The days may be darkening earlier around LA but not so for us at HQ, and what brightness we’ve seen.
Our thanks to FCB Chicago and aviation giant Boeing, for selecting Songtradr artist, Novation’s track, “Essence of Beauty” for their upcoming TV campaign which celebrates veterans as employees because of their technical and leadership skills. Nice message.
…and we’re gliding high after the launch of our brand new public profile pages with tipping function where fans can support artists directly because after all, it’s a good thing to support each other!
And now, elevated friends, read on for a few of the month’s highlights!
Forward with Forbes
Very excited about this one. Thanks to Brad Auerbach, Songtradr’s new digital tipping feature where fans can now directly support artists, gets a feature of its own!
Music Business Worldwide talks Songtradr
Happy to buckle in with the awesome team at Music Business Worldwide. Thanks for two entries this month! #1 Our new digital tipping function makes a statement, #2 Fox veteran, Steve Celi (pictured) joins our licensing team.
Shopping Center Weekly on Songtradr/Ardene
Well, you just never know where we’ll pop up — Shopping Center Weekly no less. Apparently, they liked our case study piece highlighting just some of the ways Songtradr tracks have been matched with Brands.
Ardene again!
Our friends at this most excellent fashion retail company have hit us up again for a super cool track to complete their upcoming Halloween House Party campaign. Thanks to Animalia for their very appropriate track, “Into The Fog”.
Mixology to our ears
Songtradr’s second Anthology entitled, “Mixology” is out folks. For the uninitiated, our Anthology series highlights some of the excellent talent to be found on the site. Thanks to all who participated. Love your work!
Featured Artist Placements
5 Songtradr artists are featured on our main landing page every fortnight! Congrats to group 1: Lindsay Clark, Persia Grai, Toya Delazy, 8 Graves and The Natrolites (pictured). And 2: Matt Mackey III, Glass Mansions, OWEL, Suli4Q and Chasing Jonah who by the way has just released her new single, “My Return” whose producer/co-writer found her through our recent LA Times article!
September’s College Radio Selects
Here are this month’s hot 5 of talented artists who have been chosen for promotion across 300+ college radio stations around the country through our partnership with one of America’s leading college radio promotion companies. Well done, Wes Sp8 & The Apollo Proxy, Liam Croker, The Lovepools, Explorers, and isle&fever.
Songtradr goes to TechDay LA
Hosting 250 L.A.‘s tech startups, TechDay is a massive science fair for the tech community. Startups have the opportunity to show off their products to thousands of consumers, investors, the press, talent and tech enthusiasts…and that’s exactly what we did. From left: Stephanie Jones, Bentley Foy, Bo Brannen and Zac Harding.
Retreat with Erin
Actually, Erin’s doing nothing of the sort, but she did speak at this music licensing retreat called “California Dreaming”. Standing L to R: Aaron Davison — Founder of HowToLicenseYourMusic.com, Erin Dillon (with Emma), Gary Gray — Founder of LearnAudioEngineering.net, Paul Armendariz, Ron Kempton. Kneeling front row L to R: Hadley Brito, Travis Nilan.
Victoria Wiltshire
Victoria began her professional music career as a recording artist with Australian group, 'Culture Shock' after signing to Sony Music in 1993, resulting in a top #20 national single.
Following the success of Culture Shock, she expanded her performing career to musical theater, songwriting and production.
In 2003 Victoria formed a songwriting/production partnership with music producer, now-husband, Paul Wiltshire. Over the following 15 years, the pair wrote &/or produced for The Backstreet Boys, Australian Idol, Engelbert Humperdinck, Guy Sebastian, Delta Goodrem and many more, with sales exceeding 15 million internationally.
Following her writing/production success, Victoria became Creative Director for 360 degree music company, PLW Entertainment, overseeing artist & product development, image design and marketing.
As Chief Experience Officer, Victoria infuses her passion for the creative and innovative into all that she does while overseeing the overall, holistic experience of Songtradr's global ecosystem.
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