API Continues to Sign More Artists

Debora Nortman and her team at API have been busy with Music Xray artists and have received signed publishing copies from multiple artists with more coming on board shortly. If you have been keeping up with our success stories you will notice that she had also signed Kevin van Houten before as well. API Music International Inc., is a new music publishing company based in Canada that works mainly in general song placement to other artists, producers, Major and Indie labels and has a strong focus towards placement in TV/ Film/ Advertisement, video/computer gaming, background leased music, inflight airline programming, misc. digital dissemination and download and other areas of placement such as licensing masters to record labels with distribution, who produce compilations and working with foreign record labels and sub-publishing partners worldwide. Here are the new artists that have signed up with API Alphanaut (aka Mark Alan Dunn), Suzanne Zweier, Kevin van Houten, Michael Jameson, Timothy Hines and Shane Parsons, J2(aka John G. Smith Jr.), and Solista(Natasha Kaye).
You can see the latest from Debora and her team at API by visiting their profile here

Women of Substance Radio Provides Airplay for More Artists

Women of Substance Radio's Bree Noble continues to use Music Xray as an avenue for finding new talent. As an update to her last post she has now added Luanne Crosby (2 songs), Pamela G (2 songs), Sharla Shore, Katie Owen, Tara Ann Lundy, Kitchie Nadal, Jessica Sierra, SafeHouse and Callie Cardamon.

Bree Noble is a new media pioneer who has created a radio station whose mission is to pave the way for hard-working, accomplished female artists to be heard. Click here to submit music to Women of Substance Radio.

LA Based Music Licensing Firm Signs Multiple Music Xray Artists

LA based Music Licensing Company recently signed four more Music Xray artists to a publishing contracts. We are excited about this for the artists and everyone involved. Artists included in this round are Jack Wyles, Raina Rose, Ben Siems and Craig Rempel(SolarDaze). Their songs are being pitched to TV, Films, Ads, and Trailers and we wish them all much success.

You can see the latest from the firm in LA by visiting their profile here

Skope Magazine Gives Exposure to Tons of Music Xray Artists

Skope Magazine is the music enthusiast’s media outlet covering trend setting artists and music culture. And they are doing this for many killer Music Xray artists! Thanks and hats off to the fine folks at Skope who worked with: Norman Lamont - Roadblock, Russtown Representaz - Get It Girl, Trust Us - The Make Out Kids, aBSYNTh of dEATh - Jealous Servant, Catman Cohen - There Was a Boy, Cyberslunk - The BrainStorm Sessions -Vol 1 (Part 3), Jelixa - Are You The One For Me_Radio Edit, Mary Sarah - Dear Diary, Blisko Pola - Sambaczaczabossanova, Abm - Wine Down Remix, FlyinFisch - Three Years, Studio Red - Spanish Antennas, Ayana John - Can't Keep Up, Tim Miller - Love, Your Broken Home (Live), Jamie Jameson - Never Knew What Love Could Be, Anthony Flask - Remove Your Hands ( Finnal Mix ), Stephen Lee - Online, Andrew Hamblin - Where Did It Go, Justice Boateng feat Queen Boateng and Suga - Pressing On, Zombie Western - Slings and Arrows, Steph Ldavoski - Super Hero (feat. Zeus), Plank - She's My Pusher, Sinem Saniye - I'll Confide, Dodd Ferrelle - Control, and Simon Fagan - Water's Edge


You can see the latest from Skope by visiting their profile here.

SandShifter Music - Multiple Success Stories

Ten-time award winning songwriter, Gail Vareilles has been working through Music Xray to find opportunities for her songs and the artists she works with. Throughout the years Gail has worked with various other songwriters with the main one being Tommy Faragher, many time Grammy nominated songwriter, and writer of several top 10 hits.



Here are some of the connections and projects she has worked on through submissions at Music Xray:

• Allen Johnston from The Music Specialist reviewed "Something Good" and gave it all 5 stars and had a feature on me in his newsletter.
• David Steele loved "Wonderful Thing" and called me to ask me to send a 60 second clip of it so he could pitch for advertising.
• "Wonderful Thing" was chosen for Mike McCready's The Song Cat site and reached the Wall of Fame
• Joe Alonso at Killer Music Group asked me to send an epk for my artist, Jovi Rockwell as he is very interested in signing her.
• By submitting No One's Content to Wayne Thompson of Whamzoo, Gail has established a relationship with Wayne for future projects in the film industry.

Others will follow and if you would like to see Gail's EPK along with all of her songs click here http://www.musicxray.com/artists/gailvareilles. And if you are interested in working with Gail feel free to contact her here gail@sandshiftermusic.com.

