This Success Story is about Songtank...
a recently launched project that is making a HUGE impact for the Homies and the local music community.
The idea for Songtank was hatched in a meeting with our newly formed Special Events Committee.
The goal of the meeting was to create a big event that would happen quarterly and would give HOME Members a chance to execute the event as a team. Acting as a business incubator, we also felt it was important to focus on creating business outcomes for our Members.
We kicked around ideas of ticketed live showcases, a 'Creator's Expo', fundraisers... but we landed on making it a pitch event for recorded music.
HOME has done private pitch events in the past and regularly helps Members navigate those activities, but this was the first time we made it a production...
HOME is an artist development and production community... so what is the best way to show off HOME's artists, producers, the facility, and the music being made here, while ALSO creating really impactful business relationships???
SONGTANK!
We're not sure who said it first, but we all understood... like a cross between Songland and Shark Tank πΆπ¦
We made the pitch event a Live TV Show!
The first step was to find our 'Sharks', so we tapped our industry network and locked in the Vice President of A&R from Concord Music Publishing, the VP of Sync at Big Yelllow Dog, and the Head of Licensing at Silver Side Productions.
Instead of calling them 'Sharks', we wanted everyone to know they had the power at their companies to sign artists to deals, so we called them Decision Makersβ¦
The next step was to make sure we had some truly amazing songs to play for our Decision Makers.
We started by sharing the opportunity with HOME Members, but we also wanted to include other talented creators in the Nashville community. So many of our industry associates shared the song submission opportunity as well, and we had over 120 submissions in about 10 days!
We had to narrow it down to 10 songs for the show, so we recruited the help of our Verified Producers to weigh in with their top 10. It was SO HARD to pick the finalists π€―
5/10 of the songs featured were created by HOME Members, and a lot of the recording, mixing, and content creation for those projects happened at the HOME Facility!
Songtank Episode 1 is a true testament to the teamwork and talent that are thriving in the HOME Community:
SO MANY AMAZING Homies π€© artists, songwriters, and producers that submitted music
The 5 songs created by HOME Members that were selected to pitch
Host and radio MC Adam Culver - also a Homie
Live broadcast production crew - HOME Members
The HOME Special Events Committee & Verified Producers
π₯ Watch the highlight video from Songtank Ep. 1 that aired LIVE on 3/22/22 and see the credits below for HOME Members who helped create this amazing music and event π
Young & on Fire - Hope Blanchard (Artist) with Mitch Goudy (Co-writer & Executive Producer) and Anthony Falcone (Producer & Mixer)
This Feeling (Recorded & Mixed at the HOME Facility) - Lawrence D. (Artist) with Ian Osborne (Co-writer & Producer)
Porcelain - Olivia Frances (Artist & Writer)
Sunday Funday - Lord Goldie (Artist, Writer & Executive Producer)
Cheers to My Teenage Years (Recorded & Mixed at the HOME Facility) - Chase Cimala (Artist) with Ian Osborne (Co-writer & Co-Producer) and Cash Callaway (Co-writer & Co-Producer)
π Special thanks and shoutouts to Homies: Banks Camak III, Cason Pratt, DuWayne Sterling, Gerard Longo, Jacob Pixler, Mitch Goudy, Raymond Spencer, and Ben Lowry for all of their insanely impressive work on the audio and video production and to Juliana Lee, Mimi McCarley, Audrey Lidke, and Daniel Collins for their contribution behind the scenes πππ
πΈ Credit for the AMAZING PHOTOS we got from the event goes to Alex Mars of Glasse Factory π₯π₯π₯