"Great work!  You have no idea (or maybe you do) how wonderful it is to have information reported from the road in a timely and organized fashion!  Jim and Mike are very thankful and pleased."
Douglas Smith
Little Big Man MGT / Mike Doughty

"Krista.  Wow.  You're a zealot!  Thanks for the thorough update.  Holy canvas of the H-dogs world to date, batman!  Nice work...I have enjoyed your enthusiasm, appreciated your responsiveness to my questions and have been impressed by your knowledge of press and media.  You've been one of the few we have been able to count on."
Adam Levy
The Honeydogs

“I just wanted to thank yall so much for your hard work! It's been a pleasure working with you guys and I hope to work with yall again in the near future. I will be telling all the bands down here about what a great job you do!!! Yeah Tinderbox, you’re the best!!!!! Thank you so much for kickin’ butt!   I'm just so thrilled with how Camper Van Beethoven is doing to College radio! Thanks again for all of yall's hard work.”
Velena Vego
pitch-a-tent records

"God, it's satisfying to see a well-oiled machine in action.  Thanks for this and all the other terrific things you've done for us!"
Matt Wilson
Trip Shakespeare / the Flops

"I just received a THANK YOU from Cake and their management for the set up on the on-site sales and aftershow signing that all of you participated in, and I want to pass along my own THANK YOU to all of you.  We wouldn't be able to make these events successful without you and your staffs professionalism while out selling.  Once again THANK YOU!"
Jason Gula
Sony*BMG Music Entertainment

"I just wanted to give a special thanks to Krista and Grant. Last night's show was probably my best to date and I owe an awful lot to you two for helping put out the disc. I couldn't believe the turnout was so great. You guys totally rocked in the publicity department. :) Thanks again for all the hard work. This is really just amazing and is blowing my mind. Anyway, the whole night just went great- just like I had imagined. Thanks so much."
Jeremy Messersmith

"I've worked with SXSW and other events and I've never dealt  with a more professional, friendly, and accomodating group of people.  It  was our pleasure having you guys. Let's do it again!  Please pass my thanks along to everyone!"
Jason Carrier, Owner/Operator
The Chuggin' Monkey

Jon and Brandon,you guys have done a bang up job for us and we all really appreciate it.  Just dropping you a line to say that we have bronken through in certain areas of the business simply because of your hard work. You guys should be proud of what you're doing and I will not hesitate to tell anyone who needs radio and tv promotion about Tinderbox.  In this business of shysters and shady deals, Tinderbox is truly a reminder that good business and good people still exist out there. Good show.
Geoff Townsend
NovaVox

Hey Jon, I hate to clog up your email because I know there has been alot of back and forth - but wanted to make sure to send you an official thank you!!!!!  Thank you so very much for coming out to my show at SXSW, for spending some time with me, and for all the auxiliary introductions over the weekend!!!  Everyone at Tinderbox has been amazing to work with - and it was just awesome to have the whole team out at my show for support!!! I am truly grateful!!!  I can't wait to see where we go next!  Thank you again and again - so excited to see my career take flight!
Christiane Szabo

Thanks Krista.  The show went really well!  Having the Split Enz, The Clean, Peter Gabriel and Brian Eno mentioned in our review is more than we could ask for.  Nice work Krista!!!!  We got an amazing response from a lot of people we had not seen before, which is a result of the work you guy’s have done for us. It was great to see Brandon at the show.  Great to hear about the Cities 97 air play!!
Aaron Pollock
Quarter Acre Lifestyle

"Hi Jon, I just wanted to send you a big THANK YOU (all caps...) and let you know how eternally grateful I am for all that you've done for me. I get the feeling you don't hear this as often as you should...This has been a great year and much of it is due to your time and hard work. Really. Also, just so you know, I tell everyone I know that you and Tinderbox totally rock.  I also checked out The Silent Years, really great songs, singer, and band.  I dig the Radiohead-esque bands. I'd say you know how to pick em.  I'm starting to plan my trip to Nashville, January 8-16. Looking forward to it. Re: an email I got from Jaell, I'd love to check out SXSW this year and join you in Austin if possible.  Best to you."
Chris Volpe

