Nashville-based Luna Chica Records Tulsa Bound For Talent

Oct. 21, 2010 - PRLog -- Luna Chica Records (LCR) A&R Director and General Manager Brenda Cline, along with Artist Relations Representative Kimberly Maiers Shaw, are traveling to Tulsa, Okla. this week to search for up and coming talent to sign to its newly launched indie record label.

Prior to the trip, Cline contacted long-time friend and music historian John Wooley to get his opinion on who the up and comers are in Oklahoma. Wooley is an author, screenwriter, and producer of a “Tulsan” western-swing radio show on Oklahoma Magazine. He became the first and only writer to be inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2003.

“John keeps a pulse on the hottest acts in Oklahoma and was not short on names to give us,” said Cline. “After following up, we felt it was really important for us to travel to Oklahoma to see these acts perform live. We feel very confident that we will sign new acts before returning to Nashville.”

Although LCR is an Internet-driven label with a non-conventional approach to marketing music and working with talent, Cline does not hesitate to incorporate some traditional, old-fashioned scouting within the label's progressive model.

“It seems that no one in the music business ventures out to scout talent anymore,” said Cline. “Music execs sit in their offices and wait for acts to walk in their door. We want to see these acts perform on their turf and share their fan experience. I’m not into the contrived, staged showcases that have become a Nashville standard.”

Tulsa, Okla. has been recognized for decades by both music fans and historians as having a dynamic music scene and being a breeding ground for top musical talent – producing some of the most-diverse and influential music in music history. Icons such as Leon Russell, J.J. Cale, Bonnie Raitt, and Eric Clapton, have either been from Tulsa, or have lived or created extensively in Tulsa. Mega-million selling country artist Garth Brooks also hails from Oklahoma. Other country acts, such as platinum selling acts like Reba McEntire, Toby Keith, and now recently Carrie Underwood, have roots in Oklahoma. Ronnie Dunn lived and played in Tulsa before becoming part of the multi-award winning duo Brooks & Dunn.

In addition to following up on the specific leads received prior to the trip, Cline and Maiers Shaw will be scouting several venues, as well as Tulsa's annual Luna Chica Records just launched its new model earlier this spring and is progressively moving forward as the world of music and labels continue to change.

"We are different and we are proud of our differences,” said Cline. “We are progressive and forward thinking about where we believe the music business is evolving to and we're embracing it each step of the way.”


About Luna Chica Records International:

Luna Chica Records International (LCR) is unlike any other record label. Its unique, technology and service-driven business model paves new ways for independent artists to promote, market, distribute, and sell their music. It also allows the artist access to top industry professionals in all areas of the business. The non-conventional model of LCR includes online sales and distribution, a network of strategic partners who offer a multitude of consultation and artist development services, and new media and technology-driven marketing. For more information on Luna Chica Records, visit

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Luna Chica Records International is a Nashville-based, multi-genre, independent record label. Its internet-driven model includes sales and distribution; artist development services; business consultation; new media; promotion and marketing; and more.