Words & Music is pleased to extend its helpful “how-to” series for our members, “The Breakdown,” into the realm of short, question-and-answer videos.

Obviously, an emerging artist doesn’t always have the budget to pay a radio tracker to help them conquer the airwaves, but it is possible to directly solicit radio programmers.

With these tips from Martin Véronneau, radio tracker at Local 9, you’ll have more tools to convince them to play your song.