Music Promotion, Marketing and Distribution Newsletter

December 2013

The contacts listed are sorted into FIVE sections.

1. Publications that will REVIEW your music
2. Radio Stations/Shows that will PLAY your songs
3. Labels, Vendors and Promotional Services that will help you to SELL your CD
4. Sites where you can UPLOAD your band's MP3s or videos
5. Helpful Resources for recording artists

SECTION ONE: SITES/PUBLICATIONS WHERE YOU CAN GET YOUR MUSIC REVIEWED

Soundpress.net Music Magazine
PH: 973-556-5400
Rich Lynch mr_kweevak@yahoo.com
www.soundpress.net
Visit our flagship website for feature articles, concert and CD reviews.

The Heavy Metal ICU
submissions@heavymetalicu.com
www.heavymetalicu.com
We offer music news, CD reviews, concert reviews, concert photography, book reviews, show promotion and much more!!! It is for all genres of Rock and Metal, so check it out! Use the contact page to get a hold of one of the staff members in "The Heavy Metal ICU." E-mail your music submissions for review and consideration for airplay.

Drawer B
PO Box 11726, Columbia, SC 29211-1726
www.drawerb.com
Unsolicited submissions are accepted. Direct all submissions for review consideration to our mailing address.

MarsBands.com
Mars mars@marsbands.com
www.marsbands.com
We write reviews, features, and promote Independent and unsigned bands and musicians as much as we can. Are you in a really kick-ass band? It's tough to get noticed, so we'd like to help. Fill out our online form and we'll give you a listen, and if we like you, we'll write up something really spiffy for you to brag about! Please note, submitting your band does not guarantee that we'll write a review for you, it just means we'll give you a listen. You'll have to "wow" us with your music for a review. For the sake of ease, we prefer that you direct us to a site where we can STREAM your music (i.e. Your Site, Reverb, Bandcamp, SoundCloud). This is useful if we write a review for you so we can embed your music player with your review. If your music isn't able to be streamed, bands and artists may submit up to 3 files for us to listen to. We do NOT want you to send us a CD.

Perfect Sound Forever
perfectsoundweb@furious.com
www.perfectsoundforever.com
Home of musical underdogs of all styles. We respond to every inquiry we get.

Christian Musician Magazine
4227 S. Meridian #C-275, Puyallup, WA 98373
PH: 253-655-5000 FX: 253-655-5001
http://www.christianmusician.com/magazines
A bi-monthly publication that provides practical training in easy to understand articles by some of the best musicians in Christian Music. Also featured are great interviews with your favorite artists, as well as up-and-comers.

3rd COAST MUSIC
19810 Joan Leigh Cir. Spring TX 77388
PH: 281-907-0587
John Conquest john@3rdcoastmusic.com
www.3rdcoastmusic.com
The essential newspaper for American Roots music. Published monthly in Central Texas it contains news, opinion, and reviews of musicians and their CDs. We ONLY review indie releases!

Faygoluvers Heaven
Scottie staff@faygoluvers.net
www.faygoluvers.net
We are the #1 site that brings you news from all of the underground Hip Hop labels and artists including some site exclusive freshness.

Cadence Magazine
Cadence Bldg. Redwood, NY 13679
PH: 315-287-2852 FX: 315-287-2860
cadence@cadencebuilding.com
www.cadencemagazine.com
A thorough and honest guide to and through the current Jazz and Improvised music scenes. Cadence offers the most complete coverage of the entire creative improvising music scene extant. Cadence is not some ephemera, but is a thorough on-going documentation of the scene for this and future generations. Since 1976, Cadence has reviewed over 55,000 different books, records, CDs, videos, and tapes and offered monthly worldwide coverage to a worldwide readership. Please send two (2) review copies of each recording that you wish to be reviewed.

