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Until you hear the opening bars of Premium Comfort Shoes’  second single ‘Mojo’, you might find it difficult to believe that songs consisting entirely of drums, bass and vocals could generate so much sheer energy and ear-catching fun.

Premium Comfort Shoes’ DOUBLE RELEASE includes an additional dance remix of ‘Mojo’ with videos for both tracks to follow. ‘Mojo’ is the follow-up to their first single ‘All My Love’, released earlier this year.

The band has a great website with access to all of their music, videos, fan-art, photo-shoots, and blog. The site is regularly updated with fresh content and contains behind-the-scenes videos of their work.

All music, video and artwork content are produced at sHOWpONY Productions. Music releases are managed by Musik and Film.

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You write what you think is a hit. So now what do you now?

You go online and look for radio promotion companies. You think it’s  simple – if you can get it out to radio they will know your song is a hit and it will be played and will chart. Wrong.

Getting airplay differs all over the world. Lets take the US, for example everyone no matter where you live, wants US airplay.

Read the article on the value of US Airplay HERE

Clear Channels entered into revenue sharing agreements with numerous record labels. Clear Channels is even called a “Media Mobster”

Read the article on Clear Channels backlash HERE

You are an Independent artist, why do you think you are going to be played by the United States largest radio conglomerate? You may have a hit, a great song. But this is a money game, like most big business controlled by giants, so only giants have access.

If you want to get a hit in the US you will have to play the game. Meaning you better have some very deep pockets to play in this high stakes game. You will need to hire a team of promoters to maneuver your song into the charts. This team will need to be in a position to grease the airplay wheels to get your song played. Call it payola, call it big business, call it what you want. But the bottom line is unless you have a million dollars to drop into your single you are not going to get a hit record in the US.

So where does that leave you and your “hit” song? There are a lot of countries in the world. Most are very receptive to hearing and playing good music. The BBC radio network is the largest radio network in the world. BBC is the largest radio network in the world today!

Guess what? They listen to independent artists music and if they like it they play it. There are numerous other radio networks and stations around the world that don’t care who the label is and don’t care if you are an indie artist. The only thing they care about is it good music. So there is hope.

It is a digital world so why would anyone send a cd to radio? There are radio promotion companies that advertise pay us and we will  put your music on our site. Radio will sign in and wade thru the thousands of songs and find yours. Wrong. You need to deliver your song by a respected radio promoter digitally to to the radio station programmers. This way they can stream a piece of your music and if they like it then they will look at the rest of your submission and download it and play your music.

What is the answer to, “How to get radio airplay in the US?

There is always a way to get in the US front door , sometimes you need to go in the back door to be in the house.

Matt Newton has his 2nd release with Musik Radio Promotions, ‘You Know Me So Well’.

Ashley Baker’s new single, Cigarette Smokin, has been smokin’ up the airwaves since it’s release to worldwide radio promotion by Musik and Film.

Ashley started her career at 16 years old with the lead female role in the feature film “The Old Livingston House” in which her first single “Summer Daze” was featured.

“Summer Daze” got picked up by IRCountry Radio Network out of Dallas and went straight to #1 on their request chart. It has since gone on to be the 3rd most requested song of all time on the network.  Ashley then went to Nashville and met Peter Young, a young amazing producer, he helped her pick  “Bye Bye” and “What a Day to Shake a Heartache” and put her with some of the best known musicians in Nashville. She cut those records and they caught the attention of Al Shiltz and Mike Martinovich with The Consortium Group in Nashville who have worked with such names as Billy Joel, The Judd’s, Bruce Springsteen, Jason Aldean, Thompson Square and Band Perry and were instrumental in founding Broken Bow Records. She then heard from Randy Guidry and Debbie Holley of Holley-Guidry a well known management and consulting firm in Nashville who guided the career of Tracy Lawrence. These people have been very instrumental in guiding her career thus far and she owes them a great deal of gratitude.