"Tinderbox is one of the best things we've done for our music so far.  Jon is extremely dedicated and passionate about indie music and it shows in everything he does. Brandon is very experienced in radio and as a result we got lots of college radio airplay and CMJ chartings!  Tinderbox rocks!"
The Mary Dream

"I'd call you but it's after 5:30pm so I didn't want to keep you in the office, but let me tell you that I am VERY happy with what you have done.  Breaking the Top 200 was all I was hoping for and you did it. The band has ben doing radio interviews last week and this week as well as station ID's for those stations AND i'm still getting thank you emails from the stations we sent ID's to weeks ago. People on vacations and such.  Overall, I think the campaign was a success and I'm very pleased.  You did everything you said you would and more.  Tinderbox will be working all Opulent Releases and I will continue spreading the word about your great work.  Thank you Brandon, Jon and everyone else that helped. This was a very successful start to whats still to come."
 Jason Appleton
Opulent Records Music

"Krista, I’m super psyched about working with you guys again! It’s so awesome about the ideas you’ve got going for us…you are one true believer, lady! I really appreciate all the work you’ve done for us, you guys rawk!"
Jeaneen Gautheir
Jan

"Tinderbox, we just want to say thank you to you and your interns, not only for selling our CD’s for us at our shows but also for all your kind words and support. You guys are the greatest!"
Adam, Aaron, and Sarah
Elada 

"Hey keith... we don't just like you we LOVE the Tinderbox Crew... & recliners love isn't just dished out to anyone :)"
Belinda
Recliner

"Krista- I just want to tell you how extremely grateful I am, for all that you've been doing for us the past couple of months...the work you did is turning into more contacts and future shows, and the three of us are very excited with how things are going.  I hope you have a great weekend Krista!!!"
ryan
Ryan Lee

"THANKS for everything that you have done and continue to do for The Hang Ups  and The Great Depression.  The press your getting us is amazing! Thanks again Krista, you guys seriously rock!"
Chadwick Nelson
The Hang Ups & The Great Depression

"Krista, I can not thank you enough for all of the efforts you have been making to get my music out to new people- and for being candid with me about things.  It was great hearing the track on the Current today, and I am very excited for the shows coming up this month that you invited me to play.  James Diers sent me an e-mail saying he was listening to the disc.  So, more thanks!"
Chris Koza

"At WPCX, a lot of us are really digging Peter's album. It is a really strong album that is just a joy to listen to. I would really like a copy. Also, i know this is asking a lot, but could you send two other
copies? Our station advisor would like one for him(as i said a LOT of us are digging the album) and another one for the other people in the station to have. Also, Will Peter be going on tour this fall? If so, we are interested in maybe booking a show at our campus. Thanks for the e-mail, and we will continue to support Peter's album. He was by far the most played artist this week, and we expect it to continue."
Whilden Nettles
WPCX

"Hey Brandon, awesome job.  Great service, everything I heard about you and your company is true.  Rockin'!"
Ryan
Little King

"Hey Brandon!  You are the man.  Thanks for the results.  You guys are doing a GREAT job for us...we could not be more satisfied.  Don't need anything from you right now, as the results are pretty easy to understand.  We will anxiously await the "thank you" list and get right on it when we receive it.  Let us know if you need anything (bourbon, etc...).  Thanks!"
John
Ultratone

"Thanks again, you and the Tinderbox staff have really been a delight to work with and have proved beyond a shadow of a doubt your validity and ability to get the job done.  I am very happy I chose you and will recommend you to all that I can."
Jason
The Likes of Which

