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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.

Ashes Awaken Ignite the Spirit on Rise: A Metal Testimony Carved in Fire

There’s a moment when an album stops being a collection of songs and becomes something bigger—a statement, a surrender, a reckoning. Ashes Awaken’s Rise lives in that moment. It...

Soul on the Line: Eddy Mann’s “When I Was Saved” Hits Where Faith and Flesh Collide

There’s something refreshingly unvarnished about Eddy Mann’s “When I Was Saved,” a track that doesn’t chase trends or polish itself into oblivion. Instead, it plants its boots firmly in...

Zendebad! AEMIA’s Roar From Exile Burns Like Neon in the Dark

Every once in a while a rock song shows up that isn’t trying to be cool, calculated, or algorithm-approved. It just bleeds. AEMIA’s “Zendebad” bleeds. And if you listen...

The Electricity of Ordinary Life: Gary Pratt’s “Buzzin’” and the Sound of Small-Town America

Gary Pratt’s “Buzzin’” opens like a scrapbook of American noise — not the noise of cities or chaos, but the soft electrical hum that hangs over small towns after...

The Garden That Won’t Stay Still: Ananda Xenia Shakti’s “The Perfumed Garden”

There are songs that arrive like finished objects—tight, polished, perfectly framed. And then there are songs that feel like they wandered in from somewhere older than the music industry...

Blinded by the Light: Midnight Sky Ignites Hope with New Single “Straight At the Sun”

DAYTON, OH – Americana country rock outfit Midnight Sky returns to radio and streaming playlists with their vibrant new single, “Straight At the Sun,” releasing on  February 20 via MTS Records. The...