Rocketown Records

{{Short description|Independent record label}} '''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.<ref name="BB_108_45">{{cite magazine |last=Price |first=Deborah Evans |date=1996-11-09 |title=Higher ground |magazine=Billboard |volume=108 |issue=45 |pages=34 }}</ref>

==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 ==

{{div col}} * 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 {{div col end}}

== See also == * List of record labels

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.rocketownrecords.com/ Official site]

{{Michael W. Smith}} {{authority control}} Category:Record labels established in 1996 Category:American independent record labels Category:Christian record labels Category:American companies established in 1996