The digital age has been a blessing for musicians around the world. Most modern sessions are stored almost completely on hard drives. As many know, in an instant, all of your hard work can disappear because of a simple mistake like trashing or reformatting a drive. In the blog series, archive engineer Ryan Powell will discuss his experiences in archiving 100+ albums from major artists like Linkin Park, Maddona, and Green Day and how you can create a plan to archive your digital content simply, quickly, and affordably.
Archive for September, 2009
Archiving: Protecting Digital Files Before They Disappear INTRO
Thursday, September 10th, 2009Digital Distribution
Thursday, September 10th, 2009
We are happy to announce the arrival of Digital Distribution at Eternite Media through a partnership with Symphonic Distribution! We can now upload your music to the internet’s best digital download sites including iTunes and Amazon Mp3! Now you can have your physical and digital versions of your music taken care of at the same time. Our prices are fantastic just like the rest of our services, PLUS we will prep and submit the audio for you while we press your disc. More to come when our site launches, if you are ready to get your songs on iTunes now, contact us today and we will get you started.
Spotlight: Confined Media
Thursday, September 10th, 2009As an ongoing blog series, our Spotlight will feature our latest clients worthy of recognition and exposure. Usually it will focus on their bio and facts, but occasionally we will add our own personal review, thoughts or even interview with them. These people have stood out to us, and we feel it undeniable to show you how interesting they are. Check out the sites, listen to the music, think about their style.
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First, we would like to introduce you to our friends at Confined Media. Soon we will talk about some of their artists, but to start we felt it would be appropriate to expose you to the great label behind them.
Confined Media is a Seattle-based label, working to stretch the edges of the club music concept. With no genre boundaries, the people working to produce music under the label are looking to make tunes that are danceable, smart, accessible, or experimental; music that catches the ear. Releasing the first EP in 2007, productions have ranged from DJ-friendly, groovy tunes, to trials in sound that bend the possibilities of live performance. Trying to keep up with the latest technology, label members are trying to push forward into unexplored realms of music using the latest innovations in sound production. Overall, Confined Media, as a record label, is trying to take itself and its artists as seriously as possible without losing their initial intent – to entertain people and have fun doing it.
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Date of First Release: December 17 2007 (Overhead Lighting)
Total Releases to date: 24 (minus 3 several unfinished releases that were given numbers
Total Tracks released to date: 65
Members: Ryan Hicks, Courtney Rickett (co-owners), Caleb Cox, Josh Carpenter, Nicholas Potter, Jeff Ackley (Latenight Renegades PDX), Gabe Spiel, Jason LeMaitre, Kahyeed Murray
Artists: Andrew Cox, Ryan Xristopher, Hazel LaLanne, AKU, Dj Obey, Jason LeMaitre, Phluid, Oob, Cari Golden, Kavina Trujillo, Dj Confidence, Split Attention
For more information on Confined Media, visit them on the Web at: http://www.confinedmedia.com/
Street Promotion: Tips, Tools and Ideas INTRO
Thursday, September 10th, 2009There are lots of cool and affective ways to promote yourself through hand out flyers. They can be passive, sitting on a table in a club or in a retail store. They can also be very active, by putting it in people’s hands. Flyers usually seem to be all about events, but why not make them about you? If you want to drive traffic to your website, blog, or social media site, why not come early or stay late while you’re already out and about to hand out some flyers. Even better, go to the local coffee shops, restaurants and retail outlets that don’t mind if you drop a few flyers on the counter and I bet you will see a bump in traffic!
In this blog series we will discuss helpful tips when you are out promoting yourself, cool alternative flyer ideas, what to put on your flyers, the do’s and don’ts and other helpful ideas. Stay tuned!
