Meet Terry Nails, Sr. Producer, Musik and Film Productions. Read his insightful interview with ‘Sleaze Roxx’ and Terry’s experiences in the world of some of the most famed Rock n’ Rollers on the planet.
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Amy Gass is a serious artist, willing to work hard to make her dreams a reality. Says Amy, “Every moment, good or bad, is another opportunity to reach out and connect with the audience.
Amy has taken a step further to make her dreams a reality, signing with Musik Radio to promote her music in 60 countries to over 50,000 stations worldwide.
Her latest CD album shows off Amy’s talent as an exceptional singer and song writer. Eight out of the ten songs were co-written by Amy, and you will enjoy her style and sound in these heart felt songs. You can almost taste the intensity of “Never Knew”, and hear the determination of will in the song, “Strong”.
Manuel De Haro, producer and owner of Acceso Productions says, “I have to say Amy’s voice and talent is one of the most unique I have heard, and her passion and dedication for music are always inspiring. I am always blown away by her impressive voice”
A favorite on her my space page is the rockin’ “When Good Girls Love bad Boys”. Then the adolescent pureness of the song, “My Best Friend” takes you back to childhood and dreaming that anything is possible. The crown jewel of the album is the heart wrenching duet, “When We’re Cheating On Each Other”. It reminds one of George Jones and Tammy Wynette.
Amy remarks, “Thanks to Stephen and his whole team, I am now being played in the UK, USA, Netherlands and all over Europe. I really appreciate Musik and Film’s support of my music and very impressed by the results I am getting now. For any artist who has been struggling with a dream and would love to be heard among the many, this is the right home for you. Again, thank you Stephen and your whole gang, I look forward to the future and the success to come!
Amy is now being played on over 3000 stations including the BBC Network, Australia, NZ, and Japan and is listed on the Musik Radio Wall of Success.
Proclaimed as “the next Nickelback from Quebec” by ETalk Daily (CTV), power rock group, ONE, has teamed up with Musik Radio Promotions to gain international exposure.
After the success of their Sophomore release “Dirty Valentine”. The ONE boys felt incredibly inspired to begin working on a new album. Having spent the better part of the last 3 years touring, there was a lot of excitement about getting back into writing mode.
In the music business today, albums can sound generic and too polished. Something that ONE tries to avoid. “The bands and albums that inspire us to be musicians are the old school Led Zeppelin, Ramones and Motley Crue records. Nowadays everything is sampled and over compressed for radio, the soul of the songs at
times seems to be lacking,” says guitarist Staniforth who also co-produced the last album with guitarist, Jardine.
The new album “Worlds Collide” speaks of struggles and success stories of today’s reality. A groovy, rock your face off album that has a little something for everyone. “It even has a song that if you turned the heavy guitars back could be considered country,” says Rossi.
“With so much going on in the World, you can’t help but write about it. It is all about staying positive and staying the course,” adds Staniforth.
Signing a global radio promotions deal with Musik Radio Promotions, seemed to be the next logical step on the course to getting a positive message out to the world. With the first single promotion of, “Queen of Rock n’ Roll”, One, has begun to build a global fan base and are on the Musik Radio Wall of Success, having gotten airplay on over 1,000 stations worldwide.
With a new album comes a new chapter. A chapter that the band will write one show at a time.
When Hangin With Stogie, an all girl, country, pop band from Fredericksburg, Va, released an EP in April 2012, who would have dreamed a year later, they would still be charting on radio worldwide.
Musik Radio Promotions, a division of Musik and Film Inc, began a global radio campaign for airplay in summer 2012. The band is now on over 10,000 stations worldwide including the BBC network.
The idea for recording ‘It Ain’t Me Babe’ , as a cross of “The Turtles meets Dylan” came about by Stephen Wrench, President, Musik and Film. The single continues to chart in many countries in Europe on the ECMA(European country music Assoc).
Christian/Country recording artist Debbie Merkel first came to Musik and Film Records with release of “On Heaven’s Wings”, in 2012.
Debbie is now back with release of 2 singles on “How Do I Say Goodbye” released worldwide by Musik Radio Promotions.