SECTION TWO: RADIO STATIONS, SHOWS AND PROMOTERS

2.1 RADIO - STATIONS AND SHOWS

The Penguin Rocks
PO Box 140, Spring Lake, NJ 07762
PH: 732-280-7625
Gary Wien info@thepenguinrocks.com
www.ThePenguinRocks.com
Roughly 80% of the songs we play are from independent artists around the world. We accept submissions for airplay on CD or MP3. Generally, we're interested in Rock & Roll, Indie Rock, Folk, Pop, Country and Americana tunes. We don't follow the charts ... we make our own.

Troy's Room
Troy troysroom@hotmail.com
www.latalkradio.com
Featuring unsigned Rock from around the globe. Submit ONE MP3 per band. (Tuesdays, 5pm PST).

Metal Nation Radio
submissions@metalnationradio.com
www.metalnationradio.com
It's important that you read our submission guidelines before contacting us. We WANT to support new and independent bands, but we will NOT help those who are too lazy to show a minimum amount of effort. It's surprising how many e-mails we get a day that just simply skip the "hellos" and say something like "Check out my band at www..... and let us know if you can play us." We simply do NOT have the time and it's not fair to those who actually take the time to properly format their submissions.

Black Swamp Radio
Paul theoldwisefrog@yahoo.com
www.blackswampradio.net
Our station is about the paranormal, supernatural and the unexplained with our own show called Swamp Gas. We also play Indie/Pagan music, Rock, Folk, Country, New Age, weird, paranormal, talk radio and old time radio. NOTE: Pagan is a big part of the station.

Soundpress.net Radio Show
PH: 973-556-5400
Rich Lynch mr_kweevak@yahoo.com
www.soundpress.net
The home of Rockin' Rich Lynch on the Radio! Lynch interviews indie artists and also regularly interviews music industry legends like Yoko Ono, Donovan, Meat Loaf, Jon Anderson, Don McLean and many more. The radio show is now heard around the world on iTunes, YouTube, SoundPress.net and is coming soon to over the air syndication!

PSMG Radio
Gary Peterson doingmusicphilly@gmail.com
www.psmgradio.com
Plays indie artist from the Greater Philadelphia area of all genres. Established in Philadelphia PA for the purpose of educating, promoting, and connecting regional artists in the Philadelphia, Tri State area to vital resources necessary to have a successful career in the entertainment industry. Pure Sound Music Group Goals are 1. To re-established Philadelphia music, entertainment, and fashion industry as a superpower by reconnecting entertainers, fashionista, and musician with the consumer though Guerrilla Marketing and social media. 2. Create an unadulterated radio, and Internet platform for musician and entertainers of all genres in the Philadelphia/Tri-State area. 3. Establish a strong, pure, viable relationship with corporation, investors, and major distributions network to revitalize the Philadelphia/Tri-State entertainment industry.

Buckeye City Radio
Dewand Darling bigdawge2@yahoo.com
www.buckeyecityradio.webs.com
Internet radio promoting Ohio Hip Hop and R&B artists.

Cottleston Pie - KAOS
CAB 301, Olympia, WA 98505
PH: 360-867-6896
Miss Melissa luckycatrp@gmail.comL
www.kaosradio.org
Eclectic Children's music show. A weekly story time too.

New Driven Radio
Sherry Sabine NewDriven@gmail.com
www.facebook.com/NewDrivenRadio
The NEW DRIVEN shows bring the hottest professional level independent rock to syndicated radio. Our weekly shows feature the best in emerging Soft Rock, Hard Rock, Alt Rock, Pop, Acoustic, Folk Rock, Punk & Melodic Metal. NEW DRIVEN also produces a weekly talk show that focuses on professional independent artists and a live show with call-in interviews and guest co-hosts. Artists on our shows are full-time musicians, (or nearing that step) with a rigorous touring schedule We spin newer release original music. @NewDriven

