Marketing

A broad sampling of companies and services that can help songwriters navigate an ever-changing digital world.

Services like Sonicbids, ReverbNation, ArtistECard and others offer digital spaces where all the needed aspects of an EPK (Electronic Press Kit) come together in a central place.

It was 20 degrees and snowing in Denver as I made my way to the airport. I refused to bundle up in my usual winter layers. Rather, I boycotted the snow in the near sights of heading back to...

A conversation with Traci Thomas of Thirty Tigers and Jack Stratton of Vulfpeck.

"Releasing this album independently has offered me more freedom than I had when I was on a major label."

Dualtone is home to The Lumineers.

Indie pop/rock group A Lion Named Roar has won American Songwriter and Martin Guitar’s “The Pub Deal,” a year-long $20,000 publishing contract with LA-based publisher Secret Road Music. All the entries were carefully reviewed and discussed, with the help of...

“How many people are in a band here?” Chicago Tribune music critic Greg Kot asks the crowd. When three quarters of the hands in attendance shoot up, Jim DeRogatis, a fellow music journalist and Kot’s candid co-host on WBEZ’s...

The third annual Indie Entertainment Summit kicks off this Wednesday in Los Angeles. A four-day event comprised of seminars, workshops and nightly performances, the summit caters to independent performers and industry professionals looking to learn more about the always-evolving...

Presented by Martin Guitar, the 2nd Annual Pub Deal will give away a $20,000 publishing deal with Secret Road Music Publishing.   Judges from Songspace, American Songwriter, Secret Road and Martin Ambassador Amanda Shires all narrowed the Top 25 Finalists down to the Top 5 artists below.  From here,...