SELL YOUR TRACKS HERE !
What Ed Real's been up to since leaving Nukleuz QUOTE:
Just sore this posted on Generoproject n thought people on here would be interested.
Trackitdown.net is the new MP3 download community portal that will revolutionise the way your music is sold around the world.
We would like to speak to you now about getting your music in the faces of tens of thousands of on-line customers who are hungry for new dance music!
Please find an outline of our business below. We will be launching soon and are now bringing on board labels such as yourselves who represent the frontline of dance music.
I look forward to hearing back from you by return and would like to answer any questions that you may have about our service.
Regards,
Ed Real
Director
Trackitdown Ltd
OUR COMPANY
The team behind the project consists of the following industry figures who have pooled their skills to help give the dance fan access to your music anywhere in the world without having to steal it;
Nolan Shadbolt; Promoter of Riot!, one of Mixmag's favourite clubs and held at legendary London venue The End.
Ed Real; Former A&R manager of the number 1 selling 12" label Nukleuz and BXR UK labels for five years. Ed picked up the Music Week Dance Label of the Year Award in 2002 as well as being CIN market share leader for sales in the years 2001 until his departure to set up Trackitdown.net at the end of last year.
Jon Rundell; Former label manager at Amato Distribution, the UK's biggest 12" distributor. For the last three years Jon has been responsible for helping the largest dance labels achieve maximum physical sales in both the UK and overseas.
BK; The number one hard dance producer of all time and DJ Magazine Top 50 DJ for the last three years. Having produced over 100 12" releases for Nukleuz Records and remixed for every other label within the genre, BK is more than qualified to understand the needs of music makers. Managed by the same company as Tiesto, BK is our international ambassador, promoting Trackitdown.net around the world as he tours the globe spinning at the biggest parties on the planet.
Paul Rodriguez; One of the most influential dance music publishers in the UK responsible for looking after a slew of popular artists from the world of drum and bass, hardcore and hard dance. With his guidance, Trackitdown.net offers the artist the maximum return via our registration with MCPS.
TRACKITDOWN.NET - IT'S TIME TO BURN!
Labels & Artists;
No outlay and no returns!
Fight the piracy that is already damaging your business.
We will sell 192kb MP3's of your tracks for £1.50 and offer you a similar return to that of selling a 12" via a retailer.
MCPS licensing requires us to provide double accounting enabling complete clarity of business.
We will promote your music and artists to the world.
We will account to you every month.
You will be able to upload material yourselves and edit your own sales and marketing notes to let your customers know how good your music is.
Our team has an unparalleled understanding of the dance market through over 40 combined years of the world of production, marketing, distribution, retail and performance.
Trackitdown.net can be used as an A&R medium to test the work of new producers without having to manufacture product.
Communicate directly with your fanbase - we can track sales and inform our customers of your new products.
Consumers;
Porn free, virus free, hassle free!
24-7 access to tunes, chat and news from anywhere on the planet.
No postage rates or delays.
Instant delivery.
In addition, Trackitdown.net will be incorporating the following unique features into our site;
DJ Diaries - we have our own London-based production company who are currently making professional short films about the world's most popular DJ's and artists. These will then be available to download via Trackitdown.net so that fans can get an exclusive glimpse into the behind the scenes lives of their favourite figures. This is a service that we offer to all participating labels, artists and DJ's and is an unparalleled way to promote yourselves to the marketplace and communicate your message.
DJ Mixes - Trackitdown.net is commissioning some of the world's best DJ's to put together 60minute mixes that will be available to download via our portal. All the trax will be licensed officially and because our outgoings are low, royalty rates will be paid to labels and the mixer that far supersede that of physical compilations. Perfect for the IPOD generation!
Live Performances - Our outside broadcast department will be travelling to festivals and going on tour to capture the excitement of live performances from some of the world's best dance acts. These will then be edited and made available to download via Trackitdown.net to fans from around the world. If you have an act that play live and want to earn extra revenue and exposure then let us know!
We would like to speak to you now about getting your music on board. Please feel free to drop us a line by return and we'll happily send you more information and answer any questions you may have.
I look forward to hearing from you,
Ed Real
Director
Trackitdown Ltd
9A Orsett Terrace
London
W2 6AJ
+44 (0)207 706 8256
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now can u guys that produce tell me your thoughts about this ???
wont this damage us as artists?
share ya thoughts! :) :roll:
how much does the artist get from one sold mp3-file?
I suggest that you check http://www.magnatune.com (or here). It has an even tempting business idea behind it.
In generally I think that mp3 sales are not bad for the artist, since someone will anyway rip it and listen to it. This way you can provide an easy and cheap way to buy good quality music from the internet lessening the need to ripping.
For who exactly is this aimed for artist-wise, I mean - surely they won't be making all the tunes they receive available through the website? I'd hate to see it turn out to be a cemetary for hordes of crappy tunes nobody wants to sign.
Mp3-promotion probably is the way of the future, but it has a bit of a bad karma. A lot of hard work is required to get ppl trust in it as a reliable and credible media for distribution.