Sasha TC Finds Success with LA Based Music Licensing Firm

LA based Music Licensing Company recently signed Music XRay artist, Sascha TC to a publishing contract for her song, "What Would You Like To Do Today". She is now being pitched to TV, Films, Ads, and Trailers.

You can listen to Sascha TC's song "What Would You Like To Do Today" along with some of her other work by clicking here. You can see the latest from the firm in LA by visiting their profile here.

Music Xray Band Natural Habitz Gets Showcase at Jive Records (Sony)

Rob "P.U.S.H. Coleman has secured and executed a live showcase to the VP and President of A&R of Jive Records (Sony) for the band "Natural Habitz"

Click here to submit music to Rob "P.U.S.H." Coleman and click here to listen to Natural Habitz.

Women of Substance Offers Airplay Slots to Eight Music Xray Artists

Women of Substance Radio's Bree Noble has offered radio airplay slots to eight Music Xray artists: Jeanne Kuhns, Sascha TC, Cat Forsley, Emily Angell, Mars or the Moon, Annie Calder, Mary Sarah and Kenya.

Bree Noble is a new media pioneer who has created a radio station whose mission is to pave the way for hard-working, accomplished female artists to be heard. Click here to submit music to Women of Substance Radio.

Marina V Featured on The Huffington Post

Marina V submitted her song "You Make Me Beautiful" to The Song Cat blog and A&R Podcast and had her song featured on the website. The song faced off against two new songs each day for 10 days and won the voting contest every single day. This resulted in her song reaching the blog's Wall of Fame and being featured on the Song Cat A&R Podcast which reaches hundreds of industry professionals and even more music fans.
On June 25, 2010 she and her song were featured on The Huffington Post garnering Marina further exposure and traction. Click here to listen to Marina V's song, "You Make Me Beautiful".

To see the latest from Song.cat visit their profile here.

Sentinel Gets Radio Play for Their Song "Kinda Light Up

The band Sentinel submitted their song to KCLA FM via Music Xray and their song has been accepted. It will be getting airplay under the tag "High Energy Pop".

We at Music Xray congratulate the band and look forward to following this song to see where it goes. Click here to listen to Sentinel's track.

To check out the latest from Uncle Earl and KCLA FM visit his profile here.

Dave Scott Signs Publishing Deal with Sweet Rosie Music

Dave Scott has been offered and has accepted a publishing deal with Sweet Rosie Music for his song "Somebody".

The song came to Sweet Rosie head, Don Ferro's desk via Music Xray in professional demo format with excellent production qualities. "It's one of the very best "dance" tunes we've ever heard." he said. We at Music Xray congratulate both parties and look forward to following this song all the way to the charts. Click here to listen to Dave's track.

To see the latest from Sweet Rosie Music visit their profile here.

Erin Hunt Signs Deal with Mango Reel Music

Erin Hunt has signed a deal with Mango Reel and her album "Meet in the Middle" is being promoted across Europe.

That's what we like; success stories that are short and sweet. Congratulations to both parties. Click here to listen to Erin's portfolio.

To see the latest opportunities from Mango Reel visit their profile here.

Russ Riendeau Uses Music Xray Song Presentation Packs to Showcase His Music to Clients

Russ Riendeau, PhD is a behavioral scientist with more than 25 years of hands-on, bottom-line focused business management experience. He has consulted with the management of some of the nation’s top companies – including many of Inc. Magazine's fastest growers. He's a public speaker, author of 5 books and an incredibly good musician to boot. As an out-of-the-box thinker, he has replaced his business cards with CDs of his music which has become a central part of how he makes an impact and leaves an impression. Smart!

"I've used Musicxray as a platform to present my music to the public via a crisp, easy to use and stellar model of a website. Anybody can listen to my music for free, it's protected, copyrighted and looks impressive to the consumers." Says Russ, "We have to be willing to give away something in our freeium economy if we want to sell more of our products or services. Find a niche that allows you to give something away, while creating a finishing act that requires your involvement or presence to finish the job. This is the place you make your money. This is the crucial spot to do some thinking to create that unique experience that only you can." Click here to listen to Russ's portfolio. After hearing that guitar playing we'll just refer to him from now on as the Dr.

Mika Cole Gains Fans & Gigs via The Great Unknowns Podcast

Mika Cole submitted her song to The Great Unknowns podcast and like a growing number of Music Xray artists she was selected for a feature podcast and online interview. Mika's manager, Sharon Counts said, "Mika was selected, and as a result not only has she received lots of exposure, but she's also received several requests to perform. It's been great!"