Ashley went back into the studio and cut “Country Girls Rock” which went to #1 on Hot Country 102.9 in North Carolina and 76 Country in Branson and entered the top 50 on Real Country Radio in Tokyo. Ashley’s “Country Girls Rock” was the only independent picked by All Country 99.9 Radio in France along with 15 other United States country songs for the launch show when they changed their format to country, all of the other songs were artists signed on major labels. “Country Girls Rock” hit the TOP 5 in sales in Modern Country on CDBABY, one of the largest online distributors of music.

Ashley went back to Nashville this past summer and recorded “Might Be Today” which  went to #6 on 102.9 Hot Country the same week “Country Girls Rock” entered the TOP 50 on Real Country Radio in Tokyo, Japan.

She is currently playing on the road with her band The Neon Truckers and has a new single scheduled for September release.

Laurel Moore, known as “One Lady Jazz“, since releasing ‘Frost On The Window’ with Musik Radio Promotions has been picked up by 14 BBC networks and with 4 releases is playing on over 50,000  stations around the world. Laurel is now working on her 8th publishing deal since her 4th release to with Musik Radio Promotions.

Just recently, Frost on the Window, by Laurel Moore/OneLadyJazz and Steve Parisien climbed to no. 52 on the Jazz chart right next to the great Al Jarreau.

From their FIRST upcoming  SMOOTH JAZZ Album ‘SHADOWS OF LIGHT’ (May 2014)
Original song and guitar by Steve Parisien (Canada).
Vocals, lyrics and Tenor Saxophone played by Laurel Moore (UK)

Amy Barbera’s, “Walking On the Stars”, has been breaking  records since it’s release to worldwide radio promotion.  The song is being picked up by 7 BBC stations and other major FM Stations as well as AM, College & Internet Radio. Crossing genres, the song is being downloaded by Top 40, Pop, Variety, Dance, Christian, Indie, Adult Contemporary, Rock, Pop Rock and Punk/Alternative Stations.

Inspirational Singer/Songwriter Amy Barbera is a happy, fun loving, down to earth girl who is not afraid to open her heart to the world with love, and to share her music and faith with passion.

In February of 2013 Amy was selected as one of the top five artists in the categories Best Singer/Songwriter and Best Pop Artist at the 2013 “Artists In Music Awards” in Los Angeles, CA. To close out 2013, she was excited to find out that her fun dance song “Walking On The Stars” made #1 on “SDC Radio Networks” top 50 music in review for all of 2013. Amy was inspired to write “Walking On The Stars” to encourage others to dream big and to never lose sight of their goals.

Amy’s dream was for the world to hear “Walking On The Stars”. Teaming up with Musik Radio Promotions, the response by worldwide radio has been amazing. Amy spoke of her experience, “Stephen Wrench and his whole team at “Musik & Film Records” have been amazing to work with! In just a few days of them releasing my original dance song “Walking On The Stars” to worldwide radio 7 BBC stations have picked up my song for airplay and hundreds more stations from all over the world are playing my song! I can’t believe it! Musik & Film is the real deal and they are a God send in my life! I am beyond happy to be working with them and I can’t wait to see what God will do with my song as “Musik & Film” continues to promote it  to worldwide radio.

The team at Musik Radio Promotions are looking forward to see just how far this talented singer will go!

Earl Parker with his 3rd release with Musik Radio Promotions,  “Happy To Be Me” is being picked up by country stations around the world. Its a happy summer song certain to chart.

Parker’s songs receive airplay around the world from Europe to Australia, New Zealand, & Japan, and have charted in Norway, Denmark, The Netherlands, Italy, Sweden, Ireland, & The United Kingdom. He is the author of the books Vampyre Blood-Eight Pints of Trouble, and The Subatomic Kid, he is also an award winning filmmaker whose work has been shown at the Museum Of Modern Art in New York City.

Earl Parker and Musik Radio Promotions have made a winning combination!