2.2 RADIO PROMOTERS

Howard Rosen Promotion
521 W. Channel Islands Blvd. #15, Port Hueneme, CA 93041
PH: 805-382-2200 FX: 805-201-7816
info@howiewood.com
www.howiewood.com
Since 1985 We have been helping artists reach their goals of obtaining radio airplay, expanding their fan base, and creating awareness throughout the industry. @Howiewoodpromo

SECTION THREE: SERVICES/VENDORS/LABELS THAT WILL HELP SELL YOUR MUSIC

3.1 SERVICES - PROMOTION/PUBLICITY

Grimes A Promotion
PO Box 6152, North Hollywood, CA 91603
PH: 818-430-8926
Alicia Grimes grimespromotion1@gmail.com
www.grimesapromotion.com
We are all about promoting and marketing new music talent. We provide you with the service and guidance to get your song on radio stations/shows with the appropriate format. Whether you are a major label artist, independent label artist or an unsigned artist, our staff has the ability to get you heard. We ensure that your music is heard not just by the station but also on the air. We work with Hip Hop, Pop, Rap and R&B artists.

Musichelp
Nygardsplatan 5, 610 73 Vagnharad, Sweden
PH: 46-733808746
info@musichelp.se
www.musichelp.se
We specilize in PR in Sweden, Distribution physical (we have our own system), Digital distribution (Musicbase), Branding and Sync. We can also do PR in Europe and USA.

Bandwagon Press
PH: +44-07770-637-114
PERSON beth@bandwagonpress.com
www.bandwagonpress.com
London based music PR company.

Miles High Productions
PO Box 93157, Hollywood, CA 90093
PH: 323-806-0400 FX: 323-462-0829
mhpmanagement@mileshighproductions.com
www.mileshighproductions.com
Created to bridge the gap of companies working directly with music artists and entertainment based projects who are in need of additional marketing support. MHP also focuses on non-music ventures such as corporate brand building, cosmetics, gaming, sports and other industries. MHP's goal is to elevate your product or artist to a higher ground in an expedient timeframe by exposing them to new and existing online audiences. MHP also focuses on taking our campaigns one step further by cross-promoting all traditional methods of marketing with online opportunities for further outreach. @MilesHigh

Serge Media Group
PO Box 5147, Canton, GA 30114
PH: 678-880-8207
Sandy Serge sergeent@aol.com
www.sergemediagroup.com
Social media, networking and publicity solutions for musicians backed by a trustworthy and diligent work ethic.

3.2 SERVICES - LABELS, DISTRIBUTORS AND ONLINE VENDORS

Earwig Music Company
2054 W. Farwell Ave. Garden Unit, Chicago, IL 60645-4963
PH: 773-262-0278 , FX: 773-262-0285
Michael Frank mfrank@earwigmusic.com
http://www.earwigmusic.com
Online vendor that carries Blues, Jazz and Gospel. When the Blues bug bites ... wig out!

SECTION FOUR: SITES WHERE YOU CAN UPLOAD YOUR BAND'S MP3s OR VIDEOS

Artistopia
http://www.artistopia.com
Professional presentation of the music artist to the music industry, with comprehensive profile and press kit building tools.

GreatIndieMusic.com
1534 Pennsylvania Ave. Monaca, PA 15061
info@greatindiemusic.com
www.GreatIndie.com
MP3 digital downloads from great independent artists.

Hello Music
1100 Glendon Ave. #1600, Los Angeles, CA 90024
PH: 888-240-0050
support@hellomusic.com
www.hellomusic.com
Dedicated to connecting today's best independent musical talent to real industry opportunities, because we believe that all great music deserves to be heard. Our team will listen to and evaluate your music. We categorize the content based on quality and determine if your music fits with one of our many partner opportunities.

JukeBoxAlive
311 Montford Ave. Asheville, NC 28801
PH: 828-232-0016
Will Cumberland cumberland@jukeboxalive.com
jukeboxalive.com
Our Advanced Jukebox Player protects your music from being digitally downloaded, yet allows fans to hear your music online. This creates exciting possibilities for you to present yourself to new audiences without being ripped off.

