Samantha Murphy

Current

Founder at The Highway Girl
Singer Songwriter at www.samanthamurphy.com (Self-employed)

Past

Staff Songwriter at Warner/Chappell Music (Self-employed)
Advertising Exec at GTV Channel 9 Australia
Client Liason and Software Development/Education at Dun & Bradstreet

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Samantha Murphy’s Summary

Google singer songwriter and the first name you’ll find is Samantha Murphy. For over three years, Samantha has been establishing herself as not only a singer songwriter, but the place to go to hear other great singer songwriters. With her popular Podcast SMtv, Samantha features a different artist from a different city and venue each week as she tours. Past guests include Aimee Mann, Martha Wainwright, Cary Brothers, Inara George and Jesse Malin.

Samantha is in demand as a speaker and has moderated and been a panel member at many conferences such as the Consumer Electronics Show, Digital Music Forum West, Future of Music Coalition Summit, College Broadcaster’s Inc. and MEISA’s National Conference. She has taken part in symposiums on behalf of Princeton University and has been quoted in major press publications such as Conde Nast’s Portfolio.com and NPR.

Samantha’s independently released debut CD, somewhere between starving & stardom, was chosen as a top 10 for Village Voice’s Annual Pazz & Jop Poll by Michael Ross, who calls it “…a perfect pop record.” The album contains an all star band consisting of the rhythm section from Alanis Morissette’s multi-platinum debut Jagged Little Pill and Kanye West’s Cellist.

Performing professionally since she was six years old, Samantha has worked with Willie Nelson, Michael McDonald, Five for Fighting, Kylie Minogue and Erikah Badu as well as having appeared on TV shows such as The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Samantha's latest endeavor is The Highway Girl, an Internet TV show on the convergence of music and technology. The company has been accepted into the prestigiousTechstars program in Boulder, CO.

Samantha’s new single “Days Like This”, Produced by Martin Terefe (KT Tunstall/James Morrison), is pre-loaded into RCA’s entire new line of MP3 players, shipped to Wal-Marts across the USA and Canada and is available for DRM-free MP3 download from her site.

Samantha Murphy’s Specialties:

“…she’s a motivational speaker with a guitar.”

-Chris Kocher, pressconnects.com

Samantha Murphy’s Experience

Founder

The Highway Girl

(Entertainment industry)

March 2005 — Present (4 years 5 months)

The Highway Girl is a traveling music show for the digital age. Hosted by Singer Songwriter Samantha Murphy, the show educates artists on how to manage their careers in the digital age, while giving fans an intimate look at the life of an artist.

Past episodes have featured Aimee Mann, Martha Wainwright, Elvis Perkins, Teitur, Jesse Malin, Inara George, Abra Moore and AJ Croce.
Singer Songwriter
www.samanthamurphy.com (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)

October 1974 — Present (34 years 10 months)

My parents met on the TV show Australian Bandstand. My mom was a dancer and my dad was making an appearance as a singer and musician.

Years later, after growing tired of traveling with our parents and only playing video games, one night my older sister and I decided we would rather be on stage. We were eight and six years old when we sang "You and Me Against the World" while wearing Little House on the Prairie dresses and staring at the floor.

The next seven years would see us travel the world opening for artists like Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton. We performed at fairs, concert halls and clubs across America over 300 days a year.

Last year I released my first album, somewhere between starving & stardom. Since then, I've been traveling across the US playing solo shows and spreading the word from LA to NYC and Nashville.
Staff Songwriter
Warner/Chappell Music (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Entertainment industry)

February 1991 — November 1994 (3 years 10 months)

During my four years with Warner/Chappell I wrote and worked with John Shanks (Grammy winner-Producer of the Year 2005), Graham Edwards (Matrix Producer-Avril Lavigne, Christina Aguilera), Hawk Wolinski (Rufus) and many others.
Advertising Exec

GTV Channel 9 Australia

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

January 1989 — April 1990 (1 year 4 months)

Ad sales and market demographic research. All facets of campaign production.
Client Liason and Software Development/Education

Dun & Bradstreet

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Financial Services industry)

April 1987 — December 1988 (1 year 9 months)

Responsible for the installation, training and support of D&B reporting software.