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Exec Profile: Jeff Ponchick - Co-Founder / CEO of Repost Network
Servicing between 7,000 and 8,000 artists, Repost Network was co-founded by Jeff Ponchick in an effort to help artists increase revenue streams via digital distribution. Initially launching with SoundCloud as ... -
Industry Profile: Sound Royalties
Music makes the world go round, but so does money. And fittingly, it takes money to keep an artist’s career chugging. Sound Royalties is in the business of helping artists, ... -
Album Review: Boat By Pip Blom (8/10)
Named after their magnetic singer, Amsterdam’s Pip Blom are every drop as sophisticated and cool as the city from which they hail, and that quality has enabled this rising band ... -
Signing Story: Duo Steel Blossoms
Americana duo Steel Blossoms (Sara Zebley and Hayley Prosser) were playing the National Cornbread Festival in Tennessee when they sought respite from the heat within the air-conditioned theater. There they ... -
Executive Profile: Tommy Stalknecht, CEO of Single Music
While working on digital storefronts for major artists at an agency in Nashville, Tommy Stalknecht noticed the unnecessary separation between music sales and ancillary artist merchandise. That realization led to ... -
Live Review: Salty Greyhound at O’Brien’s Pub in Boston, MA
Material: When a band combines disparate elements, it’s invigorating just absorbing what happens. In the case of Salty Greyhound, the result is an eclectic chaos as confounding as it is exhilarating. Employing no fewer ... -
Album Review: Forever by Vandoliers (7/10)
"Vandoliers come better defined as alternative country rock seasoned with a dash of Tejano." Despite their cowpunk descriptor, Vandoliers come better defined as alternative country rock seasoned with a dash of Tejano. ... -
Signing Story: Savannah Conley
As the child of musicians and a performer since the age of seven, Savannah Conley has witnessed many deals gone wrong, despite her youth. “Growing up in Nashville, you see ... -
Executive Profile: Chuck Surack, Founder/President of Sweetwater Sound
Chuck Surack launched his instrument sales empire from his Volkswagen bus, the same one he used as a 4-track recording studio four decades ago. Over that time, Sweetwater has ballooned ... -
Live Review: Gentle Temper at Great Scott in Allston, MA
Material: Referring to themselves as an “ocean folk duo,” guitarist Ryan Meier and bassist Marion Earley traverse hipster alternative root territory alongside a refreshing burst of moxie courtesy of the ...
