MUSIC

Music Business and related businesses

operates under the “Total Music Business” model, consisting of music production and copyrights, digital content business, show business, and artist management business.

Music Production and Copyrights

In 2011, the Company released 259 music albums, encompassing every consumer target group, namely pop, rock, alternative, country/‘songs for life’, R&B, soul, and compilation of top hits during the year. Sales and distribution is carried out through modern trade channels (superstores and discount stores), traditional trade channels (wholesalers and retailers) throughout the country, and the Company’s own retail stores, Imagine. As of December 2011, there were 161 Imagine retail stores. Furthermore, the Company manages and collects copyrights fees from food operators, restaurants, radio operators, karaoke outlets, and karaoke booths and other operators who use the Company’s music for commercial purposes.

Music Production

genie is music. Genie is chance. Genie is different
Artists : Bodyslam, Big Ass, Paradox
Awards : - Bodyslam : Best Rock Band/ Best Rock Album-Kraam/ Best Album-Kraam (Seed Awards 2011)
- Bodyslam : Best Rock Song-Yapid/ Best Rock Band/ Best Rock Album-Save My Life (Season Awards 2007)
- Paradox : Best Song - La La La (Season Awards 2011)
Responsible for Thai country music
Artists : Takkatan Chonlada, Pai Pongsathorn, Tai Oratai
Awards : - Takkatan Chonlada : Hottest Female Country Artist of the Year (TV Inside Award#2)
- Paowalee Pornpimon : Best Lead Actress - "Pumpoun" (Khom-chad-luek Awards#9)
- Cham Chamrum :Most Talk of The Town - "Ka-ru-na-funk-hai-job" (Talk About Awards 2012)
- Tai Oratai : Best Female Country Artist (Siam Dara Star Award 2012)
Grammy- Big The Greatest Hits..Where's the great music combined Responsible for independent music
Artists : Lula, Jetset'er, Crescendo, Playground
Awards : - Lula : 2011 Best Female Artist From Fat Awards, Seesan Awards, Seed Awards and Khom-chad-luek / Best Female Artist (Seed Awards 2009) / Best Female Artist (Khom-chad-luek Awards, Fat Awards 2008)
- Crescendo : Intensive Watch The Longest NO.1 Music Chart 2012 "Klub-ma-pen-muen-derm-dai-mai"
We are original...
Artists : Aof Pongsak, Wan Thanakrit, Christina Aguilar
Awards : Favorite Music VDO Awards from "Jod-maye-jark-kwam-ngaoe" "Club Friday Based True Story by Earn Piyada" Album (2nd You2Play Awards)
UP^G :The dream of real musicians
Artists : Natural Sense, Funky Burger
Awards : - Best of Compossing by using traditional Thai language- "Pai-luu-lom" Artist : So Cool Composer : Sankhom Somkid (Petch-nai-pleng Awards2009)
- Best Rock Song- "Mueng-kon-lek" Artist : Clash Lyric : Sankhom Somkid Rythm : Thanadej Phasuktham (Seesan Awards 2004)
Good feeling makes good music
Artists : BANK CASH, CHIN CHINAWUT, FIFI BLAKE
Awards : - Chin Chinawut : Virgin Hitz Awards 2007 in hitZ on Chart “Pak Mai Troang Gub Jai” & “Chan ja Pai Gub Ter” / Seventeen Choice Rising Star 2007 / Seventeen Choice Rising Star 2008 / Best Music Video, Keun Tee Nueng, Kazz Magazine Award 2009/ 'The Hottest Singer of the Year' Kazz Magazine Award 2012
If cream is the best & richest part, musiccream's singers also have the best voice & songs
Artists : Punch, New Jiew, M-Auttapon, Ging Muanpair
Awards : - New Jiew : Thai popular female singer (Seesan Bantueng Awards 2011)/The most popular group artist (Gmember Awards 2010,2011)/The best music VDO - "Ying-luek-ying-wanwai" (Golden Television Awards)
- Punch : Rising Star (Seesan BanTueng Awards 2010)
- Ging : The Best Female Artist (Gmember Awards 2011)
Music Bon Appetit
Artists : So Cool, Pancake
Make your day with my music
Artists : Bell Supol, Peck Palitchoke, Preaw Kanitkul
Canvas of Music
Artists : Bird Thongchai, Palmy, Da Endorphine
Awards : - Bird Thongchai : Best Male Vocal in Thai Pronunciation from "Tham-roi-pra-ra-cha" song (Petch-nai-pleng Awards 2012) / Most Beloved Aritst (Star Party Awards 2012) / Most Favourite Artist and Most Beloved Artist (Siam Dara Star Awards2012) / Best Artist (Top Awards2011)
- Palmy : Best Female Artist in 10Years (Hamburger Magazine) / Best Female Artist of The Year (The Fat Awards2012)
- Da Endorphine : Best Female Artist (Seesan Awards 2011) / Female Artist of The Year (Nine Entertainment Awards 2010) / Best Female Artist (Star Entertainment Awards 2009)
- Pop Calories Blahblah : Male Artist of The Year (Nine Entertainment of The year)
"Fun Hip and Trendy" We are Danze Planet
Artists : J. Jetrin, Cover Girl, Brazia
We Love Pop
Artists : Mr.Lazy, Potato, Rose Sirintip
Awards : - Potato : Best Rock Artist and Best Rock Song -"Ther-Yung" (Gmember Awards 2011) / Intensive Watch NO.1 Music Chart Yearr 2011 -"Ther-yung" Album Human
- Lazy Sunday : Intensive Watch NO.1 Music Chart Dec 2011- "Kid-tueng-na" Album Lazy Sunday2
- Tony Phee : Best New Artist -Album Klua (Kom-chad-luek Awards#9)
We always play with you.
Artists : Zeal, AB normal, Ae Jirakorn
Awards : - Fongbeer : Best Producer (Seed Awards 2012)
- Potato : Best Rock Song-"Mai-ruu-ja-ati-buy-young-ngai"/ Best Rock Artist/ Best Music VDO-"Mai-ruu-ja-ati-buy-young-ngai" (Gmember Awards 2010)
A cutting-edge perspective of happenings in great music
Artists : Pichaya Nitipaisakul, Temfah Krisanayuth, Saran Sean Anning
LIVIN'G
Albums : "Gift"album, "We Love Ukulele"album, "GMM Grammy Everlasting Songs"album
Awards : - Best Instrumental Music Album - Andaman by Infinity (Seesan Awards 2008)
- Best Instrumental Music Album - Asanee Wason Masterpiece by Den Euprasert (Khom-chud-luek Awards 2008)
Teenage Music Prominently
Artists : G Junior
GMMTV RECORDS
Artists : - Ice Sarunyu
- Noona Nuengthida
- Namcha Sheranut Awards : - Namcha : Seventeen Choice Award 2009
- Noona : [V]Awards Crossover (Channel V Thailand Award 2011)
- Tent Nararuk : Best Female Artist (Nine Entertain Awards 2011)