The Great Unknowns is a podcast that has achieved over 65,000 subscribers and was created and is hosted by Michael Jay. Click here to hear the song Mika Cole submitted.

To see the latest opportunities from The Great Unknowns visit their profile here.

Juliet Annerino Gives Kudos to Music Xray

Singer / Songwriter Juliet Annerino says, " I joined up and uploaded a few songs onto Music Xray and I have to give you a lot of credit. The presentation is clear and beautifully constructed and I just received feedback a mere day after I submitted it to two of your industry peeps, so I think that's pretty damn fast. It was also positive and encouraging, which is always nice! ".

She continued, "Seems to me you have put the time, effort and brains into developing a very honest and easy format for artists and industry to reach each other. Keep up the good work!" Click here to explore Juliet Annerino's portfolio.

Blake McKibben Secures Personal Face to Face Meeting in New York with Charlie Walk

Singer / Songwriter / Producer Blake McKibben submitted music to Charlie Walk hoping he'd have the goods to impress... and he did. As the former President of Epic Records (Sony) Charlie is a top taste-maker and influential executive in the music industry and now runs Charlie Walk Entertainment with ventures in music, television and retail consumer products. Blake will fly from his home in Portland, OR to New York City in the coming days where he will work with Charlie directly to advance his career and take the next step.

As a talented songwriter, performer and producer, Blake has what it takes to impress Charlie Walk. Click here to explore Blake McKibben's portfolio.

Click here to see the latest opportunities from Charlie Walk.

Brian Keith Remarks on Dealing Directly with Real Industry Professionals

Artist, producer and indie label executive Brian Keith says, "I really like the vision and direction of Music Xray. After nearly 20 years of recording, I admit I was overwhelmed at the thousands of sites offering some form of music placement, record deal, industry contacts etc. Its good to feel confident that you're really making contact and doing business with qualified music professionals." Click here to listen to Brian's portfolio.

Gail Swanson & Willie Nelson in Conversations with Hollywood for Major Movie Sync Deal

Singer / Songwriter Gail Swanson uploaded her track to Music Xray and then submitted it to Torrez Music Group, who has already done a number of deals with Music Xray artists.

More details to come, but we've learned that she's in advanced discussions with a Hollywood studio for placement of her music in a major sync deal for her song to be recorded by a major star with Nashville legend Willie Nelson, who appeared on her original recorded version of the track. Yes, some heavy hitters are also using Music Xray to seek placement deals and we're proud to welcome them. Click here to explore Gail Swanson's portfolio.

To see the latest opportunities from Torrez Music Group visit them here.

Kevin van Houten Lands Publishing Deal with API

Kevin van Houten submitted his music to API Music International and has landed a deal. This is another example of how Music Xray enables connections with serious players who are on the site to do deals. We're thrilled to learn of this and send our congratulations to Kevin and to API.

API Music International Inc., is a new music publishing company based in Canada that works mainly in general song placement to other artists, producers, Major and Indie labels and has a strong focus towards placement in TV/ Film/ Advertisement, video/computer gaming, background leased music, inflight airline programming, misc. digital dissemination and download and other areas of placement such as licensing masters to record labels with distribution, who produce compilations and working with foreign record labels and sub-publishing partners worldwide. Click here to explore Kevin van Houten's portfolio.

To see the latest opportunities from API visit their profile here.

Music Xray Artist Matt Coe Wins First Place in Great American Song Contest

Before emerging from beta, Music Xray partnered with Great American Song Contest to enable artists to submit through this website. Matt Coe was one of the artists who submitted and we're thrilled he was one of nine First Place category winners. What an accomplishment! We extend our hearty congratulations and hope this is but another step in the rising career of Matt Coe. Click here to explore Matt Coe's portfolio.

To see the latest opportunities from Great American Song Contest visit his profile here.

Ben Novak Discussing a Major Label Deal

Ben Novak was one of Music Xray's earliest users. After submitting music to several music industry professionals on Music Xray he received some very positive feedback. This led to deeper discussions with Frenchy Gloder, head of an independent label with deep relationships and the backing of major label groups for certain projects. Within two weeks of his submission he entered into ongoing discussions for a major label deal. Click here to explore Ben Novak's portfolio.

