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Posts Tagged ‘Digital Distribution’
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
Our Friends at Symphonic just released an updated version of their awesome streaming music app! Check out the features below.
Symphonic Distribution is proud to announce the upgrade of its popular app “SymSTREAM”. SymSTREAM 2.0 has further enhanced the ability for labels to effectively market and sell their content through a mobile phone or iPod! iPhone / iPod app development is one of the prime goals for Symphonic Distribution and the company will soon feature a dedicated brand to help Labels and Artists effectively promote and even sell their content on millions of iPods and iPhones worldwide. SymSTREAM 2.0 comes with many new updates as described below! This coincides with Apple’s announcement of a new OS for the iPhone but also a very interesting statistic about just how popular the iPhones are!
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New design:
One of the first updates we did to the app was to redesign certain features. We feel the new design is much more user friendly, simpler, and basically, better looking. Everything from the loading screen, to the main skin, to the buttons have all been redesigned to give the user a better experience when browsing through songs, labels, and genres.
Label Selection
As per request of our labels, we have gone forth and enabled the app to select songs PER label! This is a great addition for the app and now every single label can go forth and promote their music to millions of fans worldwide. Each user of the app can browse by clicking the “Labels” button or go forth and search for a label by clicking the “Labels” button. Once they select the label, only that labels’ music will be able to be played via the player!
Genre Selection
In addition to the label selection, we have gone forth and enabled the ability for users to select the genre they wish to hear and ONLY stream those genres. This was a label and user request and we agreed! You should be able to listen to whatever genre you want and this app lets you do that! Want to hear House? Select House and jam out! Want to chill? Select Chill Out and you shall! Select your mood!
Connection to iTunes Music Store
One of the greatest updates to the app is the ability to be able to purchase the music while listening to it! Each song that is able to be purchased online is connected to the iTunes music store. This is an incredibly helpful feature and one that we hope grows revenue for all labels on Symphonic Distribution. Each and every single label now has iPhone / iPod distribution of their music! On the go and want a track? Click Buy!
Noiseporn.com Addition!
Noiseporn.com is an online Blogozine recently acquired by Symphonic Distribution. The goals of the site are to evolve more into an online magazine, launch a record label, and further showcasing new talent in new and exciting ways. To support the brand, SymSTREAM features some of the songs that are featured and blogged on Noiseporn.com! In the future, more and more music that has been featured on the blog will be featured on SymSTREAM and the best thing is yet to come, an official Noiseporn.com app that will let all folks listen and enjoy Noiseporn.com ON THE GO! To listen to content from Noiseporn.com, a user will simply have to click “Labels” and type Noiseporn.com to stream some of the music featured and blogged! (Every song featured on Noiseporn.com will not be able to be purchased, only streamed).
Tags: Digital Distribution, DJs, downloading, free stuff, Labels, music, music news, Symphonic Distribution
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
For Immediate Release
March 12, 2010
Eternite Media is very pleased to announce it’s involvement with The Local Celebrity, Los Angeles Singing Competition series. We will Provide The winner of the competition with a promo and sales package valued at $265 or equal credit towards a larger package. This includes CD duplication, Digital Distribution, Business Cards and more! In Addition, Eternite Media will provide the audience members with 10% off any of our services (limit one discount per person) with proof of entry.
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The Winner’s Promo and Sales Package Includes:
CD Duplication
Eternite Media’s high quality disc duplication provides an excellent way to get your music directly in the hands of fans. We use only top quality equipment including thermal disc printing systems, commercial grade burning units, and digital offset printing systems. Disc duplication is a great alternative to those not in need of the higher quantities involved in our disc manufacturing (replication) services.
Details
-100 Dupilcated CD’s with Full Color Thermal Disc Print
-100 Full Color 2 Panel (2 Sided) Printed Inserts
-100 Slim Jewel Cases
Extended Service Package (E.S.P.)
Through a partnership with Symphonic Distribution, a leader in digital content delivery, the E.S.P. offers clients who order duplicated or replicated discs the option to take that release to the digital retail world by combining our high quality disc manufacturing with Symphonic Distribution’s world class 100% royalties digital distribution. Also included is a UPC barcode, ISRC codes for each of the songs and submission to popular databases like Gracenote and All Music so that all of your release’s information will show up in players like iTunes when put into a computer. We will also submit your release information to Soundscan so that your sales data is recorded. We do all of the prep and encoding work so you can sit back, and enjoy.
