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members. After most early“ music dot coms” became“ dot gone” through numerous financial failures, the Indieheaven website continued to grow strong to this day, at almost 700 members strong.
Indieheaven ' s members understand the value of being interdependent, enabling one another as they enable the organization to oversee the activity. Artists are coming together and realizing that camaraderie, not competition is paramount to success as an independent artist. Some artists on Keith ' s site have gone onto being successful signed artists with major labels, and others have seen success as independents. To Mohr, it ' s all good and all valid.
In August of 2003, a three album deal consisting of scripture memory verse / aerobics products for a major publisher brought Mohr to the Christian music capitol of the world, Nashville, TN. It didn ' t take Keith long to make his way around town and cultivate strategic alliances with those he knew would be instrumental in the success of his mission.
Keith also produced a tour in June 2005 called, Will Play for Change which connected artists from around the USA in a concert / outreach event to teach artists how to produce multi-artist events. Over 5000 miles were logged on the tour, which was a major success.
In March of 2009, Mohr held his 6th annual conference for indie artists called the CIA Summit, which stands for Christian Independent Artists. The best teachers in their fields assembled and many independent artists attended. Many who have attended previous Summits say they are life changing. Mohr is changing the name of his conference to " Indie University." The event will be held April 14-17, 2010 in Nashville, TN. For more info, visit, Indie University.
Keith has been married for 23 years and has 3 children and lives near Franklin, TN. You can reach Keith at: info @ indieheaven. com
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