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Do you have great songs related to any sort of social cause?  If so, you can enter into the special promotion: "Pick Your Cause" for the 2013 International Songwriting Competition (ISC) in conjunction with Radio Airplay and run from November 18 - December 4, 2013, and you can enter via the "ISC Online" entry platform. Click here to enter: http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/login.php?via=online By entering the promotion, your songs will also be entered into ISC's 2013 competition with a chance to share in over $150,000 in cash and prizes, including a $25,000 cash Grand Prize! ISC 2013 judges include top industry executives and recording artists Tom Waits, Nas, Imagine Dragons, Foster The People, Garbage, Florida Georgia Line, and many more. For a complete list, go to http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/judges Pick Your Cause Enter the Pick Your Cause promotion, and your song will not only be automatically entered into ISC 2013 competition, but you ...

This melody-driven debut album from songwriter-singer Conrad Shiner takes listeners on a folk-pop ride through timeless terrain—love lost and found, dreams abandoned and begun—whose rock-and-roll engine powers effortless transitions from words spoken close and tender to laments crowed loud and raw. The Lost Decade is, at heart, American Roots Rock. It’s the story of becoming one’s own man. Conrad Shiner is a regular guy—who’s aware that most folks don’t spend ten years writing songs at night and working in an office by day. And that tension—between the bare desire to make meaning and the nauseating suspicion that you’re an absurd narcissist—is the brave, delicate devil that makes this album simultaneously unsettling and familiar. From the opening line of “Present Day,” in which, borrowing a line spoken by the drifter Jake in Carson McCullers’s novel The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Shiner sings, “I got the Gospel in me, and I need to tell someone,” this regular guy goes out on a limb an...

  Even in this new age of streaming radio like Jango Radio and and internet-based promotion, the Press Kit can be just as important than ever for your promotion and success - if not more so. Because every artist represents its own “brand”, it becomes necessary to package your brand in such a way that it is attractive to fans as well as potential investors from within the music industry, while showcasing your marketability and strengths. For successful artists, having a press kit available at any time is a must! Our friends over at MUSIC THINK TANK and Phosphene Productions recently posted an excellent guide to creating and using your artist press kit to help promote and find success with your music. Click Here to read more: http://www.musicthinktank.com/mtt-open/guide-to-the-artist-press-kit-phosphene-productions.html Check back often for more industry news, tips & tricks on how to make the most out of your promotion on Radio Airplay!

  You've heard the same things over and over again on how to promote your music. Here is an article by our friends at Music Think Tank with some great advice and some not-so obvious tips on promoting your music that you may not have thought of already. http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/how-to-promote-your-music-the-ultimate-guide.html

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  While we don't have a dedicated holiday targeting system setup, we recommend that you add any of these top holiday artists to your campaign targeting list. They are the most frequently played artists in our most popular holiday stations. These artists are getting the most plays in those stations so by targeting them your probability of being played in that holiday stations is much higher. Al Jarreau Amy Grant Andy Williams Bing Crosby Brenda Lee Brian McKnight Burl Ives Carpenters Celine Dion Christina Aguilera Colbie Caillat Dean Martin Ella Fitzgerald Elvis Presley Frank Sinatra Gene Autry Glee Cast Henry Mancini John Fahey Johnny Mathis Josh Groban Justin Bieber Louis Armstrong Mariah Carey Martina McBride Michael Buble Nat King Cole Perry Como Regis Philbin Ringo Starr R...

Making an album or recording new material is an exciting and time consuming process, but the work does not stop there. In today's world, it's not enough to simply record and album and put it up for distribution on CD Baby, iTunes, etc, and expect huge success.  Marketing and receiving press coverage on a new release is extremely important and it can lead to great opportunities. This article posted by our good friends over at CD Baby explains the 7 most common reasons why the media does not choose to review or blog about certain releases Click here to read more! http://diymusician.cdbaby.com/2013/11/top-7-reasons-media-cover-last-album

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  One of the hardest things about being an actively-playing musician, is getting people to come down to your shows and gigs.   If you’re like most actively gigging musicians, you know that you absolutely can do better, that you have more fans out there than who actually show up at at the venue, and despite always receiving positive feedback, you don’t know why more people aren’t showing up! Our friends over at MUSIC THINK TANK recently posted some great tips on building some momentum back into your tour dates so you can increase your band’s draw. Click Here to read more! http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/6-ways-to-get-more-people-to-your-shows.html Check back often for more industry news, tips & tricks on how to make the most out of your promotion on Radio Airplay!

It can take a great deal of money to record an album, or kick-start a new project.  That’s where crowdfunding sites, a place where people can donate money to fund your dream project, can really be key in making your project come alive.  This great article written by Mindy Gledhill on DIY Musician lays out 5 steps to making your crowdfunding campaign a success! Click Here: http://diymusician.cdbaby.com/2013/11/5-steps-crowdfunding-success/

Check out the details at the Holiday Contest 2013 blog page:  http://radioairplayblog.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html

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With the holidays coming up, there are some opportunities for musicians and it's important to begin planning sooner rather than later. Take a look at this article written by Chris Mooney, Director of Artist Promotions at TuneCore which contains some very helpful and interesting insight on how to feature your music for the upcoming holiday season. Click here to read more! http://blog.tunecore.com/2013/10/10-things-musicians-need-to-do-now-to-prepare-for-the-holiday-season.html