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Sell Your Music Online
MP3.com
What Does www.MP3.com Offer Artists and Labels?
A Non-Exclusive Agreement:
Digital artists retain control of their master recordings and can terminate the agreement at any time.
We have always been deeply dedicated to the artist community. We strive to create the best online experience for digital artists and provide incentives to post their music on our site. Today, digital artists from all over the world come to MP3.com to gain exposure and leverage our sales and marketing tools to generate revenue in a variety of exciting ways.
Increased Exposure:
For digital artists, exposure to a global and local audience is secured through the natural
boundless reach of the Internet. We enhance their distribution and promotional power with artist web pages that provide the ability to post songs and control the online image. Tools and services have been created that facilitate direct interaction with an artist's growing fan base, allowing targeted messaging and opportunities to announce upcoming concerts or new song releases.
With close to a million visitors accessing our site daily, MP3.com offers exceptional
opportunities for digital artists and recording labels to generate exposure and ultimately build profits. Digital artists are promoted in Station pages, consumer newsletters, news articles,
MP3.com promotional CDs and other MP3.com-related media.
FREE Artist Web Page and Unlimited Disk Space:
All artists receive their own web page at no cost! Digital artists can add songs, band logo, album graphics, band history, song lyrics, photo album, favorite music, links to their fan club and more. Our simple, easy-to-use interface helps digital artists add songs and make changes in just seconds! Artist sign-up Label sign-up.
Feature Compilations in Each Genre:
We select various artists to be part of our online genre compilations. In addition, each genre section on MP3.com has featured artists who change regularly. Check out our online store to see some of the genre compilations we currently offer.
CD Program:
A fast, FREE way to make and sell CDs that puts a lot more control in the hands of artists! Produce an MP3/CD formatted CD along with its online counterpart, the netCD, which loads instantly into your password-protected My.MP3 account.
Payback for Playback:
Payback for Playback is an exciting promotion that rewards members of the Premium Artist Service with cash, based on song plays. In the two years of its existence, the promotion has continued to encourage Artists to promote their music globally using a variety of tools at their disposal.
Premium Artist Service:
Digital artists already know MP3.com offers a broad range of free tools to help effectively market themselves. Now digital artists you have the opportunity to enjoy even more tools and services signing up for Premium Artist Service.
Track Your Success Daily:
To hone these marketing and revenue-generating opportunities, we provide daily, detailed
statistics about web page visits, number of song listens and downloads, CDs sold and more to enable digital artists to better define, evaluate and connect with their fan base.
Artist Tools and Services:
Music Greetings, advertising tools, MP3.com Messenger services, ticketing services, event planning and merchandising services.
Music Licensing:
Sign up for MP3.com's Music Licensing service, a low-touch, searchable database system that enables MP3.com digital artists to license their music for commercial use (films, radio, TV, web sites). This service offers music supervisors one-stop "search, sample and license" capabilities.
Promo Auctions:
Eligible artists now have another cost-effective way to market their music and potentially earn a share of the monies available in the Payback for Playback pool made available to them each month by MP3.com.
In much the same way that food distributors procure premium placement on store shelves, eligible artists and labels who are seeking additional exposure on MP3.com are participating in an online auction process to secure high-visibility positioning throughout MP3.com's web site. The Promo Auction process can be viewed by visiting www.mp3.com/auction.
Event Calendars:
Keep fans posted and drive people to shows and concerts with our free calendar service. Digital artists can add and change their event dates to make sure audiences stay informed of when they are be coming to town. Invite them to shows, notify them about tours, CD release parties and any other planned event.
Advocacy for Artists on the Internet:
MP3.com has taken a leading role helping artists distribute and promote their music on the Internet. We host the annual MP3 Summit and participate in numerous conferences and events promoting digital music.
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