Merkel says, “I write about things I know and experience… struggles, losing my mother, experiencing child abuse, and yet how God is at the root of it all and sustains us through all things.” A delicate and true vocal caresses the gentle melodies and spirit filled lyrics of each track. Messages of hope, triumph, and inspiration welcome the listener and encourage communion. “I write about things others can relate to but share it on a spiritual level,” offers Merkel of the message of her music.
A Halloween song composed at the tender age of 8 and performed by her entire class at school was Debbie’s first light of understanding that her voice was God’s gift to be shared. Influenced by Amy Grant and Bette Midler she designs her music with notable honesty and feminine luminosity. After 911 Debbie had the honor of joining local celebrity artists in a television performance to raise funds for the recovery efforts of the horrific tragedy. “The television performance was a song I wrote called, ‘Together’ which is on the album and is about feeling alone but when we come together and celebrate Gods love, we can accomplish anything.”
With faith in God and hopes of “accomplishing anything” Debbie Merkel’s music stands to deliver a beautiful ray of light into the radio airwaves and offer listeners around the Globe messages of love, hope and inspiration. That is certainly coming true with her latest release, as Debbie’s latest release is being played on hundreds of stations and charting around the globe.
Musik and Film is proud to represent Debbie as her label and look forward to many successful future releases.
Recently there was an article by a well-known indie artist’s site entitled, “Radio Promotion- Why You Won’t Get Commercial Airplay”. There is nothing further from the truth.
Good News – outside the US, world radio plays what they consider is good music.
They don’t care “who” the label is and you can’t pay them to play what they consider bad music. They are attentive to their listening audience and play what the audience wants to hear.
The Not so good news -Every year thousands of Indie artists attempt to place their music on commercial radio in the US to find it is only a racket. It’s a closed system of secret handshakes, pay to play, and broken promises. The playlists on commercial radio stations are mostly dictated from a central corporate headquarters and the songs are picked based on what record companies are “paying” the most in favors, vacations, money, and other various “who knows”? (top forty anyone?)
However, radio is still the most effective way to expose an Indie artist’s music to the public.
In the past, it was a daunting, expensive process. For decades, a promotion company worked in a limited geographical area. The promoter sent out records, tapes, cds to about 200 or so radio programmers in a specific genre and geographical region. There are still old school radio promoters out there doing business the same way. Not very effective, nor does it reach a lot of stations or give the artist maximum exposure.
Radio Promotion in the 21st Century
Now there are tons of companies offering promotion to internet radio stations. Then there are some internet stations where a artist can pay for so many spins on that internet station. It is unlikely anyone will ever hear them since the only people who listen to these stations are artists who paid to have their music played. Most of the listeners are other artists waiting to hear their song played.
Then there are the promotion companies who for a fee allow you to place your music on their site advertising that they have X amount of radio stations. They say that their radio stations are going to go on their site and wade through millions of songs in the hopes they will pick yours to add to their playlist. Radio programmers do not have the time nor the inclination to spend their week wading thru releases to find your song.
So – How DO you get played on BBC, Sirrus, Clear Channels and other major reporting stations?
It’s a big planet we live on. These days with digital distribution and all the many sites on the internet you want the world to hear your music. Not just a limited geographical area. Yes, internet radio is global but mainstream radio is still the most reliable source for anyone to hear your music. Mainstream like the BBC, Sirrus, Clear Channels and other major reporting stations.
How do you get to them?
There are a few innovative companies out there that have stayed ahead of the curve and all the changes. What you as an artist wants is to be able to deliver your music directly into the hands of radio program directors. You want to be able to do this without having to send a cd . Without having to have radio programmers wade thru a million releases to have yours jump out at them.
You want to be heard and played.
So search for a company that delivers a high quality digital press kit to radio programmers that they can quickly stream and listen to. And if they like what they hear they can download it for airplay. Find a promoter who does this around the globe to tens of thousands of stations – one with developed relationships, measurable results, and references.
Indie Artists Are Getting Commercial Airplay – Now
The good news is outside the US world radio plays what they consider is good music. They don’t care who the label is and you can’t pay them to play what they consider bad music. They are attentive to their listening audience and play what the audience wants to hear. So if you are good as you think you are, find one of these radio promoters who will deliver your music to the world without you taking out a second mortgage on your home.
