On the show today, we chat with industry veteran April Rider, who is the VP of Radio Promotion & Marketing for Quartz Hill Records. Our conversation hinges around whether the radio is viable anymore, can an artist break out on such music platforms as Tik Tok, Spotify, and YouTube, or does it take both radio promotions along with social media.

We also discuss the crazy days of radio promotions that April and myself both endured when working together at a specific record label and some of the things we had to do to get an artist's single added to the radio.

Prior to being the VP of Radio Promotion & Marketing for Quartz Hill Records, April served as the General Manager of Operations launching Brown’s Stoney Creek Records and was responsible for launching Thompson Square’s breakout single, “Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not,” which became Country radio’s most-played song of 2011. Rider also previously served 10 years as the VP of Promotion for Curb Records during which time Tim McGraw was Country radio’s most-played artist of the decade and conquered multiple charts hits with McGraw, JoDee Messina, Rodney Atkins, LeAnn Rimes, Hank Jr., Wynonna, Steve Holy, Lee Brice, and others. Prior to that Rider worked at the iconic Decca Records with LeAnn Womack, Gary Allan, and Mark Chesnutt to name a few. Rider has spent most of her career in artist promotion and marketing. She also spent six years as a Managing Partner at RPM Entertainment. Working with legendary Scott Siman who manages Tim McGraw where she branded, managed and also ran team that worked Chase Rice, Zac Brown, Maggie Rose and others.

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Single: You Ain't Pretty

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