Tinderbox Music
Minneapolis-based promotion firm providing college and specialty radio servicing plus digital campaigns for independent artists.
- Best for
- Indie releases with a college-radio-shaped audience. Indie, alternative, folk and developing artists whose music fits college-radio and NACC programming.
- Skip if
- Pure club music — college radio isn't your lane. You need commercial-radio promotion, transparent package pricing, a short campaign, guaranteed airplay or a self-service platform.
- First move
- Email with your release date eight-plus weeks out. Send your strongest release, private stream, release date, genre and comparable artists, then request a proposal showing target stations, timeline, deliverables and total cost.
- Watch out
- Radio campaigns buy servicing and follow-up, never spins — ask for past campaign examples in your genre.
- Reach
- Niche
- When
- Worth it once you are growing an audience.
- Based in
- United States