Details
-Digital Distribution: 100% royalty distribution of up to 15 songs through our partner Symphonic distribution. Your release will be in digital download stores such as iTunes, Amazon Mp3, E Music and more. No setup fees, no hosting fees, you keep 100% of your royalties.
-Encoding and Prep: We will prepare your audio for submission and work with you to complete all the important Metadata involved.
-UPC: We will issue you a UPC barcode to include on your packaging and will be used for digital release.
-ISRC Codes: If your label does not provide you with ISRC Codes we will create them for you prior to production so they are included on your CD and downloads.
-Submission to Gracenote: Your disc will be entered into the Gracenote (formally the CDDB) database for enhanced album information when your disc is put into a computer or played on a Gracenote enhanced media player. All of your song titles, artist name, album name and all other information will populate so you do not have to worry about iTunes showing your songs as Track 1, Track 2, Track 3.
-Submission to All Music: If your CD is manufactured, we will send a copy with the required information to the All Music database (www.allmusic.com). This is a great way to give you and your release more coverage on the internet. Many people use All Music as a source to get information on an artist and their releases. You can also send us a copy of your press kit for All Music to review and use to create your page. (This service requires the use of one of your CD’s to submit to All Music, it will not be returned.)
-Soundscan: A very important part of physical CD sales is reporting to Nielsen Soundscan. This service will record and track your sales. Many major labels, marketing groups, and music charting companies use this information on a daily basis. You can even contact Nielsen to purchase a report of your disc sales to use as part of your marketing.
Business Cards
Eternite Media provides a full range of printing services to our clients. One printing item that no recording artist should be without is a high quality business card.
Details
- 1000 16pt Recycled Stock business cards with offset printing using vegetable based inks and AQ2 Matte Finish.
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About Eternite Media, LLC:
Eternite Media, LLC is an artist services company focused on providing independent musicians and labels with operational support of their physical and digital production needs. Our mission is to help artists produce, promote, protect and profit from their art by providing superior customer service and outstanding products. We offer custom solutions for physical and digital album releases, merchandising, and printing as well as online a-la cart self service ordering. We believe in high quality production at affordable prices tailored to meet our client’s budget. Whether it’s on disc, online, on apparel or in print, Eternite Media makes the independent life easier.
Areas of expertise include: Disc manufacturing, Digital distribution, Merchandising, Printing, Project Consultation, Design, Branding, Fulfillment, Engineering, and Digital Archiving.
www.eternitemedia.com
About Symphonic Distribution:
Symphonic Distribution is a digital content distributor and services provider aimed at providing the best in content delivery, customer service, marketing, education, and more for music industry artists, managers, and record labels across the globe. In addition to our services, Symphonic Distribution also has several distinct brands for the intention of expanding the reach of a client. We have a proven track record and currently provide services to hundreds of clients based in countries such as Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Australia, Sweden, Bosnia & Herzegovina, India, Japan, USA, Canada, Portugal, and countless other countries and cultures around the globe. Symphonic Distribution is run by experienced music producers, label owners, and artists thriving in providing the highest level of service.
www.symphonicdistribution.com
Local Celebrity, Los Angeles. A LIVE Singing Competition where contestants wow the audience and compete for over $1,000 in cash and prizes. The finale is this Sunday, March 21, 2010. http://localcelebritytv.payperlive.com/
http://facebook.com/LocalCelebrityTV
Watch as Ryan Ray of Wake UP! TV (http://wakeuptv.com) hosts and music industry judges Kris Searle (http://krissearle.com), Fawn (http://fawnmusic.com), and Arnold G (http://arnoldg.com) give their feedback.
Tags: Arnold G, Business Cards, Digital Distribution, Duplication, eternite media, fawn, Kris Searle, Local Celebrity, press release, Ryan Ray, Symphonic Distribution
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Friday, March 5th, 2010
Back in August of last year, we introduced our new partner, Symphonic Distribution. Through them we can offer our clients digital distribution and other great services they have in their realm. Here is a little bit about the prospering company…
Symphonic Distribution is a digital content distributor and services provider aimed at providing the best in content delivery, customer service, marketing, education, distribution, licensing and more for music industry artists, managers, and record labels across the globe. Symphonic Distribution is ran by experienced music producers, label owners, and artists thriving in providing the highest level of service. Their mission is to provide you with the best services to improve brand performance. In addition to their comprehensive service list, they provide individual brands to better help a record label or artist grow. Symphonic is also accredited by the Better Business Bureau to further satisfy their clients and partners. Below are some new highlights Symphonic has introduced recently that show just how much they have to offer.