Copyrights

The Group also operates the copyrights management and collection business, which the Group collects copyrights fees from restaurants, stores, radio stations, karaoke stores, karaoke jukeboxes and other operators who use the music for commercial purposes. The Group has been assigned to collect the music copyrights fees for the Group and also for other external music copyrights owners. GMM International is a full-function business unit operates under Thailand’s premier record label and entertainment company, GMM Grammy Public Company Limited. Our expertise lies in a broad array of both inbound and outbound music business matters. Imagine, retail shop under GMM Grammy, distributes entertainment products such as CD, VCD, DVD and others. For the music production and distribution, MGA , the Group's subsidiary, is responsible for taking the master tapes from the music creation process to produce into tapes, CDs and VCDs. Consequently, the Company's distribution business unit distributes the products to modern trade (discount stores) and traditional trade (wholesalers and retailers) nationwide, including the Company's retail store

Digital Content Business

In 2011, digital business - the consumption of music via mobile telephone and the Internet - is still one of the main channels to sell music. The Company offers music downloading services on an ‘a la carte’ (individual song) basis, and monthly subscription basis, to leading mobile telephone network operators in Thailand. In addition, the www.gmember.com” www.gmember.com website is the core site for music, news about artists, music downloads, and other activities.

GMMD manage and produces a variety of digital content for us on mobile devices such as Ringtone, Wallpaper,Screensaver,Java Karaoke;and services of content download,fortune readings,song greetings,etc. The number one entertainment portal in Thailand which portrays various kinds of infotainment covering music, lifestyle, fortune, web board, fan sites, e-cards and blogs.

Artist Management Business

The Company has a policy to train and develop both Music and Non-music artists to enhance their capabilities in singing, acting, and dancing. In addition, it also tries to expand revenue channels for those artists in the forms of live performance in pubs and bars, as well as employment opportunities as product presenters.

ARATiST is the gateway to entertainment, acting as the artist pool from GMM GRAMMY and its subsidiaries. ARATiST realizes the importance and value of you as our client and your need for a variety and selection of artists to fit your every function and event.

Show Business

This business employs its music and artist resources in producing a variety of concerts in various formats, such as promoting albums and theme concerts. In 2011, the Company organized 16 concerts. The largest ones were Bird A Sa Sanook & A Sa Sanook Encore Plus, Bie Sukrit in Concert, 20 Years Christina Aguilar Concert. In addition, it also organized 2 music festivals, namely Chick Mountain Music Festival and Big Mountain Music Festival 3. Besides generating revenues from the sale of tickets and sponsorship, this business also generates additional revenues from the sale of VCD and DVD recordings of live performances.

Concert and variety show production under GMM Grammy. Work out for marketing activities, multi-media creativity and other special events related to show business. A-TIME Show Biz, Thailand’s concert production leader, the owner of more than 40 impressive concerts along 7 years. Creative Event Organizer which provides fantastic and characteristic branded event