ReverbNation

ReverbNation provides over 2.95 million music industry professionals — artists, managers, labels, venues, festivals/events — with powerful, easy-to-use technology to promote and prosper online. Our wide array of distribution and promotional solutions provide the hands-on tools and actionable insights that allow musicians and industry professionals to reach their goals in an increasingly complex music world. We operate worldwide with customers on every continent. In fact, over 30 million visitors come to reverbnation.com every month. And of course we Love Music!!!

Artists

We help over 2.74 million manage and promote their business online

Get music on iTunes, Spotify, Rdio & more
Send email newsletters to fans
Promote music & find fans on Facebook
Provide rich analytics and data
Help you become a Rock Star

Fans

We help over 22 million unique visitors every month

Find great new music and local shows
Discover underground shows
Interact with a large music community

Venues

We help more than 46,000 venues book artists and promote shows

Review and find artists in a dashboard
Promote venue and shows on Facebook
Manage event schedules

Labels & Managers

We help over 100k track and support multiple artists online

Manage entire roster
View aggregate stats on an artist roster
Manage billing for all artists

Festival Promoters

We help hundreds find the right talent for festivals & live events

Leverage social media promotion
Solicit, review and choose talent
Raise awareness and generate press

What We Do

For Artists

We provide innovative marketing solutions to help musicians compete, cooperate and differentiate in an increasingly noisy online environment. Unlike typical "closed" communities, artists use ReverbNation as their home base for approaching marketing and promotion across the Internet as a whole — through social networks, blogs and/or the artist's homepage. Tools like Promote It, our groundbreaking Facebook ad campaign solution, FanReach email manager and our easy-to-use widgets, give artists the power to spread their music and information virtually anywhere. Real-time stats provide a 360-degree view of how that reach is expanding, who’s listening and which fans are advocating for the artist, passing music on to their friends and posting to their pages. For more information on what ReverbNation can do for artists, click here.

For Fans

Fans come to ReverbNation to discover new music, find out more about favorite artists, search for a show and grab tools they can use to promote their favorites across the web. Our search and player tools make it easy to queue up music, kick back, then browse the site without= interrupting the listening experience. One click stores tracks to a profile page while our powerful search function finds fresh tracks. Plus, local show information is just one click away. Finally true fans, can support the artists they love by grabbing their song widgets and placing them all over the web. For more information on what ReverbNation can do for fans, click here.

For Venues/Clubs

For venues it’s about booking the right talent, selling more tickets and packing the house. Not to mention securing the venue’s brand as a taste maker and fan favorite. We can help. Maintaining a free profile on ReverbNation lets fans find local shows fast. Plus, by using our free venue profile app on Facebook, venues extend their reach exponentially. Promote It for shows creates customized Facebook advertising solutions with built-in incentives to click. FanReach email management - free for venues - helps gather new fans from a venue’s homepage or Facebook page, while keeping in touch with existing lists. Show schedules are automatically placed into emails, including links to buy tickets. Plus, free schedule widgets placed on other sites are updated automatically with any change to schedules. For more information on what ReverbNation can do for venues, click here.

For Labels and Managers

For labels and managers working to promote a roster of artists across the digital realm, ReverbNation aggregates and simplifies the process. Our free tools help get the music out there and get fans spreading the word on Facebook, MySpace, via email and chat. We track everything that is happening with the artists’ content and report it back to give a complete understand of what’s working and what’s not. We even offer the ability to manage all artists’ pages with one universal login. For more info on how we can help manage artists and drive sales, show attendance, and new releases, click here.

For Promoters

Whether it’s a festival, contest or innovative brand alliance, ReverbNation can help any promoter find the right talent to boost participation and grab headlines. Our advanced submission dashboard allows promoters to put their opportunity in front of up to 1.7 million artists and easily, review standardized, comprehensive press kits submitted. Our new Social Shout submission process takes advantage of ReverbNation’s unparalleled social reach, allowing promoters to rack up social currency while finding the right artist for each event. For more information on what ReverbNation can do for promoters, click here.

Our Team

Mike Doernberg CEO and Co-Founder

Mike is a serial entrepreneur from the Triangle area of North Carolina, as well as an amateur guitar player and music aficionado. Past ventures include SmartPath, a marketing software company, and Marathon Partners, an Internet services organization. All told, Mike has led three successful venture-backed startups in the software technology space.

Jed Carlson President and Co-Founder

Jed was an entrepreneur in Minneapolis before moving south and earning his MBA from Duke University, focusing on technology and marketing. In fact, he tells us that he launched his first business - selling his family’s junk mail to neighbors - at age five. Other past ventures include The Carlson Print Group, and SmartPrint, a division of AmericDisc Inc, that enabled “on-demand” CD manufacturing.

Lou Plaia EVP of Music and Co-Founder

Lou is a music industry veteran, logging 12 years in marketing at Atlantic Records before he was handpicked to head up the Marketing and Artist Development departments of the newly formed Lava Records. Lou has handled marketing for such artists as Kid Rock, Simple Plan, Uncle Kracker, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Unwritten Law, Skindred, Cold, The Click Five, Antigone Rising, O.A.R., Nonpoint and many others.

Robert Hubbard CTO and Co-Founder

Robert Hubbard loves the challenge and culture of the software startup scene. His past successes include Burl Software, Marathon Innovations, and SmartPath. When he is not knee deep in code, you can find him shredding some wicked licks on his favorite Fender Strat.

Steve Jernigan CIO and Co-Founder

Steve has worked in several high-tech sectors including telecommunications (BellSouth), financial (IBM), government (Dimension Data Australia), procurement (Streamlink), and marketing (SmartPath). Steve submitted the first all-digital PhD dissertation at the University of Texas at Austin and once stood in for Al Gore on national television while Mr Gore was fixing the Internet. Really.

Chris Smith CFO

Chris Smith, CFO Chris has extensive experience as a financial and operating executive for growth companies, including a stint as Vice President with Jefferies & Co., Broadview and Venture Manager at the Epperson Group, a technology incubator. While he plays the violin, he really wishes he played the guitar.