Killing Cartisano: «Beauty and art don’t need validation»

Killing Cartisano, Roberta Cartisano’s reincarnation, is a multi-instrumentalist songwriter and producer. Her mellow, yet powerful psycho-folk captivates you instantly. We had the pleasure of interviewing her.  Hi, Roberta! Tell us a bit about yourself: where are you from? When did you become passionate about music? Hey guys! I come from Reggio Calabria, in southern Italy. I

Jamie Sparks: «Music helped me through tough times»

Old school R&B sounds that fuse with soul and pop music to create catchy beats with outstanding lyrics: this is Jamie Sparks, a Canadian musician who shared the stage with Rihanna. His inspiring story left us in awe. Hi, Jamie! Tell us about yourself: where are you from? Has it always been your dream to

More Women in Music: there are only 16.8% of Women in the Music Industry. Soundreef’s Female Artists Join Forces

Gender equality in music! We snooped around the internet in search of figures regarding the Music Industry and found out that charts, line-ups of Europe’s most important festivals, playlists of main streaming platforms and even data from Collecting Societies across Europe all say the same thing: there are far too few active female songwriters and

Adriano Bono on Soundreef Live: “It’s such a relief to get compensated right away”

He was one of the 30 artists who joined the revolution, launching Soundreef Live in Italy. After several years of using our services, Adriano Bono tells us what they’re like. Hi, Adriano. You are one of the first artists to join Soundreef and a pioneer who tested our royalty management system as an alternative to

Neon NiteClub: «It’s amazing to see my music being played worldwide thanks to Soundreef»

We had the pleasure of talking to Neon NiteClub, Nick Sarasty’s solo project, who has conquered users of Soundreef’s in-store service with his feel-good 80s electropop sound. Here’s what he told us. Hi Nick. Tell us a bit about yourself. Where are you from? When did you become passionate about music? Hi! My name is

Soundreef: live events accounting in just 7 days. Best-selling Italian rapper J-Ax tells us about it

Best-selling Italian rapper J-Ax recently celebrated his 25th anniversary in music. And it was a grand celebration, with 10 completely sold-out shows at the Fabrique, one of the trendiest clubs in Milan. And now, just seven days from the last show at the Fabrique, J-Ax and his publisher Willy L’Orbo can already see the royalty

More Worldwide Live Music in 2018. And more Soundreef Artists Live Events

Live Music has never been better! Same for Soundreef, that is growing too. And not just in relation to the number of Soundreef-registered artists, but also with regard to Soundreef songwriters and publishers live music events. More Live Music The increase in Live Concerts is a global phenomenon, that is involving both Europe and the

Katrina Stone: «Soundreef? An incredible and surprising income stream for me»

Katrina Stone is an interesting songwriter from Los Angeles with a decade-long career. She is using our service Soundreef In-Store. We had the pleasure of talking with her. Hi Katrina, when did you start making music? I started singing and playing music when I was about 12. I didn’t start writing my own and producing my own music until I was 18. A

European video premiere on Soundreef! “Wake” is the new single from The Bright Silence album TIME IS NEW

Kevin Johnston founded The Bright Silence back in 2010 – the band has been defined by John Norris from MTV as “Rousing, anthemic and remarkably intimate”. During the years, Johnston drew attention to himelf from the New York songwriting scene, playing on the national TV show “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and collaborating with Kjartan Sveinsson from

Gillian Grassie: “Touring Italy with my harp and Soundreef”

“The talent of Gillian is able to enchant young ands old people with her voice and her harp”. Her last Tour in Italy was licensed by Soundreef. This is our interview about music, Tour life and… royalties. Hi Gillian, for the people who haven’t had the pleasure of hearing your music yet can you tell

Vanessa Peters (USA): “My Tour in Italy with Soundreef”

We recently had the chance to interview Vanessa Peters, a great songwriter from Texas who toured Italy in February/March with Rocketta booking. She gave us her point of view in terms of both the tour and Soundreef Live. Hi Vanessa, for the people who haven’t had the pleasure of hearing your music yet can you