SECTION FIVE: SOCIAL NETWORKS AND ONLINE COMMUNITIES

Songdish
info@songdish.com
www.songdish.com
A music streaming social network for fans and a business tool for the music industry partners with Thales, a leader in in-flight entertainment and connectivity systems to announce the development, integration and marketing of a national and international streaming audio application and service for the transportation industry.

SECTION SIX: HELPFUL TOOLS AND RESOURCES FOR YOUR BAND

6.1 RESOURCES - GENERAL

Muzik Studio
PH: 973-927-5327
info@muzikstudio.com
www.muzikstudio.com
We do full production Recording in a friendly, relaxed environment. Our Engineer is Pro-Tools certified and experienced in every phase of the recording and production process. Whether your project is ready to go or in pre-production; MuZik Studio will help you achieve your dream. In-house musicians available including drums and percussion. We are a modern equipped results oriented studio!

OpenMic.US
Claudia Fritschi claudia@openmic.us
www.openmic.us
We strive to provide reliable, local open mic information for musicians.

Festival Network Online
www.festivalnet.com
There's nothing like a live performance! FNO lists more than 7,000 events throughout the U.S. and Canada seeking performers, from local & regional to national & international. @_festivalnet Search by 22 different music genres, event attendance, zip code radius & more. Plug in festival dates with club dates.

Peerless Mastering
1085 Commonwealth Ave. #322, Boston, MA 02215
PH: 617-527-2200
info@peerlessmastering.com
www.peerlessmastering.com
Dedicated to providing the highest quality restoration. We offer the highest quality stereo and 5.1 pre-mastering, CD, CD Enhanced, and DVD-A authoring and full audio restoration. Our staff is exceptional at giving our clients the best quality and service, guiding them through the final phase of their sonic process with ease and expertise. We are uniquely equipped to provide the highest quality mastering available anywhere. We have the expertise, equipment, and skills to achieve the full sound potential of your album. As more and more artists are choosing to record in project and home studios, high-quality professional mastering in an acoustically accurate room has never been more important. Working at Peerless' state-of-the-art studios with our highly trained engineers, you can realize your sonic vision and make your recording sound as full, warm, punchy, and clear as possible. We will guide you through every step of this final phase of your project, and you will be truly amazed when you hear how incredible your music can sound. @PeerlessMaster

6.2 RESOURCES - EDUCATIONAL

Grassrootsy
grassrootsyonline@gmail.com
www.grassrootsy.com
A music marketing blog specifically created for independent artists and bands. Indie artists often lack the know-how to successfully build a following, target potential fans, and creatively make a living off of what they do. Pursuing music has very little to do with playing a gig. It has everything to do with what you do offstage after you've made the initial impression. Grassrootsy offers simple, practical, effective ways to promote yourself and your music.

Daylle Deanna Schwartz

Music Marketing Manifesto Blog
John Oszajca john@musicmarketingmanifesto.com
www.MusicMarketingManifesto.com
Advanced strategies, secrets, tactics and tips on selling your music online. @JohnOszajca

6.3 RESOURCES - TOOLS

AdRev
13351-D Riverside Dr. #219, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
PH: 818-651-6311
cid.adrev.net
Start collecting royalties from YouTube videos uploaded by others that make use of your music.

