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Michael Stover
A music industry veteran of over 30 years, Michael Stover is a graduate of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, with a degree specializing in the Music and Video business. Michael has used that education to gain a wealth of experience within the industry: from retail music manager and DJ, to two-time Billboard Magazine Contest winning songwriter, performer and chart-topping producer, and finally, award-winning artist manager, publicist, promoter and label president. In just 10 years, MTS Records has released 40+ Top 40 New Music Weekly country chart singles, including FIFTEEN #1s and 8 Top 85 Music Row chart singles. MTS has also promoted 60+ Top 40 itunes chart singles, including 60+ Top 5s and 40+ #1s, AND a Top 5 Billboard Magazine chart hit! Michael has written columns featured in Hypebot, Music Think Tank, and Fair Play Country Music, among others. Michael is a 2020 Hermes Creative Awards Winner and a 2020 dotComm Awards Winner for marketing and communication. Michael has managed and/or promoted artists and events from the United States, UK, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Australia and Sweden, making MTS a truly international company.
A “Crazy Ride,” and Pam Ross is Driving
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POWERED UP AND BLOWN OUT: A.D.A.M. Music Project’s 8-Bit Apocalypse
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Ed Roman’s ‘I Found God’ Grounds the Sacred in Soil and Sky
Ed Roman’s “I Found God” is a quiet revelation disguised as a folk-rock anthem. It doesn’t proselytize. It doesn’t thunder. Instead, it leans in with the gentleness of a...
Review: Noble Hops – Life By The Numbers (July 4, 2025 – Shady Lady Records/MTS)
Bar-band wisdom with a rock pulse and a preacher’s conscience. On Life By The Numbers, Noble Hops doesn’t chase trends or flex muscle—they deliver old-school working-class advice in three-chord...
Studio D’Lux’s “Nothing”: A Beautifully Burnt-Out Neon Sign Flashing in the Void (out on June 27th)
Let’s not kid ourselves. “Nothing” isn’t just a song—it’s a sermon from the Church of the Burned Out Heart, a dirge dressed in designer decay, echoing from the corridors...