A scintillating blend of different emotions, powerful energy and varying musical backgrounds combine into one to form, Blended Brew. This group found itself ready to introduce themselves to an international audience, signing with the promotions division of Musik and Film, Musik Radio released, “Traveling Song” to global radio.
It was in March of this year, Denmarks’s Blended Brew embarked on their second expedition to the United States. Loaded with new material including hits like ROLL THE DICE and CROSSING CRACRAZINESS (written and recorded while back home in Denmark), this 2nd trip this past Spring was sure to be a successful venture! After arriving in early March, Blended Brew quickly jumped into performing promotional shows in various Florida venues, including a warm up gig at The House of Blues in Orlando, opening up for Florida based headliner Sister Hazel. These were all in preparation for a jaunt to New York City to showcase for record executives and booking agents in the Big Apple. The feedback was very encouraging. Fantastic singer, tight, extremely talented, nice looking band and solid songs were the general thoughts heard from these executives. All that was needed to do was to continue to write more material and prepare additional songs for the band’s upcoming, second album. Next up was a trip up to Nashville to record in Music City. A fantastic experience, working with esteemed producer and musician Dave Roe, led to a more refined sound, with the chance to record in analog, resulting in a much warmer texture to the new music.
Ever so quickly it was time to return home to Denmark to finish up final mixes and put the finishing touches on three more tracks, as the band builds towards releasing their next album in the near future.
Blended Brew has begun to build a fan base around the world with airplay by 100’s of stations around the world of “Traveling Song”. Stay tuned for more of Blended Brew’s story; as the journey continues.
Ryan Casper says of his music, ” I’m not pop, but I’m not part of the big buckle crowd either. My sound is a blend of modern and traditional. It’s a little bit of Garth and a little bit of Skynyrd with mustard and relish”.
Casper has now partnered with Musik Radio Promotions, which has become known for using a non-traditional method of getting the best music played on radio stations all over the world. Since releasing Casper’s single, As the Crow Flies, it was quickly picked up by the BBC network , most of the ECMA(European Country Music Assoc), Europe,Australia, NZ, Ireland, Uk, US, and 100’s of stations around the world.
Being claimed as a hit:
“Oh, is that ever a hit song!” Dixie McCorkell CMA/CCMA/ECMA Triplestrand Productions.
“As far as new artists go, I’ve never had such a demand. Bottom line…great guy, amazing music and I think it’s safe to say this might be Ryan Casper country now.” J-Dub(Justin Whitfield) of KKOW Radio.
Ryan Casper and Musik Radio Promotions plan to release 4 more singles this year. We are sure to be hearing more of Ryan Casper very soon!
For more information, please visit www.ryancasper.com.
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Mark Harragon, who signed with Musik and Film in 2012, is now releasing a new album, Forgotton Dreams.
Mark has silently been crafting his Song Writing talent over the years along with his development in Music Production to emerge with a truck load of songs in a variety of genres including Ballads, Folk Rock, Country Rock and Blues.
With songs that reach the listener with a blend of thought provoking lyrics and ear catching melodies, no matter what your taste in music, there’s a good chance you will like what you hear in the Artistry and Music of Mark Harragon. “I can hear the Rock and Roll influences in his music, along with a deep rooting of Soul – Mark has a very unique Country/Rock sound!”.
Stephen Wrench.
Two singles off the album, “O Mary” and “Back On the Street Again”, have been released to international radio airplay by Musik Radio Promotions and is already receiving airplay by stations around the world.
The Bleeding Rose new single, Gimme Wot I Want, has been released to worldwide distribution by Musik and Film Records.
“The music is written on a super personal level, inviting the audience to identify with each song as though it were written exclusively for them, which, in a way, is true, if the lyrics are taken on their own merit, otherwise, there is always the option of ignoring them and just digging the music itself,” says Vincent Elt, principal songwriter and founder of the band.
“In essence, the music is simply a vehicle for the lyrics and we try to present the work as much as possible to reassure the listener that we are all on this journey together, without the usual bullshit attitudes associated with so called musicians these days. We are here to entertain, yes, but with substance.”
Musik Radio Promotions has released for international airplay and has been well received by PDs across the globe.
For more information go to http://www.reverbnation.com/thebleedingrose.
