Michael Sarver Record Deal with Dream Records Officially Announced
The official announcement of Michael Sarver’s record deal with Dream Records/Universal music group was announced today.
Michael will release his first single. “You Are”/”Cinderella Girl” via iTunes on December 8. Currently he’s on a Christmas tour with a few fellow American Idol alums.
Check out the official press release:
Los Angeles, CA’“Dream Records/Universal Music Group announced today the signing of American Idol’s Top 10 finalist of the 2009 season MICHAEL SARVER with plans to release Sarver’s debut country music CD in the spring of 2010. Sarver’s first single from the new album titled ‘You Are,’ will be released nationally and on itunes this coming Tuesday, December 8. Michael is currently available for interviews in support of the upcoming singles and his current Holiday Tour with other A.I. finalists.
A bonus track, ‘Cinderella Girl,’ will be made available on itunes along with ‘You Are’ ‘“ the song which he recently performed live for L.A.’s homeless and needy at the Los Angeles Dream Center, which owns Dream Records, a non-profit organization that provides shelter, education, job training, and other services to thousands in the L.A. area and nationally.
The Season 8 favorite ‘Oil Rigger’ turned artist from Jasper, TX, Sarver is on tour with American Idol alumns Gina Glocksen, David Hernandez and Alexis Grace on the American Stars in Concert tour which began yesterday in Lakeland, Florida at The Polk Theatre. Other dates include: December 4 at The 1st Baptist Church in Oxford, AL; December 5 at University of Mississippi Ford Center for the Performing Arts in Oxford, MS; December 9 at Allegheny College’s Shafer Auditorium in Meadville, PA; December 10 at University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center in Johnstown, PA; December 12 at Slippery Rock University in Slippery Rock, PA/December 12 (split cast)- Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ (split cast); Dec 13, 2009 at the Lane Theatre, Frostberg MD; December 19 at the Paramount Theatre, Aurora, IL; December 18 at Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort in Mt. Pleasant, MI and December 20 at Midland Theatre in Newark, OH. The tour is produced by The Stander Group, who also produces the tour of ‘Ballroom with a Twist,’ a performance choreographed by ‘Dancing with the Stars” Louis Van Amstel.
About Dream Records: Dream Records/Universal Music Group, distributed through Fontana, recently launched their first artist Press Play which debuted in the Top 50 on the Billboard 200, becoming a huge itunes success and appearing on The Today Show. Proceeds go to the development of the Dream Center organization and much of the recording studio equipment was donated by Grammy Award winning music producer-songwriter-musician RODNEY JERKINS.
About the Dream Center: through its 200 outreach programs, the Dream Centerfeeds 30,000 people per week (one million pounds of food) in Los Angeles and houses more than 1,200 people daily each week in Los Angeles, meeting them with love and a helping hand at their greatest point of need. The Dream Center provides shelter, life rehabilitation, education, basic needs, job training and numerous resources. From its humble beginnings in 1994, located in a formerly crime-infested neighborhood of Los Angeles, the Dream Center has become one of the outstanding models of transformation in America. Since its inception, the Dream Center’s surrounding L.A. inner city area has seen a homicide drop of 73% as a result of its different programs.
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They are very new, most or all of their artists so far are doing Christian music I think. The most well-known is Press Play. Dream Records may not necessarily see themselves as limited to Christian music, however.
Michael is describing his music as country? From the one song I heard, it did have a Christian element in it, so maybe there is a crossover range he’s looking at that could leverage the abilities/experience of Dream Records and their partnership network.
Congrats to Michael!Wish him the best.
I am still sad though there’s no news about Matty G. His originals were pretty great the other day during his mini concert.
I just think Matt is so talented that he truly deserves a chance to record with a major label.
Maybe the problem right now is the genre he wants to go into, labels must be undecided on how to market him. I think he can do well so many styles though. That could also be the problem.
If Matt decided to go country he could be super successful IMO. I remember Top 11 night when Matt performed”So Small” how impressed Randy Travis was with him. I loved that performance it was magical.
Let’s hope Matty G doesn’t fade away in the future.
It would break my heart. I always thought he was going to be the next one signed after the Top 4 but I guess not. Sigh..
Sorry Michael’s thread, but now that the discussion has turned to Matt, I have to add a few things.
I know we are all anxious to find out what Matt is going to do, but he is writing some amazing new music (particularly #Imissyoutonight !!!) and I’m sure he’ll get it out there soon. By taking his time he has been able to make some connections with A-list country writers and producers, even though the music he is writing is definitely not country. I doubt this ever would have happened if he had been tied to a recording contract.
It may be true that Matt doesn’t fit nicely into a specific radio-friendly genre because his sound is truly unique. But I know he’ll have a long and successful career performing and writing music, even if he never becomes a major radio star.
Well, he’s extremely talented, in multiple ways.
So somebody in the music industry is surely going to want to hire him for *something*, seems to me. They recognize talent.
And then once he starts getting jobs in the big-time part of the industry, he can build connections and possibly get something bigger down the line or at least a good contract with a solid indie label and a touring gig. He’s at least on the radar screen now, and I can’t imagine that his talent will be allowed to go completely to waste.