SymSTREAM is the brand new iPhone / iPod Touch application created by Symphonic Distribution. Being one of the only distributors in the world to have an iPhone / iPod Touch application, Symphonic Distribution has further diversified itself with new and evolving technologies aimed. The tool also will serve as a new marketing initiative for artists and record labels distributed by Symphonic Distribution. SymSTREAM allows you to preview some of the great music we receive each and every week! If you are at the gym or simply want to listen to new, creative, and innovative music, download SymSTREAM for FREE at the APP Store today. More details in their BLOG
Rolling out in the first part of 2010, Symphonic is updating their client area with a new royalties portal. A second phase of the portal is coming soon that will add detailed stats and sales figures. This will give you a lot of insight on what is selling and what you need to market more in that quarter. This new content portal will bring a new level of self service and convenience to getting your tracks out to digital stores. You will be able to deliver releases to them and have full control as if YOU are the distributor! This will also allow you more control at any time of your releases, eliminate errors, expedite release delivery, and just simplify the process in general. These updates will really make Symphonic your go-to site for digital distribution.
Being all about customer service, it should be obvious that they care about their clients. They strive to make every step you need to take as simple as possible, include free marketing plans and education with many different resources to make you shine! For example, they can distribute releases to promo pools worldwide, have many internal labels available to release your unsigned material and even have an Artist Connect- where they send unaffiliated artist’s demos to 600+ labels across the globe for potential licensing.
It’s a worthwhile trip to their website, so don’t hesitate to see what you can get into. Sign up for their newsletter to be in the know of their success and see how you can connect with other artists, labels or engineers. Check out their blog to see the Release, Label and Artist of the week.
http://symphonicdistribution.com/
http://symintranet.com/blog/
WWW.MYSPACE.COM/SYMPHONICDISTRIBUTION
WWW.TWITTER.COM/SYMPHONICDIST
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/SYMPHONICDISTRIBUTION
Tags: Artists, Branding, Digital Distribution, iPhone, iPod, iTunes, Labels, licensing, managers, marketing, Symphonic Distribution
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
The Extended Service Package (E.S.P.) offers our clients who order replicated discs the option to take that release to the digital retail world. E.S.P. allows you to combine our high quality disc manufacturing with Symphonic Distributions world-class digital distribution. Also included is a UPC barcode and ISRC codes for your release. We will also submit your release to popular databases like Gracenote and All Music so that your CD’s information will show up in player like iTunes when put into a computer. Finally we will also submit your release information to Soundscan so that your sales data is recorded.
Details
Digital Distribution: 100% royalty distribution of up to 15 songs through our partner Symphonic distribution. Your release will be in digital download stores such as iTunes, Amazon Mp3, E Music and more. No setup fees, no hosting fees, you keep 100% of your royalties.
Encoding and Prep: We will prepare your audio for submission and work with you to complete all the important Metadata involved.
UPC: We will issue you a UPC barcode to include on your packaging and will be used for digital release.
ISRC Codes: If your label does not provide you with ISRC Codes we will create them for you prior to production so they are included on your CD and downloads.
Gracenote: Your disc will be entered into the Gracenote (formally the CDDB) database for enhanced album information when your disc is put into a computer or played on a Gracenote enhanced media player. All of your song titles, artist name, album name, etc will populate so you do not have to worry about iTunes showing your songs as Track 1, Track 2, Track 3.
All Music: Once your CD is manufactured, we will send a copy with the required information to the All Music database (www.allmusic.com). This is a great way to give you and your release more coverage on the Internet. Many people use All Music as a source to get information on an artist and their releases. You can also send us a copy of your press kit for All Music to review and use to create your page. (This service requires the use of one of your CD’s to submit to All Music, it will not be returned.)
Soundscan: A very important part of physical CD sales is reporting to Nielsen Soundscan. This service will record and track your sales. Many major labels, marketing groups, and music charting companies use this information on a daily basis. You can contact Nielsen to purchase a report of your disc sales to use as part of your marketing.
Placing a replication order is as easy as contacting a rep at info@eternitemedia.com. Be sure to tell them you would like to add the Extended services package to your order.
