Ryan Martin brings Kent Christon in as a full partner/co-owner of the Jammer Direct brand.

Kent brings years of experience and networking into the fold with his long and distinguished history in both the areas of artist management and record label ownership (Smash Alley Records) as an A&R Rep, Executive Producer, and Talent Buyer.

This kick starts the development of Jammer Direct into overdrive and to new levels not before envisioned.

Pictured in the image are, from left to right, Stan Liddell and Kent Christon.

Membership reaches 1000. Added features now include a vanity URL as well as an mp3 uploader for original music for streaming on the artist's official profile.

Jammer Direct (then known with the domain jammerdirect.com) implements a monthly site rebranding known as 'Jammer of the Month'. This rebrands the entire website for the promotion of a randomly selected artist who is a member of Jammer Direct for that month.

Jammer Direct hosts its first set of live events known as the 'JamNation Single Search' featuring artists around the United States who signed up via the Jammer Direct website.

Held live in Jammer Direct's original birth town of Fort Wayne, IN in a 2500 seat venue known as Piere's, the concerts are streamed live on the Jammer Direct website and each artist is voted on to be included in what would later be known as the 'JamNation Volume 1' album. Each artist is given 1000 physical copies of the album to do with as they please plus the album is distributed both digitally and physically to record stores around the country.

Attendance of the events, which lasted three months,  peaks at capacity of the venue and the video footage collectively garner over 1,000,000 views and over 35,000 votes.

'JamNation Volume 1' was released on January 20, 2009. The album can still be heard on Amazon Music HERE.

'JamNation Volume 2' is released with another set of independent artists after the second Single Search set of concerts is held and broadcast.

In addition to the videos from this set of concert being streamed on the Jammer Direct website, this time the audio was also simulcast live on JammerStream One.

Jammer Direct membership reaches 1 million.

Jammer Direct was built on the premise of independent music for the underground.

In order to protect our artists, Jammer Direct (now known as Jammunity LLC on a corporate level) is forced to file its first emergency court injunction (Indiana Case # 02D01-1102-PL-000063).

A group of individuals, acting as a separate entity,  attempt to literally steal the brand known as Jammer Direct by registering an LLC company under a similar name.

The pseudo-LLC was established in an attempt to take the member database for a company that had already set a price for paid memberships. The aforementioned LLC went out of business after the owner of the initial company created yet another subsidiary company under a different LLC in order to sell it and protect himself from further legal issues.

Jammer Direct was then counter-sued by the defendants who formally requested a stipulation admitting the actual Jammer Direct was in the right but the defendants still wanted $20,000,000 to give up their counter-suit.

Within two months the lawyer for the defendants had resigned due to a 'breakdown in attorney/client relationship' soon after the defendants refused to answer any interrogatories and the opposing counsel suing the defendants for costs incurred on the attempted theft of Jammer Direct as a brand (Indiana Case # 02D03-1311-CC-001790).

The law firm involved in this suit representing the defendants won a judgement against said defendants in the amount of almost $15,000, which, as of 2021, has yet to be paid.

This resulted in a final and unequivocal court victory and a legal triumph not only for Jammer Direct as a brand and an entity but for every single artist past, present, and future to safely post their personal and professional data and artistic creations without the fear of having said data being sold and distributed without permission for personal profit from unscrupulous person(s) on this or any other similar organization.

Both cases can be researched by going to https://mycase.in.gov and searching for the following court case numbers: 02D01-1102-PL-000063 & 02D03-1311-CC-001790.

This injunction and the resulting vexatious counterclaim are a testament not only to the lengths that Jammer Direct goes to achieve its overall mission but also to protect every single person, artist, and artistic entity that Jammer Direct is involved with.

The original public court ruling document enforcing the permanent injunction protecting not only the data and files of the company but also of every artist involved can be read HERE.

Jammer Direct does a minor rebranding, including what is now known as the 'Velvet Logo'.

The official tagline changes from 'Get Connected' to the current tagline 'The Evolution of Revolution'.

Jammer Direct membership reaches 5 million.

Jammer Direct officially launches Jammerzine at jammerzine.com. Jammerzine is an online magazine featuring daily premieres for songs, albums, and videos, as well as exclusive interviews and content.

Jammerzine's official tagline becomes 'Independent News for the Underground'.

Jammerzine and Jammer Direct launch their first television show titled 'Jammerzine's The Week in #Indie'.

Originally on Youtube, The Week in #Indie moves over to Amazon Prime as well as MediaCom Cable On Demand, Comcast Xfinity On Demand, and IQIYI in China. The show would later be added to Jammer Direct after that site switches primarily to video based content.

• Show link HERE
• IMDb link HERE

Project JGear begins in earnest with the beginning construction of what originally became an online store for the independent artist in which the artist keeps all of the money made for the artist.

This has since expanded into what is now called JDXtreme (JD Extreme) which is expected to be released sometime in the fourth quarter of 2020.

Jammer Direct produces its first original film in the form of the documentary titled 'Behind the Beauty: Remxing the Chaos'.

Co-Directed and edited by Jammer Direct Founder Ryan Martin, the documentary focuses on Michael Ciravolo, curator of the music project Beauty in Chaos and stars Ciravolo, Michael Rozon, Tish Ciravolo and features interviews and contributions from Wayne Hussey, Al Jourgensen, Michael Rozon, Zakk Wylde, Ashton Nyte, Michael Aston, Robin Zander, Rolan Bolan, Pete Parada, Tim Palmer, John Fryer, Ummagma, Kitty Lectro, dUg Pinnick, ICE-T, Michael Anthony, Mark Thwaite, Evi Vine, Simon Gallup, Kevin Haskins, Sine Division, Betsy Martin, Paul Wiley, Kevin Kipnis, Statik, Johnny Indovina, Dirk Doucette, Roman Marisak, Alex Kretov, Sounds Of Sputnik, Tim Perry, Ulrich Krieger, Lola Bates, Danny Lohner, and Marc Danzeisen.

The film premiered on Jammer Direct with later premieres on YouTube, Amazon Prime, AppleTV, and IQIYI in China.

• Watch now on Jammer Direct HERE
• Watch now on Jammer Direct's Official Roku Channel HERE
• Watch now on Jammer Direct's Official Amazon Fire TV Channel HERE
• Watch now on IQIYI HERE (in Chinese)
• Production IMDb Page HERE.

Jammer Direct begins airing the 'Live@Home' concert series on its website as well as Roku and Amazon Fire versions of JDTV with live simulcasting on JammerStream One internet radio. The concert series marks the first time in over ten years that Jammer Direct has streamed original events.
From episode two onwards Jammer Direct has partnered with KES Entertainment to bring even more exposure to the participating artists. Watch the Live@Home Concert Series HERE.

JDTV (Jammer Direct Television) begins to fully expand into the world of television with additions of the JDTV Channel on SamsungTV+, Amazon Fire TV, and Roku as well as the addition of Jammer Direct original content to Xfinity ON-DEMAND, Apple TV, and IQIYI network in China.

Click HERE for details.

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