[atlantaprog] Re: Get your albums on iTunes

We're doing digital thru CDBaby.  I think we're on iTunes and about 7-9
other networks.  CDBaby's been badass so far for us in terms of selling
"Daemon".  I trust their whole organization based on dealings so far.

Haven't seen any results yet, but the whole digital distribution thing
is pretty spotty still anyway.  I expect to see some stuff happen over
the next few months.

Anybody submitted to XM Radio's Unsigned bands station?






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Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 17:34:42 -0400
Subject: [atlantaprog] Get your albums on iTunes
From: Wheat Williams <wheat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Apple Computer has posted a Web page about how to apply to have tracks 
from your independent record label sold on iTunes.

http://www.apple.com/itunes/musicmarketing/

Furthering the reach of iTunes, Hewlett-Packard is now selling iPods 
and pre-installing iTunes on all new HP and Compaq computers, starting 
this week. This should do a lot to grow their market. Change is good.

I know that Lord Only's label got their new album placed on iTunes. 
Have you guys had any tiny royalty checks from that?

Wheat Williams


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Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 15:11:14 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mark Stephens <musicoptimist@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [atlantaprog] Get your albums on iTunes

Wheat Williams <wheat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Apple Computer has posted a
Web page about how to apply to have tracks 
from your independent record label sold on iTunes.
 
Looks like ITunes just got bigger and better!  :-)
 
Has anyone here explored "Weedshare" as a distribution method for their
music?  It is a small distributor but they landed Heart's new album so
that is not exactly *tiny* anymore is it?
 
It is cool b/c it actually *encourages* regular users to legally share
copies that can be played up to 5 time free.  To listen the 6th time,
the user pays $1 per song.
 
Of the $1, a cut goes to the artist, and a smaller cut goes to the
person that *shared* the "5-play" song with the end purchaser!  So if
you sell weedshare songs from your website, you get *both* cuts.  The
*artist* and the *distributor* percentage of the sale.


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From: "Steve Katsikas" <katsikas@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: [atlantaprog] Re: Get your albums on iTunes
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 22:25:25 -0400

We've sold around 10 songs in 5 months.  iTunes has really done nothing
for us.  One problem I have found with iTunes is that there is no good
way to
*FIND* music you don't know about.  Songs are not arranged by genre, nor
is there any kind of way to look for bands that "sound like" or "are
influenced by"...

Steve
www.littleatlas.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wheat Williams" <wheat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <atlantaprog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 5:34 PM
Subject: [atlantaprog] Get your albums on iTunes


> Apple Computer has posted a Web page about how to apply to have tracks

> from your independent record label sold on iTunes.
>
> http://www.apple.com/itunes/musicmarketing/
>
> Furthering the reach of iTunes, Hewlett-Packard is now selling iPods 
> and pre-installing iTunes on all new HP and Compaq computers, starting

> this week. This should do a lot to grow their market. Change is good.
>
> I know that Lord Only's label got their new album placed on iTunes. 
> Have you guys had any tiny royalty checks from that?
>
> Wheat Williams
>
>
>


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