Susquehanna Entertainment is an artist management and independent record company based in central-Pennsylvania under the leadership of manager Terry Selders. We work with talented and driven individuals to help them achieve their goals in the music industry. The record label is used to support the artists we manage as well as to promote the overall health of the local music scene.

Throughout the 1990′s, under our previous name One Louder Management, we managed the very popular band, The Badlees. After releasing 3 full-length CDs on our own Rite-Off Records, the group was signed to Polydor/A&M Records. They toured the country and performed with a number of major artists, including Robert Plant & Jimmy Page, Bob Seger, Patty Griffin, The Allman Bros., and many more. Two of their songs reached national top-5 rock radio status.

After the Badlees years, we took a break, reemerging as Susquehanna Entertainment. In 2004, we released the Central-PA Christmas Compilation CD. It was very well received locally, with strong sales and airplay on most of the major pop & rock radio stations in the region. The band Grantham Road grew out of that project and was signed to management. We created the Thursday After Work concert series in 2006 as a promotional tool for the group. By the end of that year, however, the band was dropped from our roster and promotion of the Christmas CD was wrapped up. 2007 was inactive for the company due to a family emergency.

In 2008 we returned to management, signing the Giants Of Despair and Pan.a.ce.a. By late 2010, sales of Pan.a.ce.a’s music was picking up, bolstered by strong airplay on Sirius/XM and Pandora. For three months in early 2011, Pan.a.ce.a was in the top 10 of digital sales for Burnside Distribution Corporation (the exclusive distributor for Susquehanna Entertainment and about 700 other indie labels). Unfortunately, the band decided to call it quits anyway and officially broke up in April.

In July of last year, Mr. Selders was appointed Associate Director and Music Business Instructor at The Perfect 5th Musical Arts Center in Mechanicsburg, PA. He serves primarily as a consultant and part-time teacher as artist management continues to be his focus. He also coordinates promotion of their larger events, such as last September’s master class by Steve Vai.

Prior to managing The Badlees, Mr. Selders worked in and around New York City as a studio manager, record promoter and tour manager.

Terry occasionally writes for Guitar Edge Magazine and freelances with Hal Leonard and Cherry Lane Music Publishing Companies. He also enjoys doing grass-roots promotion for special events, such as the last Experience Hendrix concert in Hershey, PA.

Press

“The Music Business – Yesterday & Today” at ModernRockReview.com
Interview / article with Terry Selders at PAMusicScene.com