Cut to the end of 2004 when I discovered podcasting. I sent my music to every podcaster I could find (I believe there were 10 or 15 at the time) and they really embraced it! I started to sell CD's. It got me thinking about all these friends I had who were so talented, but were just sitting in their bedrooms writing and recording. I wanted the world to hear them! So, March 1, 2005 I started SMtv. I had no idea where it was gonna go. I had no format. I just pushed record and started talking. Two years later I'm still having an absolute blast finding great music and sharing it with you. The fact that you buy our music and support our live shows makes all the work worthwhile. And here we are in the summer of 2007 and thanks to the Internet my dream is fully becoming a reality. SMtv is finally in production as a TV show for the Internet. We're calling it The Samantha Murphy Show. I know... original, huh? We thought about SM Radio, but...nah. Our first episode is coming soon. By our I mean the brilliant Mike Schmid and me. Mike is directing and editing the show and I'm so honored to have such a talented partner in musical crime. The magical Billy Harvey wrote our opening theme diddy. In the digital age, we're both hopeful and uncertain about how we will transform the music industry. We know our music's great and we deserve to be paid for it, but we also know DRM sucks and we don't want any part of it. How can we evolve as artists and become more open with what we create? I believe we can do that as we begin to trust that it's you, the people, who will support us not the industry. It is the people who buy our albums (and downloads) that keep us going. It is you, the person who has taken the time to find this great music, who matters most. You are the one who will keep great music alive by deciding who you will support. You have an opportunity to use your voice when you find music you love enough to pay for it. I ask you to support these artists by watching and listening to SMtv every Sunday. You're making an investment in changing the Music Industry for the better. I believe you will love the artists on SMtv so much, you'll also want to take them with you to your car and your portable music player. You'll want to have them with you! Thank you for caring about us. We really do want you to share! With Love, |
In 2001 I had an idea. I felt like there wasn't much good music on the radio or TV, but I was finding great unsigned artists in the clubs and festivals. I decided I wanted to travel around and find these artists and somehow put them on TV and share it with you. I would call it SMtv and I would feature mainly singer songwriters and Pop Rock bands like myself. I didn't know how I would make it happen without money or a record deal. 