Tags: 100% royalties, All Music, Amazon MP3, CDDB, Digital Distribution, downloading, E Music, Extended Service Package, Gracenote, ISRC Codes, iTunes, press kit, Replication, retail manufacturing, Soundscan, Symphonic Distribution, UPC
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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
We get asked all the time, are people still using CD’s? Isn’t everyone just downloading? Well, yes and no. As a promotional tool, CDs still provide an important role of physically placing music into a listener’s hand. As a sales tool, the added value of a tangible object can help produce better sales numbers for bands that have a loyal fan base who want more then a simple download. The digital download phenomenon has changed the way we all access music, but some things get lost in translation. I am a big fan of digital downloads, just like everyone else, but feel it is a tool not the whole toolbox.
In the difficult world of marketing your music in today’s saturated market you have to do more then just stick your thumb out and hope to get picked up. When it comes to offering free downloads or access to streams of your music, the instant gratification factor is large and may spark some interest in the short term, but once you navigate away from that site, or that download gets filed away in the massive music library you can be quickly forgot about. With a physical disc, it has a better chance of reminding the person about you for an extended time. When a disc looks great people are more apt to keep it around. Personally, when I buy a CD or someone gives one to me, I stick it in the player in my car and I may listen to it 5 or 6 times. When I download an album (especially one that was a giveaway) I will listen to it once or twice but not nearly as much as one that goes into my car. It takes a very long time for a technology to go extinct so CD’s are here to stay for a long time; heck, some cars still have a cassette player!
When promoting yourself with a CD you are putting a musical flyer of sorts into the hands of the person you gave it to. By simply handing that person a CD you are able to give them all of your vital information regarding yourself and your music before they even listen to it! If your CD looks good and is well thought out you have a great chance that the person you just handed that disc to will actually take the time to listen to it. People like free stuff, and when you hand someone a promo CD that looks great, they want it- even if it is a genre of music they typically don’t listen to. You can put together an inexpensive, good looking promotional disc with a sampling of your music to give away in front of clubs, at the mall or at your shows that will get people to put your CD into their car on the way home. If they like what they hear they are apt to check out the info on the disc and go download more tracks or buy your actual album.
When it comes to marketing your music to Billboard reporters, tastemakers, Internet and traditional radio stations, it is safe to say they get a lot of CD’s. It is also pretty safe to say that they get even more emails and downloads. If you have the means to get a physical CD to them rather then just another spam email in their inbox, you are showing them that you have the desire to spend a little to present them with your work. Don’t fall prey to people who offer to “email blast” the world your music for a fee. Bought lists and spamming is just going to annoy listeners. A lot of the email address’ that send the blasts may have even been blocked. Presenting someone with a gift of your music is much sweeter when they can touch it and they know you personally sent it to them. Of course it doesn’t hurt to contact them and ask if they will give it a listen. If they won’t, it is a waste of your time to send it anyways. When it comes to someone reviewing your music, being able to look at your information while they listen is always a big advantage. Don’t forget about a cover letter with your bio and credits that will also set you apart from the masses.
Here are a couple of good ideas for CD promos:
Keeping it simple
Sometimes less is more. Nothing beats your standard black thermal print with a white paper sleeve. The cost savings means you can get a little more for your money and that means more ears will listen to it. It would be a good idea to drop a business card inside the sleeve with your contact info on it (if you haven’t read our blog on business cards as flyers check it <here>)
Take it a step up
Opt for a clear poly sleeve and a printed insert and you’ve got yourself a rocking promo CD with a lot of real estate to sell your sound. You are keeping your costs down by using an inexpensive poly sleeve but upping the value of the promo with the insert.
Go all out
If you plan on pulling out all the stops and going for a more complete release look such as a jewel case, digipak, or jacket, make sure that your promo is not going to outshine the albums you are putting out. When you want to go all out, get creative! Have the disc be a short sampling of your music, but the have the packaging list the entire album info and instructions on where to download or buy the rest of the album to complete the package.
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All in all, giving out a physical CD as a promo has some great advantages and is a valuable tool for anyone serious about promoting themselves. Even if your budget is tight, having a small quantity to give out to the people that matter will do you a world of good, but make sure they look professional. If you hand someone a CD with your name and number scribbled on it and another person hands them a full color disc in nice packaging, your disc is heading to the trash. Grab their attention, make it loud and be proud of your creation.
Coming up:
Diving into the retail CD world
Tags: billboard, black thermal, Business Cards, CDs, clear poly sleeve, Digipaks, Digital Distribution, downloading, flyer ideas, flyers, free stuff, inexpensive, jacket, jewel case, music, Music Marketing, musical flyer, paper sleeve, printed insert, promo CD, promo products, promoting yourself, radio stations, street promotion, tastemakers
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