Salme Dahlstrom scores big with commercial and publishing deals

GarageBand member Salme Dahlstrom is a natural-born triple-threat to the music industry. After becoming a musician in pre-school, she began a prolific songwriting career that eventually landed her as an in-demand record producer.

But music is more than a calling -- it's a business -- and that's where Salme says GarageBand has helped her move ahead.

Her song "G.L.S." has been in the Top 5 of GB's electronic charts for a long time, and Salme tells us, "It's been great exposure for me and my music. A lot of movie directors and ad agencies scan GarageBand for indie talent and I've gotten a good chunk of licensing requests through GB."

These requests eventually led to Salme's music being featured in commercials for Vodafone, Miller Lite and Quiznos. And her independent production and publishing company is busier than ever, with buzz building throughout the scene.

"I've been signed to a couple of major label deals, recorded and toured," she said. "That was a great experience and I learned a lot. Now that I produce my own music and pretty much run a one-woman-band, it just made more sense to go indie."

Salme pauses, possibly thinking about her recent success, and adds with a smirk, "Not to say I wouldn't sign a major label deal again..."