"regarding tinderbox... they were fantastic to work with and all-around good guys who i felt right away that i could trust to work the record properly. i used to work in radio promo out in L.A. and it's a dirty business, but tinderbox was cool at every step, emailed me thorough reports, were easy to get on the phone when i had questions and even helped me to customize a campaign that i felt best fit our current needs. if you're looking to get into college radio on any scale, they're the best outfit i've worked with to date."
Curtis Grubb
Grasshopper Takeover

"What a press COUP!
I can't say thank you enough for all of you work and support you guys give to us.  You are the most selfless people in this thankless biz today.  The show was an unbridled success thanks in large part to your efforts.  Again, GRAZIE MILLE!!!"
Brian Halverson
The Honeydogs

"Wow Jon, it’s going to take me weeks to get through all this—what kind of energy source are you tapping into? Let me in on it... And working Sundays... Please take care of yourself.  Anyway, thank you so much! Did I mention I had a good conversation with Brian the other day? I will follow up again tomorrow. It’s a long shot for us to play SXSW, but why not try? I will be in touch with questions, etc. I really appreciate all the help. Tomorrow we’re in the studio again. Can’t wait for you to hear the new stuff...
Be well."
Amanda
Girl Friday

“Hi Brandon, I couldn't agree with you more about that Bridge Club release!! I am playing it on my morning show, the Minnesota Music Scene is playing it too - it is awesome. I also really like Terramara. VERY Steely dan, which makes it an awesome fit for our late morning, afternoon play.The It's, and Jon Fritz are also catching some spins.  Thanks for the great releases!!"
Shelley Pierce
KMSU 89.7 fm

"Dear Tinderbox Music, We wanted to write to you and let you know how happy we are with your company and what you've done for us.  Everyone that we have ever dealt with has being nothing but friendly and helpful. All the radio reports were very thorough and exciting to keep track of.  We were so happy to be being played at college radio stations all across the country. I also thought that we should share with you some of the direct results of working with Tinderbox.  A DJ at the University Of Oregon, where our CD was sent to, took it upon himself to tell people in the music industry about our band.  He also sent us an email that contained a list of people and publications he thought we should send our CD to.  One person he contacted was Bruce Brodeen (president of Not Lame Records) This resulted in getting us into the Not Lame Records catalog.  This in turn lead to the president of Not Lame notifying a colleague of his (David Bash) who writes reviews for Amplifier, Goldmine and Bucket Full of Brains, and several other industry publications.   We sent a press kit to David Bash who then notified us that he was the coordinator of International Pop Overthrow.  He like the CD and invited us to perform at IPO in Chicago, something that we have always dreamed of doing!  All of this started with your hard work and we wanted to thank you.  Perhaps, this is something that you can share with other bands to let them know haw fantastic your company is! Thank you again, we look forward to working with you on future projects.”
Adam Marshall
The Humbugs

"Hey Krista, Thanks for the Radio Report!  It looks great!  I'm glad we're working w/you guys and that we're a priority @ Tinderbox.  We were very fortunate to stay @ the Tinderbox office while in MN. The couches we're great and you Krista were very helpful and generous!  Let me tell you that was hands down the best place we stayed while on tour."
Patrick
The Safes

"Hi Jon.  Just wanted to say thanks. Because of you a nice thing happened to me this week. I got my first ever BMI check. Cute little thing. $111. But I had imagined I might never see one of any size. So that was very cool for me. And it wouldn't have happened without hooking up with you. It was for college and XM airplay Q3 '05.   So I just wanted to say thanks again. Seriously. You have made the biggest difference of anything I've done since the record came out.   Thanks, man."
David Levin

"When I ask other musicians about Tinderbox.  They ALWAYS have a positive response!  I have never heard anyone who has anything but absolute respect and positivity to associate with all of your hard work.  What's not to love?!  Just thought you'd like to know…Thanks for making things happen for our band too!"
Troy Alexander
Scott Laurent Band