Andy Kostek Secures Publishing Deal

"About a month ago I found Music Xray online, I've been using other sites but really loved the fact that with Music Xray submissions are sent directly so I signed up." Said Andy Kostek. "Submissions were very affordable and setting up was a doodle, within a couple of weeks I'd sent in around eight submissions. Although these were not successful, it was great to get both positive and constructive feedback. This helped me refine my applications after which one of my submission led to an ongoing discussion with a TV/Film music placement company Mango Reel, who I am really excited to have now signed a licensing deal with covering over a dozen of my tracks. I am loving Music Xray. Thank you guys for an awesome service." Click here to explore Andy Kostek's portfolio.

To see the latest opportunities from Mango Reel visit their profile here.

Justin Honaman Scores a Win in Nashville

Justin Honaman, an artist from Atlanta, Georgia submitted a song to Alex Torrez of Torrez Music Group through Music Xray and Alex felt the song had potential but needed to be a bit stronger for what Alex had in mind for it. After discussing it with Justin, Alex recruited two top drawer hit songwriters, Paul Nelson and Rick Huckaby to assist with some rewrites. A few weeks later Justin traveled to Nashville and witnessed the professional recording of his song at the famed Beaired Studios. The song, called Saturday In The South will be taken to all sports related television networks for sync license opportunities. By being able to connect directly with Alex Torrez, a twenty year veteran of the Nashville music industry who has held executive-level positions with Sony A&R, Columbia Records A&R and done outreach marketing for Gibson Guitar, Justin scored a win, met some top notch people in Nashville and may even have his song reach infamy.

To see the latest opportunities from Alex visit his profile here.

Flicknife Records Signs Allison Stargazer to Label Roster and Plans Release

London based Flicknife Records has recently told Music Xray that they've signed Allison Stargazer to the label and plan an imminent release. Allison Stargazer submitted a song to label owner, Frenchy Gloder via Music Xray which resulted in the deal.

Mike E.T. Makes the Most out of the Free Submissions

I love MusicXray, the setup and the way that it makes it look so professional. I usually only submit to the free submissions but even with those I usually get a good response back. As soon as I get a bit of cash flow I will use it a lot more...

Mike E.T.
http://www.miketrapp.com

Underride Inks Deal with Rafelson Media

Seattle band Underride has inked a placement deal for one of their songs with Peter Rafelson of Rafelson Media.

Band member Rev writes, "Back in July we test drove musicxray as a referral from our drummer... In short, we hammered out a placement deal with Peter Rafelson and are excited to begin our partnership with him.... I had been working with [another service] for years with no success whatsoever. In just a month, I connected my music to the industry through Music Xray and had a deal on the table. You [guys] RAWK!

To see the latest opportunities from Peter visit his profile here.

Al Goodwin Gets Exposure and Gains Fans

Since using music x-ray, I've gained some fans and had some constructive critiques and bagged myself a good podcast exposure opp. I was skeptical about paying for a submission but it's very transparent and if you operate as a true independent then I think this is the new industry model. I like it since you deliver straight forward information and with the opportunities the doors are there to be opened.

Splendid work fellahs.

Al Goodwin
http://www.algoodwin.com

Music Xray is the subject of a five page feature story in the BBC Magazine “Focus”

In the November 2009 issue of the BBC Focus Magazine you can read a 5 page feature article on Music Xray and how we’re helping artists be discovered by labels and industry professionals. They use Music Xray because it helps them find the best music.

Download the whole article as a pdf and read it here. (it's a large file. Allow time for download)

lso featured in the article are Gnarls Barkly from when we predicted the success of their hit song "Crazy" and a new artist featured here on Music Xray named Michelle Harding. You can hear her song below.

Two Scoops - by Michaelle Harding

Musician Paul Grenier Raves About Music Xray
(Now, let's just hope we can keep him happy)!

Hello all! I've been a MusicXray "customer" for some time now. Probably not far from their conception. I've enjoyed many interactions with professionals of all sorts via Xray and think it's one of the most brilliant concepts on the web today for both budding and established artists to engage professionals as well as the public. I've had many excellent experiences with Music Xray and encourage any songwriter with a great song and recording to give it a whirl. And no... they're not paying me for this haha. I'm just a happy user =)

http://www.paulgrenier.com

On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ppgrenier

Rob Thomas' Hit Single "Her Diamonds" Leaks Exclusively Through Music Xray

This is a perfect case study regarding how to use a Music Xray Song Presentation Pack to build anticipation and release a new single.

In March of 2009 Rob Thomas became the first celebrity to pre-leak a major single through Music Xray. The song generated over 5000 listens in just under an hour.

Here's how he did it. Before release time, he uploaded his song, entered all the lyrics, his bio information, the song's video and set all the modules so they would track Twitter mentions, blog mentions, P2P traders and other metrics that enabled him so when it was time to launch he would be able to see in real time how the market was reacting to his song as it spread across the web.

