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Kay Harper Releases Soulful New Single, “Give Me A Sign”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Release Date: November 22, 2024 Listen to “Give Me A Sign” Nashville, TN – November 14, 202...

Steven Gerein · Nov 14, 2024

Inspiration

William Edwards Picks Up 2 Cuts

Aug 22, 2023

Inspiration

Congratulations to Steve Andrew for Getting His 13th Cut!

Aug 16, 2023

Community

Aug 02, 2021 · 230 views

How to Book a Tour & Get Paid Gigs

Book Your First Tour! You’ve got your group together, you’ve got a couple songs you’d like to push to the public and you’re sick of playing the same ol’ venues that hire you every weekend. Let’s go on...

Community

Jul 14, 2021 · 165 views

A Chat With Matt

I had a really cool Chat With Matt about all things music industry! From the creation of SongShop, to my musical journey, and everything in between. If you're looking for some insight into some real...

News

Jun 08, 2021 · 99 views

McMillin - Break The Skin

Break The Skin by McMillin puts a light vibe on a heavy topic. The song is about coming to grips with ugly sides of your personality and the realities that come with sharing that with a significant o...

SongShop - Paving a New Revenue Model for Songwriters and Artists

Community

May 19, 2021 · 215 views

SongShop - Paving a New Revenue Model for Songwriters and Artists

I had an amazing chat with Mike about SongShop and the music industry! Make sure you follow his podcast for some awesome content about business and the music industry!!

7 Reasons To Record A Song You Didn't Write

Community

Jan 25, 2021 · 318 views

7 Reasons To Record A Song You Didn't Write

As an artist there is probably going to come a time where you have the option to record a song someone else wrote, or a time where you will be looking for a songwriter. Depending on where you are at i...

News

Jan 24, 2021 · 248 views

LØ - No Dream To Discover

LØ - No Dream To Discover Ashan Cabral (LØ) is a 22 year old electronic music producer from Sri Lanka. He has been producing EDM since 2015 - and his latest track is fire! Dr...

News

Jan 17, 2021 · 433 views

Jamie's Guns - Debut Album

Facebook Spotify Jamie's Guns is a rock band based out of central Texas. Their latest release, self titled "Jamie's Guns" is a collection of songs that showcases the bands diverse sound. With two...

Royalties & Where To Find Them (Simplified) (sort of)

Community

Jan 11, 2021 · 354 views

Royalties & Where To Find Them (Simplified) (sort of)

As if the music industry wasn’t hard enough to navigate, collecting all the song royalties an artist or songwriter is entitled to can get a little overwhelming. When my band released our first album a...

Gabe Angelo & Neguine Niktash - A Miracle

News

Jan 05, 2021 · 197 views

Gabe Angelo & Neguine Niktash - A Miracle

There is no denying the Dark Pop and EDM influences that make up the sound of Neguine Niktash. With influences from the likes of Kygo and Calvin Harris, everything comes together in harmony to create...

Community

Dec 28, 2020 · 322 views

Setting Up A Home Studio

Ah yes! The old topic of the home studio. This is a topic I am well versed in! Before deciding to create SongShop, I actually was going to give it a go at becoming a full time producer running my home...

News

Dec 18, 2020 · 306 views

Artist Press Releases

Coming Soon! An Artist news section showcasing exclusively independent artists. If you have a new release coming out, click the button below to submit an application to be featured!

Education

Nov 27, 2020 · 182 views

How To Upload A Song

First, you are going to need a few things ready before you can upload your songs. You will need: Full Song File (*Required) This must be an mp3 les...

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