Nashville Based Carolina Story Signs With Razor & Tie

Ben & Emily Roberts, Carolina Story, Ebeneezer's Coffee
House, Sound Check, Washington DC, 11/01/12  

You know when it comes to snagging some cash with your music there are more ways then just CD and single sales.  A licensing deal may just add a few pennies into the piggy bank. Now in full disclosure I personal know Emily and Ben Roberts the husband and wife duo that make up the Nashville based Carolina Story.  They serve as a great example as to what can happen with great song writing and a sound business approach.  Here's the press release:

Emily Roberts, Carolina Story, Ebeneezer's Coffee House
Sound Check, Washington DC, 11/01/12

RPM Management’s Americana duo, Carolina Story, has signed a licensing deal with Razor & Tie. The duo’s song, “Someone Else,” found on the husband-and-wife’s album, Home, receives song placement on The CW’s Hart of Dixie, tonight (Feb. 19) at 8 p.m. EST.

“Emily and Ben have such a full catalog of great music and we are thrilled to sign such an emerging talent to a licensing deal,” says Razor & Tie executive Brooke Primont. “We have had a great response for music placement and look forward to what’s in store for the duo.”
Carolina Story has had other songs placed on MTV’s Teen Mom and VH1’s Rehab with Dr. Drew.

Carolina Story is comprised of husband-and-wife Ben and Emily Roberts. They formed as a duo in 2008 and have independently released two studio albums, including their most recent Home. Carolina Story is currently working in the studio with producer Blake Chancey.

Ben Roberts, House Concert, Richmond,
Va., 07/22/12

Emily Roberts, Overton Square, Memphis,
Tn., 06/15/12

Perhaps you ought to start looking into licensing your music. I'm not a regular watcher of Hart of Dixie, but I know at least three musicians that have had a song placed on this show.

The photographs accompanying this piece are from three different shows of Carolina Story that I have photographed ranging from Memphis to Washington DC.