Industry Ink: Pop, Lock, and Drop Hits; AIMP; Songfluencer

Tank A Copy, Please

Pictured (L-R): Pop, Lock, and Drop Hits members Jefferson Brown (Little Louder), JD Groover (SeaGayle Music), Nina Jenkins (Jody Williams Songs), Emily Witters (SeaGayle Music), and Jacee Badeaux (Big Yellow Dog).

Songplugging group Pop, Lock, and Drop Hits rented a dunk tank for their recent pitch event “Tank A Copy, Please…,” hosted in the Big Yellow Dog parking lot.

Among those stopping by to listen to the pitches were Carly Strickland, Arturo Buenahora, Keith Stegall, Jason McColl, Carly Pearce, Daniel Lee, Scott Gunter and Jake Gear. If the guests decided to take a copy of the song or put it on hold, they could make their own “pitches” and dunk one of the songpluggers from 6 feet away.

It was such a success, Pop, Lock, and Drop Hits is looking forward to making this an annual or biannual event

AIMP Nashville Webinar Thursday

AIMP Nashville is holding a “Meet the Candidates for the AIMP Nashville 2021-2022 Board” event on Thurs., Oct 15 at 4:30 p.m. CT. Registration for the free webinar is available here.

The online event will be moderated by Tim Hunze of Anthem Entertainment, who will lead a brief conversation with the candidates running for the AIMP Nashville Board. This year’s candidates include Duff Berschback of Concord Music Publishing; ET Brown of SESAC; Alex Heddle of Big Machine Music; Shannon Sanders, Recording Academy Trustee and Program Director of 102.1 The Ville; and Mike Sistad of ASCAP. Voting will take place the week of Oct. 19th, and only AIMP Nashville members may vote.

Songfluencer Staffs Up

Songfluencer, the Nashville-based music tech startup using data-driven technology to earn music success on TikTok, has announced four new hires and one staff promotion, bringing its staff to a total of 15 employees. Bryce Johnson has been elevated to General Manager, Brooke Barry has been hired as Creative Manager, and Mena Han-Lalime, Gabby Henson and Kathleen Schreiber have joined as Campaign Managers.

The news follows a year of growth for the company co-founded by Johnny Cloherty and Sean Pace, which in 2020 executed TikTok campaigns for a number of major label clients.