New Method Signs With Avista Records
Band Launches New Web Site to Support New Album, Old School
Feb 3, 2009
New Method may be considered one of Christian music’s freshest rock bands, but this Columbus, Ohio quartet is on the verge of becoming one of the genre’s biggest new names with the release of its album, Old School, and a national tour to support its music.
Recently signed by Avista, an arm of Provident-Sony Music, New Method released its first national release in January 2009. Additionally, the band launched a new Web site, www.newmethod.net, which is full of the band’s music, news, videos, tour dates, and games.
The band signed with Avista in April 2008.
New Method’s first album, the self-titled "New Method," was just picked up for national distribution through TAG Artist Group (www.tagartistgroup.com) and will be in Christian bookstores in July.
Ministry and Mission Work
With all of New Method’s musical achievements, the band continues to focus on its guiding principles: ministry and mission work.
“All of us in the band continue to be excited about the opportunity to play our music for the youth and their families wherever we perform,” said the band is founding member, Doug Meacham, in a recent interview. “We’ve been blessed with a strong musical voice that we’re using to reach out and share a message of love and hope with people who are searching for answers and inspiration in life.”
New Method plans to tour in support of Old School and will continue to work with newly acquired partner, the international nonprofit organization Mission Of Mercy through the band’s own brand of family tour – the Faith & Family Night Tour.
“We wanted this CD to be a very unique project that begins with a reflection of the past, and moves into a more mature view of true love, and how we often fight against it,” said Meacham.
The Faith & Family Night Tour
The band's plans include producing a video to support the record, and increase touring through the Faith & Family Night Tour.
The Faith & Family Night Tour was first organized by New Method in 2003. Through the tour, New Method performs at sporting events along side organizations such as the Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers basketball teams, the Los Angeles Galaxy soccer club, the Dallas Stars hockey, and more than 50 other professional teams since founding the event.
Meacham, a pastor at his home church of Grace Chapel Community Church in Westerville, Ohio, said the band continues to seek ways to reach out to families and children in communities throughout the country using the band’s music as a hook.
About New Method
New Method has been a national finalist in the NACAS songwriting competition for the song “Heart’s Desire” in 2001. The band was featured in Christianity Today’s Sports Spectrum Magazine for its development of the Faith & Family Night Tour in 2003. In 2004, the band was selected as the Ohio Christian Music Association’s “Up and Coming Band of the Year” awarded by the Governor of Ohio.
New Method posted a No. 6 ranking on the myCCM Top 100 for 2007 in CCM Magazine and reached No. 3 on national radio charts with the single “All About The Love.”
The band maintains a strong touring schedule and has played the Meadowlands in New Jersey, Soldier Field in Chicago, Mile High Stadium in Denver, and Walt Disney World in Orlando, among others.
About Mission of Mercy
Mission of Mercy is a child sponsorship organization helping to meet the physical and spiritual needs of children in poverty-stricken areas of the world. Through its ministry programs, children receive food, education, medical aid and hope. Sponsorships will be available at each New Method show.
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