Site Sargent Virtual Cinema
/www.sitesergeant.com/video-marketing-services
Give your music videos the glitz and glamour they deserve - showcase them in your own Virtual Hollywood Cinema! We can install your cinema on your existing website and create a link on your main menu (or create an image) inviting visitors to "Enter Our Cinema" or "See Us On 'The Big Screen!", or whatever you desire! Create a multi-video playlist, add links to your sales pages, add a "Buy Now" button to appear over your video at a specified time, have visitors redirected to another page at a certain time or when your video ends, each video can have a different cinema themes (if desired)...and much more! Dim the lights and enter our demo cinema here: http://www.sitesergeant.com/cinema/ The complete list of features can be found toward the bottom of this page: http://www.sitesergeant.com/video-marketing-services

Disc Makers
7905 N Route 130, Pennsauken, NJ 08110
PH: 800-468-9353 x5109
www.discmakers.com/indiebible5
Disc Makers is the preferred independent CD and DVD manufacturer of Indie Bible. As an Indie Bible member you receive an exclusive discount of 5% off any and all Disc Makers products and services. Turn to Disc Makers for the highest quality CDs, made in 5 days (or less), for the guaranteed lowest prices. Our services don't just stop at disc manufacturing. We also offer audio mastering and design services, as well as promotional items like posters, Download Cards, and more. And if you want to duplicate your own discs, we sell the fastest disc duplicators on the planet.

MyNewsletterBuilder
comments@mynewsletterbuilder.com
www.mynewsletterbuilder.com
A user-friendly, feature-rich, online newsletter management program for novices and professionals alike.

6.4 RESOURCES - AUDIO

DIAMONDISC AUDIO - "Where Audio Meets Art"
204 Still Water Cir. Nashville, TN 37221
PH: 615-662-6870
Doug Diamond doug@diamondiscaudio.com
www.diamondiscaudio.com
A full-service multimedia company specializing in Audio and CD Mastering services as well as Stereo Mixing, CD/DVD Duplication and Replication, Video Editing, DVD & Blu-ray Authoring, Graphic Design, Website Design, Music Supervision, Composing, Publishing and more. We are dedicated to providing top-quality creative services, excellent customer care, and affordable prices to independent artists and small businesses. Let us help you put those finishing touches on your final mixes in the all-important Mastering stage. You're going to want your project to be equivalent to those found in record stores when it comes to Volume Level, EQ, Compression, etc. - that's where we come in!

6.5 RESOURCES - ORGANIZATIONS

The League Of Rock
PH: 416-908-5284
info@LeagueOfRock.com
www.leagueofrock.com
For organizations of any size, The LOR produces the best Music-Based Team Building events in North America. For Adults, The LOR gives thousands of people who have careers and families an easy way meet others who play or sing, to workshop with professional musicians, to record and peform live... All in ten weeks, and without giving up their careers and hitting the road. The League Of Rock is empowering "The Hidden Musical Population", one company at a time, and one grown up musician at a time.

Acoustic for a Change
www.acousticforchange.com
Provides free live entertainment and event-planning guidance so that your next charity fundraiser is a success. AFAC has musicians & event professionals who will donate their time for worthwhile causes like yours in Southern California and Central Florida. Our goal is to take some of the worry out of your next event so that you can do what you do best! Acoustic for a Change also collects gently used instruments for distribution to local underprivileged kids and/or after school programs. Often, the organizers of various Charity/Fundraising events who use Acoustic for a Change will ask their attendees to bring new or gently used instruments for donation to our cause. They find that aiding another organization adds even greater social value to the event.

SECTION SEVEN: THIS MONTH'S ARTICLE

College Radio Strategies: An Inside Look
by Ted Jamison, KLC Radio
© 2013 All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission

Once Upon a Time ...

College radio used to be great. In fact, there was a time when college radio was indispensable. Thirty years ago, it was the primary resource for up-and-coming bands to gain listenership. Record labels, small to major, would scour the airwaves for potential clientele. Bands like the Smiths, R.E.M., the Replacements all got signed thanks to college radio play. Nirvana's Nevermind couldn't have achieved its historic No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 if "Smells Like Teen Spirit" hadn't first hit the college airwaves as a single. College Music Journal was an entire magazine devoted to an analysis of college radio music in the '80s and '90s. In a time before Internet, before Pitchfork, before Bandcamp, Facebook, Soundcloud or Piratebay, college radio was the frontline -- the primary wave of attack for the cutting-edge music scene. Today things are, well, different. It is safe to say that the role of college radio has changed significantly. But never fear, I am here to help you navigate these changes.

