About
Embrace Your Passion
At TBAIMS, we believe in the power of music. Our comprehensive Music Promotion Agency is based in Land O Lakes, Florida, but we work with artists near and far to help guide them to the next level of their music career. Every great alliance starts with a strategy. The Founder, Jon Landers has decided to become a mentor and consultant to the indepenedent music artists after hosting many monthly music showcases in New York City region and connecting the artists with music, entertainment, TV and film industry executives. TBAIMS will be restarting their monthly music showcases on September 9, 2022 in St. Petersburg, FL. Check the Events tab for more information.
Can't Stop the Music
TBAIMS is now a Music Promotion Agency Consultant, founded by Jon Landers that has been helping independent music artists with opportunities to perform at various venues since 2013. TBAIMS originally stood for The Big Apple Indie Music Series. It has transitioned to stand for The Best Artist Indie Music Series going forward. Jon has developed relations with many of the top artist development agencies in LA, NY, Nashville and FL. as well as with many music festivals across the globe to continuously find other playing opportunities for his family of independent music artists. Whether you're new to the music scene or already have a long track record in the industry, Jon brings a passionate approach to every project he is involved in. At TBAIMS we are connecting through music.
Do You Share Our Passion for Music?
We are always looking for special people that have the same passion for music and that would like to be a part of the TBAIMS team. Contact us if you are one of those inspired people.
How your support helps the artists and TBAIMS
With the stipends your provide, 85% will go to the artists that perform for our showcases, always dividing up the total equally among the band and it's members. 15% will go to support our costs to bring you these showcases to include any promotion costs and venue costs to include production and backline costs. These events do not come cheap and it is very important to us with the quality of the sound systems used so you can actually hear the vocals for each artists; something that can be hard to find going venue to venue. We promise to bring complete transparency to all that we do. Refreshing, isn't it?
Corporate sponsorships are available:
We invite corporate sponsors to join our efforts. We may not be a non-profit, however we do keep very little of what you provide for support. We put most of what you provide into the production and marketing of our events. Won't you join us? You can check out our Sponsorship Deck here.
If you want to be a part of this going forward, please contact us. We will answer any and all questions you may have. We thank you.
Access to Tribute Bands
We now have access to tribute bands from Bruno Mars to Van Morrison and so much more. Contact us for a full list.
Access to Headliners
We also have access to booking acts like The Miracles, Mitch Ryer & The Detroit Wheels, Voices of Classic Soul and so much more. Contact us for a full list.
A man and his music cd
Available on iTunes
I actually got into the music industry coming from the lawn & garden and hardware industry. I was a manufactuer's representative selling and servicing The Home Depots and big box home centers from Maine to Virginia. In 1999 I went through a divorce from a 29 year marriage. In the three years following my divorce, my mom was diagnosed with colon cancer, my dad attempted suicide because of my mom's condition and my brother was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. This led me into a deep depression. In 2001 I changed careers and purchased a graphic design business called Creative Desktop; closed on the purchase on 9/7/01 not knowing what was about to happen on 9/11. I changed the name of the business to Creative Group LLC as I felt the original name was already outdated and did what I could to keep it going despite the fact that I was still dealing with my depression. One day I happened to walk into a Circuit City, saw a keyboard, hit the demo keys that played the theme to the James Bond Movies for which I was a big fan of and, by impulse, purchased the keyboard, labeled the keys and used the built in loops to compose my music and write lyrics to go with it. If I had not gone to this Circuit City to buy this keyboard, I know for a fact you would never have seen the start of TBAIMS. In 2006 I remarried and wrote my vows into a song for our first dance at our wedding called This Special Moment. My producer, Bobbi Tammaro aka FunkeeBoy outsourced the vocals as I was the first to admit I could not sing on key. The only track you will hear me on is a bluesy rapping song called The Midlife Crisis Blues. All of the other song tracks are recorded by other independent music artists that my producer outsourced for the vocals.
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(I still do free lance graphic design and printing on the side at this LINK)
Introducing my autobiography
Available on Apple Books
I have written many poems, thoughts and even a short story that I compiled over the years dating back to my days in high school where I began writing an assortment of material during my adolescent years up to current times. I have saved many of these and decided to compile them into one place along with a history of my experiences growing up in New York, Massachusetts and more currently Florida. They are in no particular chronological order. I do include the lyrics to the songs I've written since I started to write in 1999. That was my therapy from going through a divorce from a 29 year marriage and following up years later with my second marriage where I wrote my vows into a song to be played for the first dance for our wedding.
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