Ep 527: Interview w/ Legendary Song Plugger, Sherrill Blackman

Baxter & Johnny welcome legendary Nashville song plugger and publishing executive. Sherrill Blackman - founder of SDB music Group, which has been home to three publishing divisions and a professional song plugging service since launching the company in 1994. His pitches have secured recordings across country, pop, rock, gospel, bluegrass, jazz, and even polka, resulting in radio hits, gold, platinum, and multi-platinum records, Grammy and IBMA nominations, and a Dove Award winner. Sherrill built his career through stops at MCA music publishing, NSAI, and Buckhorn Music, where he helped land early recordings for a then-unknown ten-year-old singer named Leann Rimes. He's a three-time Music Row Song Plugger of the year, former president of the Nashville Publishers Network, co-founder of the Independent Pluggers Association, and one of the most respected song advocates in Nashville history. The C.L.I.M.B. Show is dedicated to helping singers, songwriters, indie artists and industry pros "Create Leverage In The Music Business." We want you to win! About the hosts: Brent Baxter is an award-winning hit songwriter with cuts by Alan Jackson (“Monday Morning Church”), Randy Travis, Lady A, Joe Nichols, Ray Stevens, Gord Bamford and more.  He helps songwriters turn pro by helping them WRITE like a pro, DO BUSINESS like a pro and CONNECT to the pros.  You can find Brent at SongwritingPro.com/Baxter and  SongwritingPro.com. Johnny Dwinell owns Daredevil Production and helps artists increase their streams, blow up their video views, sell more live show tickets, and get discovered by new fans, TV and music industry pros. Daredevil has worked with artists including Collin Raye, Tracy Lawrence, Ty Herndon, Ronnie McDowell and others.  You can find Johnny at TheCLIMBshow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices