ION INDIE MAGAZINE October 2016, Volume 29 | Page 88

ENVISIONING THE FUTURE OF INDIE MUSIC!
Emerging from a lifelong fascination with the glamorous world of entertainment, especially the pop-culture phenomenon of
the British Invasion of the 60's, aspiring singer/model/artist/writer CINDY D’ADAMO did not have to be led into social media;
instead, it provided her with an outlet for her creativity in writing and art in the first incarnation of online social discussion
forums and groups. It was here that she connected with one half of the pop duo EVAN AND JARON, “Stage It” guru EVAN
LOWENSTEIN--who invited his group of web-chatting fans to hop aboard the new platform, MySpace, where the vision which
became LADYLAKE began. Upon joining this very social and predominantly musical interface, it became obvious that there
were endless messages from independent artists with the same request: “Listen to me!” Listen she did, especially to a
persistent young band from New Jersey, REALITY ADDICTION, who were eager to play live shows, but lacked promotion,
structure, and guidance. She aligned herself with her first roster--jazz/R&B artist DIANE CAMERON and LORI DIAMOND,
founder of the 5TH CHAKRA ARTISTS GROUP. Cindy then got a huge break, approaching singer JULIET GOUGH of Denmark-who unbeknownst to her, was being handled by the legendary producer STUART EPPS. Stuart, perhaps sensing her
determination, enlisted Cindy and her partners in PR, JEN ANDUJAR, ELENA TAPIA and DONNA BOKAR, to promote Juliet via
social media, which then engaged the LadyLake engine, leading Juliet to #6 in global Folk, world-wide airplay and an offer
from a major talent house. The social media impact was not overlooked by Stu, who sent these results to none other than
ELTON JOHN--and the LadyLake story began! Fast-forward to 2016, with LadyLake at the top of their game, networking with a
social media reach of +78 million, developing the ENVISION network of indie arts companies (of which ION INDIE MAGAZINE
is a valued partner), and promoting a roster of 16 top quality independent musicians which we will embellish upon here.