Well, with this service people will get to decide whether they want to p2p the track for free or pay £1.50 for the same 192 kbps mp3 ;) Somehow I don't see this as the best way to hype a brand new track, but it might turn out to be a nice way of obtaining out-of-stock -releases and rarities.
well the problem is, that ppl who these days upload the rips of tracks actually record them in 192kbps as the owners of the illegal ftp's require quality of the rips... :(
Just wondering... when you buy an mp3-file online are you buying the rights to own that exact mp3-file or are you buying the rights to own any mp3-file of a certain tune? The first option would mean that a robbery, a harddisk failure, or even an accidental formating could easily destroy music worth hundreds or thousands of euros. The second option is sensible and, imho, the only proper way to do it.
I have no clue???? :confused:
what's the artist royalty per one track? I see the selling price only £1.50 :confused:
Just wondering... when you buy an mp3-file online are you buying the rights to own that exact mp3-file or are you buying the rights to own any mp3-file of a certain tune? The first option would mean that a robbery, a harddisk failure, or even an accidental formating could easily destroy music worth hundreds or thousands of euros. The second option is sensible and, imho, the only proper way to do it.
I would say that, yes, you've bought the right to own that tune in mp3-format. Of course redistributing the tunes would be forbidden.
I think in current situation this is just good. I mean... If like ten years ago people would have been selling mp3's I would have judged it. But in current situation where people will download their music from the net this is good. Many people may think that "I should buy the album, but why bother when I can just download it" Lazy but caring people may just want to pay for the download. I don't believe this makes the situation any worse.
Lazy but caring people may just want to pay for the download. I don't believe this makes the situation any worse.
I think this is the main idea in selling mp3's when they are distributed illegally anyway, so why not offer a legal way to get them. If the prices stay reasonable there are lots of potential customers who are willing to support the artists. Everyone do not have the interest nor the money to get a vinyl player so an electronic form would be ideal to enlarge the sales of a "vinyl only" release.
I think this is the main idea in selling mp3's when they are distributed illegally anyway, so why not offer a legal way to get them. If the prices stay reasonable there are lots of potential customers who are willing to support the artists.
Buying a record does not only support the artist, it also gives you something you can see, feel and put in your record-box. Selling mp3s in the current situation is like asking for charity. Recording artist becomes something of a street-entertainer who you can throw some coins if you feel like it - or you can enjoy the music without paying.
Of course the companies who sell the mp3s are not to blame for that - I believe in the future it'll be a big business, but I personally don't have a very good feeling about mp3s at the moment.
Buying a record does not only support the artist, it also gives you something you can see, feel and put in your record-box. Selling mp3s in the current situation is like asking for charity. Recording artist becomes something of a street-entertainer who you can throw some coins if you feel like it - or you can enjoy the music without paying.
Of course the companies who sell the mp3s are not to blame for that - I believe in the future it'll be a big business, but I personally don't have a very good feeling about mp3s at the moment.
Above applies to me also. I want to own something concrete, thus I prefer vinyl. But someone else might settle for a mp3 file for various reasons. If there's a need, someone will fulfill it :)
mp3 will be a part of our future. And even I might buy mp3's in certain situations.
I don't know what the situation is for other styles, but for one genre the market is getting saturated by the growing supply of records by new labels and sublabels. Combined with falling sales due to vinyl-buying becoming more of a niche due to the effect of mp3s... I think there is a potential market for mixed cd's, but internet radios and mp3-sets becoming more popular...
Myself I think that live performances are going to be the way forward, and im not talking about two nerds behind laptops. Producers notice that it's actually easier to be heard live than to try and get a vinyl pressing.. and they can maybe even earn something, unlike doing a few cd-r's to be played out in a club.
dunno but we'll see, whatever the effect of this change from vinyl to mp3... i hope its a good wan.
peace
---Music at I-Tunes, royalties and audio quality---
I have already my previous album "Underground Industry" on I-Tunes ;) It's for real and I get 90% of selling price if I remember it right. The track prices are $0.99 by default so I get $0.65 which is rather good. These files are not mp3 files but Ac-audio files, perhaps the quality is also little bit better with ac. I think that price is right because the audio quality is better and people like to pay for quality. Only downside is that you cannot change the default price. Yet another good in I-Tunes is that it's also available for pc. I am still waiting the I-Tunes store open in Europe, currently it is mainly in USA and some countries.
---Weedfiles/Weedshare---
People, you can also check out new alternative to mp3, it's based in WMA file format. It uses digital rights management system which Microsoft has developed. http://www.weedfiles.com
All you have to do to get your audio translated is a codec from microsoft and somekind of id tag editor program, both these are free.
There are various weedfile sites and the system seems to be the next digital distribution revolution. You can start your own but you have to read the instructions first before you start building your own site.
It's for real and I get 90% of selling price if I remember it right. The track prices are $0.99 by default so I get $0.65 which is rather good.
That's some bad math, man :) Or did you deduct the income taxes from that?
It's for real and I get 90% of selling price if I remember it right. The track prices are $0.99 by default so I get $0.65 which is rather good.
That's some bad math, man :) Or did you deduct the income taxes from that?
:hah: sorry, my math is not the best but that's the money what I get from each track. :)
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here you can also sell your mp3 tracks for profit. http://www.cstream.com :)