Today we’d like to introduce you to Michael Matthews
Hi Michael, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
I was born in Newburgh, NY and I currently reside in Houston, TX. I started off in the music industry as an artist manager. I did professional artist management for 25 years. During that time, I built a lot of relationships and decided to launch a marketing company called Dominion Global Marketing. After retiring from artist management, I focused on radio promotion for a while. As I saw technology changing the music industry, I went on to create the internet radio campaign taking the same model from Commercial FM promotion. A couple years later I was led to form the music monitoring company, DigitalRadioTracker.com Inc.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
The biggest challenge I have faced as an entrepreneur is finding individuals to believe in my vision. It’s easy for anyone to say they are with you and support you. I’ve had people say to me “how can I help”? But when I ask them to do specific things or put their credibility on the line for my vision, that is when they start to backpedal. I think one of that greatest challenges an entrepreneur can face is finding a true believer.
Great, so let’s talk business. Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
DigitalRadioTracker.com Inc. is a leading global internet radio monitoring company which tracks radio airplay of songs played on over 5000+ radio stations around the globe. These stations (major to independent) are comprised of an array of FM Terrestrial, Satellite and College as well as thousands of digital streaming radio stations. DigitalRadioTracker.com Inc. has customized a technology that monitors radio airplay detections of songs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year.
We love surprises, fun facts and unexpected stories. Is there something you can share that might surprise us?
I have been in the music industry for 31 years. I started off in artist management and did that professionally for 25 years. During that time I also worked in numerous sectors of the music industry such as PR, marketing and promotions. I launched my own fanzine called Concert Circuit and started a music marketing company called Dominion Global Marketing. My company has worked over 10,000 songs and have had more than 90 #1 records on the Billboard Charts
Contact Info:
- Website: http://www.DigitalRadioTracker.com
- Instagram: @DigitalRadioTracker
- Facebook: @DigitalRadioTracker
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/digitalradiotracker