Then, he set all the modules to "public" EXCEPT the Song Player module and the Video module. Essentially, that meant his fans could see everything - the image, the lyrics, the artist bio, the tracking graphs etc. but the song could not be played and the video could not be seen. Those modules were left "private". His fans started embedding Rob's Music Xray song presentation pack on their blogs and websites all over the Internet and waited matiently for midnight to strike.

Finally, at midnight on release day he logged into his Music Xray account and set the Song Player and Video modules to "public" and with the click of his mouse his song went live simultaneously everywhere his fans had embedded the song presentation package. The whole thing set off a firestorm on Twitter, Facebook and other social networks.

Check out Her Diamonds here.

Many Songs Reviewed on Huffington Post

One of the opportunities listed on this site is the DotCat Song Blog. The best songs on the blog are often reviewed on The Huffington Post.

Here are a few links to reviews:

• Melting Pop? Latin Music in America Is Sounding More Like Pop
• A Song Review: "Faith In A Minute" by Rob Peterson
• "Human Drama" by Truth Panel: Is It An Ear Worm?
• A Song Review: "2 Scoops" by Michelle Harding
• A Song Review: "Every Single Day" by Jennifer Daniels
• Being Frugal Is In Vogue - The Cheap Song By Al Lorden
• Song Of The Week - Never Really Cried by Simon Fagan
• A Review of Rob Thomas' New Single: "Her Diamonds"

Rachel Vogt Gets Valuable Feedback From Sony Music Producer Brian Steen

These kind of emails and messages are sent every day about so many of the industry professionals that use Music Xray. This note came in from a satisfied artist a couple days ago so we thought we'd share it:
"I received my song review in a timely manner and I am very pleased with the effort Brian put into it. It was critiqued with much attention to detail. It was very obvious that he listened to it carefully and more than once. He offered me BOTH positive and negative feedback which I found encouraging and very constructive.

"Constructive because it was detailed, pointing out exact passages that he liked or disliked and why. I don't think any serious and mature songwriter should expect more that that. One thing that we (songwriters) are probably all guilty of this: we have a secret hope that when we submit a song to a producer that he might fall in love with it and produce it immediately with some "larger that life" star. It just doesn't happen that way. If you are looking for professional feedback about your song (both from the point of view of writing and the recording itself), I don't think you will be disappointed with this MIP submission.

"I was very pleased..[.] My advice is to spend the $12 and get yourself some unbiased feedback. It will be good for you. If any of you are interested in hearing the song I sent to him, [it is here] there, it is called Everything Is Changing and if you care to commucicate with me about it, you can reach me at RachelVogt at verizon.net"

Best of luck to you all, Rachel Vogt

Rayvon Releases New Single "Back It Up" Exclusively on Music Xray

We know how artists are releasing or even leaking their new material out with a Music Xray Song Presentation Pack. It's one of the best and easiest ways to get your fans to take it viral. They can embed it in their blogs, tweet it, post it on Facebook and track the song's performance.

Rayvon is currently best know as the vocal singer on almost all of Shaggy's tracks but now he's got his own deal and he's coming on strong. This is a great track.

Check it out here! 

Rob Guajardo Gets Licensing Deal. Then Gets Publishing Deal

Artist Rob Guajardo submitted some of his music to a few industry professionals on Music Xray to get some feedback on how he might be able to improve. He got some great advice but one of those people happened to be Wayne Thompson and Wayne wanted to discuss the placement of three of Rob's songs in a movie Wayne is producing.

Rob was excited but realized that he didn't yet have a publishing deal in place so he submitted his music to a few more industry professionals who specialize in publishing and within 48 hours he was in direct conversations with Ken Hatley.

And that's the way to make it happen!

To see the latest from Ken visit his profile here and Wayne's latest opportunities can be seen Wayne Thompson as well.

Jag Star's Song Translated & Released in Spain by Spanish Band

Jag Star's Does Anybody Know was picked up by a Music Industry Professional operating here on Music Xray and a deal was reached whereby the song was translated, re-produced and performed by Barcelona-based Luces D Neon.

The new version called Que Diablos can be heard here.

Submit your songs to industry professionals for feedback and critiques and you never know - it might turn into an opportunity.

Kat Delancey Connects with the Music Umbrella

The submission process is so awesome. I submitted to The Music Umbrella. Got an email two days later from Will Griggs saying my song would be "great for movies, good for television, but great for movies". Said he is sending a placement agreement! Thanks so much for a great way to make connections!!!

Kat Delancey