Rocketown Records

Rocketown Records was an independent record label which was started in 1996 by Michael W. Smith. In the fall of 1995, met with Don Donahue, A&R director at Reunion Records, to discuss creation of the label.

In 1996, Word Records bought a minority share of the company.^[1]

Imprint

In 2006, Rocketown started the RKT Music imprint label to concentrate on a younger demographic. The first album released was Lifegiver by Hyper Static Union as a partnership between Rocketown and the Christian rock band Third Day. Hyper Static Union was signed to a production deal with Third Day's Consuming Fire Productions. Additional releases by RKT include Learning to Lose by the Turning and High Flight Society.

Roster

• Alathea (active, currently independent)
• Christine Dente
• Ronnie Freeman
• Shaun Groves (active, currently independent)
• High Flight Society
• Hyper Static Union (active, with Amplitude Media)
• Geoff Moore
• Reuben Morgan (active, current worship pastor of Hillsong Church)
• Michael Olson (active)
• Michael W. Smith
• Out of the Grey (on hiatus)
• Ginny Owens (active)
• Chris Rice (active)
• George Rowe III
• Taylor Sorensen
• The Swift (disbanded in 2006)
• The Turning
• Watermark (inactive)
• Wilshire

See also

• List of record labels

References

1. Price, Deborah Evans (1996-11-09). "Higher ground". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 45. p. 34.

External links

• Official site