Zobe Records
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
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| Industry | Music |
| Founded 📆 | 2010-01-01 |
| Founder 👔 | Alonzo Black III |
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| Owners | Alonzo Black III |
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| Parent | Zobe Entertainment, Inc. |
| 🌐 Website | https://www.ZobeRecords.com |
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Zobe Records is an independent record label open to all genres of music with a growing roster of music artists, producers, engineers, and DJs. [1]
History
Alonzo Black founded Zobe Records in 2010 after creating Zobe Models & Talents Agency in 2001 and seeing a void and need for a music label and artist services locally within the DMV (Washington DC, Maryland, & Virginia) area. Alonzo Black felt that it was time for Zobe Models and Talents Agency to take the company to the next level by taking the great music talents that they represent and giving them the resources and connections they need internally to enhance their careers instead of seeking outside sources. Soon after, Zobe Records began partnering with music studios, DJs, songwriters, and music producers/engineers. This led to becoming a member of ASCAP with its own publishing company "Alonzo Black Publishing" and a member of BMI with its own publishing company "Alonzo Black Publishing International". [2][3]
Zobe Record's Founder/Owner, Alonzo Black, was inducted as a member of The Recording Academy (Grammys), formed a major distribution partnership with REMG which distributes through INgrooves/Virgin Music Group/Universal Music Group, obtained a Universal Music Group New Digital Media Agreement, obtained a Warner Music Inc New Digital Media Agreement, obtained a Sony Music Entertainment New Digital Media Agreement, obtained a YouTube Licensing Agreement, obtained a Google Play Music Services Licensing Agreement, obtained an Apple Music Subscription, Lyrics, and Cloud Services License Agreement, and is even able to digitally distribute videos with mega music corporation VEVO to assist with international multi-platform video broadcasting. Zobe Record's CEO/Owner (Alonzo Black) was also inducted as a member of For(bes) The Culture, the Music Managers Forum (MMF-US), NARIP (National Association of Record Industry Professionals), honored and recognized by Marquis Who’s Who for Expertise in Entertainment, and inducted into the “Black Leaders Worldwide” as a member recognized for being innovative, inspiring, and impactful while being named among the “2024 Men To Watch”. Currently Zobe Records is distributed by The Orchard. Wholly owned by Sony Music Entertainment and based in New York City, The Orchard specializes in media distribution, marketing and sales. It also collaborates with independent artists, labels and others to provide content worldwide. [4]
Zobe Records artists have been provided opportunities to perform at a number of festivals/concerts/shows/events, been placed on tours, have performed with major artists, are receiving radio airplay, have done radio/magazine/TV interviews, have placement on the Billboard Charts/Global Top Independent Charts, have ranked in the top 50 independent artists on national radio, have won local/regional/national/international awards, and are currently being digitally distributed by major labels. Zobe artists receive marketing, promotions, PR, artist development, computer graphics, photo/video editing, music management, booking, merchandising, career consultation, playlist pitching, blog pitching, and more based upon their location so Zobe can represent and work with artists from around the world. [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
Zobe Distribution also provides indie-major worldwide distribution for music as a business platform service. These services include not only music servicing but also music video servicing, radio servicing, and more. Zobe Distribution via Zobe Music Group (ZMG) can even provide sub-label/imprint opportunities to the best independent labels, management companies, production companies, and music studios who would like to partner with us to take their organization to the next level and obtain music publishing, distribution, and the marketing assistance that they need. This gives an opportunity to have more control of and concentrate more on artistic creative development.