My Radio Station

I am a junior at Lewis & Clark College, a small (we're talking 2,000 undergrads), private, liberal arts college in Portland, OR. I am also a DJ and music library manager at KLC, our school's radio station.

Every radio station at every college is a different sonic snowflake from the next. There are plenty of large, well-funded and thriving college radio stations with full-time DJs and managers on payroll. I am not talking about those stations. I want to give you an inside look into the opposite side of the spectrum: the small, underfunded and completely student-run liberal arts college radio station. Here is a secret: at our station, your best resources may have nothing to do with "radio" at all! Keep reading, I will explain.

An Inside Look: The Grim Truth

Here are a few facts you should know about my college radio station:

* Rules and regulations for DJs exist but are rarely enforced or followed.

* Most shows are not seriously themed...or taken seriously...or listened to at all for that matter.

* We have an incredibly unorganized "library" or room full of CDs and vinyl in utter disarray.

* We receive promotional/demo CDs from musicians almost every day, but have no system or process for listening to them. (They basically go into a void, an un-listened-to stack of doom.)

And most importantly:

* We are not broadcast over any FM or AM airwaves.

* We stream our shows online and do not save or archive the shows.

That's right, our college radio is not actually on the radio. The fact is, FCC licenses are very expensive and labor-intensive for a small, student-run station to maintain. While I can't speak for all small college stations, I certainly have friends in small schools who describe similar predicaments at their stations. I understand this may seem bleak. I mean...it kind of is.

Don't Lose Hope!

The good news is that there are still resources at my college radio station that you can take advantage of! Like I said before, many of these opportunities have nothing to do with "radio" play at all!

1. Play At Our School

If you want a great chance to expose your music to a college campus, go play there!

Aside from radio itself, our station is in charge of bringing music to our campus for live events. We organize at least three to four live shows per semester featuring all types of music from the surrounding community as well as touring acts. We are always looking for bands and musicians to come play in some form or another. The radio station also has a budget for promoting these shows via posters and flyers; so if you play here, people will know. I guarantee you will get more exposure from actually playing on our campus than from your demo being streamed on our station.

2. Use Our Recording Studio

Our radio station also has a brand new, built-in recording studio. Straight up. We will record you or your band and we will do it for cheaper than any "professional" studio. Our recording studio is one of the most important and shockingly underused resources in our radio program. On top of this, our recording studio has a connected bandcamp page on which we will promote whatever you record for free!

3. Ask For a Review

We run a music blog tumblr webpage on which we post album and concert reviews. If you want a source of feedback from one of your most valued demographics, contact us and ask for a review. Local venues love comping tickets for college radio stations, which means we will absolutely attend and review your live show if you reach out and ask for one.

4. Beware the CD Abyss of Doom!

Unfortunately that is where your demo or EP will likely end up if you just mail it in to us. We will sooner listen to your CD if we know you or have at least had a conversation with you. Which brings me to my final point.

5. Stop By, Say Hi

This may be one of the most important tips I can offer. In fact I really can't stress it enough. The most efficient way to make use of any of the above resources is by personal connection. Come onto campus and stop by the station. Introduce yourself to anyone and everyone. Hang out. Sit in on a show or two. This could really make all the difference

And Remember ...

College student apathy is real, especially at an entirely student-run radio station. If you ask for something and don't get an immediate response or a follow-up, ask again. I promise, it's not that we don't care about you or are not interested.

TED JAMISON is a DJ and music library manager at KLC in Portland, OR, where he attends Lewis & Clark College. He is an ethnomusicology major, a bass player and an aspiring music writer. Reach him at tedjamison@lclark.edu This article originally appeared in the Sept. 24, 2013 Edition of Music Connection Magazine www.musicconnection.com

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