“Thanks Tinderbox Music. You guys are doing a great job!  We couldn't be happier with you! - you've done a bang-up job. Thanks kindly for all the hard work. The CD charted real well in a bunch of places & definitely got a lot of new ears on the high highs.     PS…David Lowery told me that if you ever make it down to Richmond he'll personally escort you around town in a rickshaw as a "thank you" from pitch-a-tent.”
Steve Koester
Koester (pitch-a-tent records artist)

"Hey Krista!  I just kind of wanted to say thanks to you, Grant and Brandon for all the hard work. Already, I've done way better than I ever expected and I owe a lot of that to you and everyone at Tinderbox. Enjoy the poster. :)"
Jeremy Messersmith 

“Hey Brandon, Checked out the Bridge Club CD, thanks for sending it!  I really liked the crunchy guitars and hard-hitting drums.  Nothing like some rock to wake me up on a monday.  Keep sending us your new stuff, we like all things indie :-) "
Kevin
WMTU FM

Hey Krista, Greetings I, for one, am super excited. I'm so glad I met you. I think you pretty much have the best reputation of anyone I've met in the biz. Cool!”
Chris Dorn
The Beatifics

"Yo!  Got the packet.  Looks like you've covered every type of contact Consumption is interested in.  I'd like to take you up on the offer for some direction on the matters at hand...if ya don't mind.  Thanx again for everything.  Please pass along that it's truly been a pleasure working with you guys!"
Gina Turner
Consumption

"Brandon, Thanks for sending your great stuff our way!"
Reed Loar
WITR

"Krista, I wanted to drop you a line aside from all of the questions and phone calls.  I am so gracious to you and your staff at Tinderbox for the professional and exuberant attitude you have always shown to me while gearing up for our promotional campaign.  Your advice and help in putting together the press kits saved me so much time, and I cannot express enough how important that is to me. It is a pleasure to walk into your office and be greeted with a smile and stunning work ethic.  I feel we have put our first release in good hands, and I know that Tinderbox will serve us well; the rest is up to us. I know it's early in the running, but I already have much to be thankful for from Tinderbox and look forward to our continued relationship throughout this release and beyond. Thank you."
Aaron Pruitt
The Rakes

“I just want to thank you for all the work you're doing for my record. Looks like people really like it!  Those charts are all pretty exciting :) Thanks a lot for keeping me informed, too!”
Daniel Rickard
VIVA (pitch-a-tent records artist)

 “Tinderbox, I'll encourage the guys to respond to you in person but I know I speak for all of us when I say thanks to you and everyone at Tinderbox for all the hard work and amazing results. For a project that started on some basement tapes, it has evolved into something we never expected and Tinderbox has been the last great step. One we're happy we made. We're already trying to figure out a way to do it all over again.”
David Richardson
robotboy

“Jon & Krista, I enjoyed very much talking to both of you yesterday! Thanks for taking the time out of your busy schedules to sit down with me... I understand your time is valuable (and limited). Krista, thanks again for showing a music biz newbie (me) a few of "the ropes", especially with interpreting the CMJ charting rules.  Wow!  *so* helpful! Just wanted to thank you. You have got a good business!”
Chris Dales
Seconds Before

"Jon, I hope all is well.  I just wanted to drop a quick note thanking you for the generous amount of time you gave me when I was in MN.  I know your time is at a premium and it is wanted by a great amount of people."
Geoff
Souls For Rent

“Krista, thanks for all the help with promoting the BLB show.  The benefit of involving you and Grant and your army of interns is that you are experienced at the publicity game; you have a lot of professional connections which you have built over time; you are organized and very thorough, and you remind me of all the little things that I could be doing...So, thanks for all the results."
Pete Hofmann

"Grant, we all want to say that we think you did a tremendous job.  We intend on doing another  campaign in the summer and we hope that you will work you magic for us again when the time  comes.  Maybe we could talk further about how we can really crack the top 200.  Anyway, we just  wanted to let you know that we seriously appreciate your help."
Ryan Nick and Cry
ColourMusic

