around the world.”

In other news, Kennedy recently released a new solo album, “The Ides of March.” He also has a solo tour lined up for this fall.

https://audioinkradio.com/2021/07/slash-myles-kennedy-and-the-conspirators-new-album/

Myles Kennedy talking about the new SMKC album. Audio Ink Radio, September 2, 2021:

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You also sing leads in Slash’s band. What’s the status of your new album with Slash? I see it’s coming out on Gibson Records.

Myles Kennedy: Yeah. So, we made a record earlier this year, and it’s in the can. I think the goal is just when the time’s appropriate, we’re going to put it out, hopefully next year- hopefully early next year. And, it’s number- I’m trying to remember which number record it is. It’s hard to believe we’ve been doing this for, gosh, I think the first songs I recorded with Slash were in 2009, which is crazy. So, it’s definitely a long run there.

What can you tell me about the new music with Slash?

Myles Kennedy: The thing about the record is that it’s got a live vibe to it. It was a record that was recorded in kind of an old-school way. So, with that said, without giving too much away, it definitely has a bit of that energy and that vibe that a lot of us listened to growing up. So, it was fun. It was a fun record to make.

https://audioinkradio.com/2021/09/myles-kennedy-interview-slash/

Q104.3/Blabbermouth, Sept. 14, 2021:

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In a new interview with Jonathan Clarke of New York's Q104.3 radio station, Myles Kennedy spoke about the upcoming album from Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators. The effort will be the follow-up to "Living The Dream", which came out in September 2018 via Slash's own label Snakepit Records, in partnership with Roadrunner Records. The disc was Slash's fourth solo album, and third with Slash and his Conspirators bandmates Kennedy, Todd Kerns (bass, vocals), Brent Fitz (drums) and Frank Sidoris (guitar and vocals).

"We started putting things together — technically, we started putting things together for that record, writing songs, on the last tour back in 2018, I think, or '19, whatever it was," Myles said. "So, yeah, we have a lot of stuff to pool from. And as we've been saying, it's in the can, the tunes are in the can, so we're good to go. It's just a matter of finding a window to release the stuff."

https://blabbermouth.net/news/myles-kennedy-on-new-slash-album-its-just-a-matter-of-finding-a-window-to-release-the-stuff