Audio Branding for Gettysburg, PA

At McCartney Studios, our songwriting and producer partners create strategic audio branding and sonic storytelling designed to deepen emotional connections and broaden audiences between cities, brands and their audiences.

For Gettysburg, we can help develop targeted audio concepts that speak directly to different communities and demographics - from urban food culture and nightlife audiences, to affluent travelers, to culturally engaged Baby Boomers who value heritage and live performance. These audio elements can enhance everything from short form jingles to long-form soundscapes to enhance your destination and its’ reach by using audio.

OPTIONS:

1 - Choose between full-length commercial anthem or short jingle (or both).

2 - License the audio on your website/s, social media and YouTube.

3 - We also have the ability to release it as a single on all streaming platforms from Spotify to iTunes, Pandora, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music and dozens more globally.

4 - We can then also work with you to curate a global Spotify playlist of local artists “The Music of The City” and deliver a custom QR code linked to your playlist for PR and promotion. The landing page can also function as a lead generator / data capture feature to grow your City’s “fan club.”

5 - We are also able to turn #4 above into a Citywide contest for local artists to enter, and be potentially chosen for the playlist. This drives greater engagement / awareness for your city’s creative arts community through the artists promoting the “vote for me” link to their social media audiences and fan bases.

Our goal is simple: to show how a recognizable sonic identity can amplify your city’s experiential marketing, grow awareness through audio, build a fanbase and make every moment sound as memorable as it feels.



Gettysburg VOICES RISE

Lyrics & Music by Martin Nethercutt & Ruth McCartney
© Ruth McCartney Music, BMI, 2026

Verse 1
Where America was tested by flame
On these fields that remember each name
Four score and seven years on
From the birth of a dawn
Came a reckoning none could outrun

Verse 2
Through the thunder of cannon and cry
Brothers fell ‘neath the same wounded sky
For the soul of a land
They would make their last stand
So a nation united might rise

Chorus
Gettysburg, hear the call
Through the years, through it all
All the dreams, mine and yours
In the echoes we stand
For the hope of this land
Tested once… and through years it endures

Verse 3
Now the years mark two hundred and fifty
Still the spirit remains strong and steady
Lincoln’s voice, clear and true
Spoke for me, spoke for you
As a nation we now stand ready

Bridge
From the sorrow to grace
From the past we embrace
Every step that has led us here
Through the trials we’ve known
We are never alone
In the story we all share

Final Chorus
Gettysburg, voices rise
‘Cross the fields, ‘cross the skies
Let the promise of freedom be heard
As we honor the past
And together stand fast
A united forever secured

Outro
Where America was tested in time
Still her light through the ages will shine
From these fields we proclaim
We remember their names
And the dream… that forever endures

Tell us how you would use the music

THE Gettysburg Waltz

Lyrics & Music by Martin Nethercutt & Ruth McCartney
© Ruth McCartney Music, BMI, 2026

Verse 1

Where America was tested by flame

On these fields that remember each name

Four score and seven years on

From the birth of a dawn

Came a reckoning none could outrun

Verse 2

Through the thunder of cannon and cry

Brothers fell ‘neath the same wounded sky

For the soul of a land

They would make their last stand

So a nation united might rise

Chorus

Gettysburg, hear the call

Through the years, through it all

All the dreams, mine and yours

In the echoes we stand

For the hope of this land

Tested once… and through years it endures

Verse 3

From the words that still echo today

On that hallowed and solemn display

Lincoln’s voice, clear and true

Spoke of me, spoke of you

And a freedom no war could erase

Bridge

From the sorrow to grace

From the past we embrace

Every step that has led us here

Through the trials we’ve known

We are never alone

In the story we all share

Final Chorus

Gettysburg, voices rise

‘Cross the fields, ‘cross the skies

Let the promise of freedom be heard

As we honor the past

And together stand fast

A united forever secured

Outro

Where America was tested in time

Still her light through the ages will shine

From these fields we proclaim

We remember their names

And the dream… that forever endures

Tell us how you would the music