“Jon, It was GREAT to meet you, Andrew, and everyone else in Nashville and Kentucky.  Holt and I had a blast, and we learned a lot about the business in just a few days.  We're all studying up now - I'm speed-reading that "Everything You Need to Know About the Music Business" book, among other things.  The business side is very interesting, who knows, it might be something I would want to focus on later on.  So thanks again for setting this up, it was a very valuable trip and I think we met some folks we want to add to our team for this next project."
Matt Harrison

"Thank you, Krista, Jon and Tinderbox! For the fruit of your labors… Thanks for all the help with press. Tinderbox Music, you complete me...”
Tony Parks
Firetrucs

"Grant, you are surely the best!  Thank you."
Eric Fawcett
Spymob

"Krista you rock. Thanks for all your help with press. I appreciate you and your amazing skills of course!  As I said before...You rock.”
John Solomon
Friends Like These

"Jon, Dan here from Madras.  Most excellent meeting you at SxSW.  Many thanks for putting the whole thing in motion and giving us a chance to play and join in on the festivities in Austin.  It rocked.  We're really interested in playing Indianapolis for the Midwest Music Summit/NAMM thing!  Hopefully we can make that a reality.  In the meantime, thanks again.  Your help has been much appreciated.  Take care and keep in touch."
Dan
Madras

"We work with Andrew and Brandon at TinderboX.  They did a fantastic job for us on our first album.  We made the Top 20 Adds and charted several places.  They have relationships with the stations and understand the format of each one.  When you are sending out 400 CDs, you want to make sure you are sending them to someone who actually might play them.  Andrew and Brandon are both very
accessible and professional.  We were all very happy with the job they did for us on our first album -- so much so, we are already in talks with them about a promtional campaign for our second release due out March 2006.  If you are going to do college radio, I would highly recommend TinderboX.  If you have any other questions, feel free to ask!  Best of Luck!"
Tish Meeks
3 Kisses

"Dude, you guyz FRIGGIN ROCK!!!  I knew when Rhonda told us about your firm that it'd be great!!"
Wayne Mitzen
Jon Fritz

"The Real World? Wow thats awsome! I wish I got more emails like this.  A little bittersweet but exciting just the same. :)  Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! You Rock."
Ryan Seitz
Divorcee

"Thanks again for your help Jon, and your whole team, we are lucky to work with TinderboX."
Chris Sarvak
Patient Zero

“Wow, well I'm really happy with my radio results. Thanks for explaining it all to me, makes me feel really apart of it.  Sometimes when I do this music stuff, either the studio musician I hire, or the producer, just goes off and does his thing without explaining the deal. I really appreciate you keeping me in the loop on all this.  Really, it means a lot.  I've recommended you guys to a lot of people.  I'm very happy with how things have gone.  Thank you Tinderbox!"
Sarah Lentz

“Hey Jon, the packages are getting a tremendous response.  We're hearing from people all over.  They all really love the package.  Woo hoo!  Press is really paying attention, and tour shows are really heating up...!!  Thanks again for all your help”
Fred
The Rockwells

“Thanks to Tinderbox for doing a very nice job working our first CD!  Please convey our gratitude to your staff.  We truly appreciated your responsiveness and professionalism throughout. Peace.”
Jon Caspi
Boss Gremlin

"The report looks solid.  From my count we are in varying degrees of rotation on 234 stations!  I think this is really, really good.  Cheers and thanks for all your hard work!"
Todd Herfindal
Single

"Hey Jon,  first off thanks to everyone at TBox for everything.  Also thanks to you personally for all the help you have given us, and the new perspective that we now have on things.  You are the man!!!  Like I said, we can't thank you enough for everything you have done for us."
Adam
North To Emerson

“Tinderbox, It has been a pleasure working with you.  Thanks for all your extra help with our tracking and such!  We really appreciate it! Great Job!”
Jake Englund
Sue Generis

"This is Mike with Remedy Motel.  We used Jon and the Tinderbox crew for the college radio promotion of our first album.  It went very well and we were happy with the results.  We were added to nearly 300 radio stations, charted in several markets, and were noted in CMJ as one of the top 15 adds for our week.  Their staff seems to have good conections throughout the country, at least in the college/community type radio stations that we were targeting at the time, and are very professional.  I give them a great deal of the credit for pushing the album since we were a completely unknown band in nearly every market we were added.  In comparison, we decided to use someone else for our second album to push for a more localized approach that would help support our recent tour.  The results could not have been more different, and made me accutely aware of how good Tinderbox really was.  We are going to use them again for our third album, and I feel secure recommending them to you."
Mike
Remedy Motel

"Thanks Tinderbox SO much for working SO hard on the phone this past couple of weeks.  I’m spreading the word already about how good of a job you are doing, I’m going to refer a couple of folks your way when they are ready to go to radio!”
Dane Adrian
Squint

"Jon, just wanted to drop you an email to say thanks for all of the great advice you've given us thus far!  We really do appreciate all the "golden nuggets" of information that you've already provided for us.  The entire band is in appreciation of you and all of the Tinderbox staff.  Thanks again!
Ryan Diegel
Tracey*s Alibi

“I just wanted to thank you for all my radio charting information and hard work! It’s awesome! …Thanks Tinderbox!”
Emily Easterly

“Tinderbox…I can't tell you how wonderful it is to be working with you guys!!! Thank you! Thank you for starting your business, and running it the way it should be run!! =) You've all been so on top of everything! Luck for years!!!”
Venus
All the Pretty Horses

“Tinderbox ! I wanted to tell you that we are all super excited that we made the top 20 list and the AAA list..  We were crossing our fingers and hoping to do well, but we were surprised at how well everything worked out.  Thanks for all of your help, we appreciate it!”
Bill Blaszczak
Brice

“Krista, Thank you very much for the encouraging conversation.  I have to tell you that if the rest of the music industry treated PEOPLE the way you do, the world would be a finer place to live.  You are a rarity, and I hope we have the pleasure working with you in the future.”
Daniel Williams
Halo Effect

 “It's always good to have Krista and the T-Box Xplosion in your corner when you're out there doin' it."
Pete Hofmann

“Tinderbox Music, I just wanted to write and say thanks again for all your hard work on our CD! I think you did an exceptional job, and I really appreciate the extra promotion after our time had expired. We definitely hope to work with all of you on the next record. Thanks.”
Todd Reubold
Halo Effect

“Hello Jon and Krista…AMERICAN CHILLS charted #15 on the CMJ Top 20 ADDS for this week! Hopefully, this is only the beginning. We are beyond psyched!  Thanks to all the busy-bodies at Tinderbox Music for making it look so easy. Oh so cool! We're freaking out about the CMJ charts! Thanks for all the updates and forwarded emails!  I never thought it would take off so well!  It's so awesome.  I mean, I can't believe how quick things are happening with CMJ.  Who knew, except maybe Krista and Jon!  Thank you for all the work you've put into our radio push.  It is really cool to be a new band on the college radio scene.  Not that we don't work hard, but we all know that we couldn't have done this without you.  Thanks again and keep us posted, as always. This is awesome!” 
Amy Owsley
American Chills

“Much thanks to Tinderbox for all the hard work - 198, 178, 151, 162 is some fine time on the CMJ chart! We were surprised just to be on it, let alone for more than one week. We will be putting out a new album either this fall or this winter - hopefully radio stations and their MD's will remember us based on our current release when the new cd comes out. Of course we'll be seeking Tinderbox services for radio and promotion. Thanks again for all the hard work, and for the remaining work as things run down. Dave would say the same if he weren't in Peru right now. “
Brock Davis
Work of Saws