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It has been reported over at Paidcontent that music startup and recommendation service iLike is on the block for sale. Currently there are several companies interested in iLike, such as existing stakeholder Ticketmaster and online music pioneer RealNetworks.
iLike has already raised about $16 million in funding since its launch in 2006. Additionally, in the mix to purchase iLike is Facebook, who recently got nocked back to purchase Twitter. iLike currently has one of the most popular Facebook apps, attracting about 5.4 million active users per month, but a pure stock play is likely to go over as well as it did with Twitter.
RouteNote received some great press this morning by the UK version of the worlds largest technology weblog, Techcrunch.
Mike Butcher was nice enough to provide some great insights
I think this model generally works – unsigned or independent labels don’t want to pay money up front with no guarantees of selling anything, but they do want a route to market.
RouteNote is a great way for unsigned bands to get themselves to market, then it is all about promotion, promotion, promotion.
We’ve been featured on the DailyBits blog – here’s what they said:
Routenote.com: Online Music Distribution Service
The Internet has changed a large number of industries and market segments, and music distribution is no exception. Album sales are dropping year after year, and online music sharing or market places like iTunes are prospering.
For a normal band or independent artist, however, it could become cumbersome to discover all the right places and strategies to promote and sell music online. In order to solve this problem, there are some companies appearing to bridge the gap between not so tech-savvy music artists and the myriad of online opportunities available for them.
RouteNote is one of them. The promise is to promote and sell the music of independent artists through online partnerships. What they want in return? 10% of the sales revenues. Here is a quote from the about page:
Onsite, artists can upload tracks to the RouteNote catalogue and enter into a non exclusive agreement permitting us to distribute their music to a worldwide audience in a matter of moments. They then select partnered retail outlets that they wish their music to be available through (e.g. Napster, Snocap, Samsung Mobile) and within moments their songs are earning money as part of a world wide, web wide, distribution network. Our rates for providing a distribution service are currently the best in the market, and our ever expanding catalogue gives us increasing muscle with which to negotiate deals from which everyone, artists, clients and distribution partners included will all benefit.
Should the idea work, it would be pretty compelling to music artists that wants to get started online.
Link: http://www.dailybits.com/routenotecom-online-music-distribution-service/
RouteNote is an online music distribution site that gives music artists a way to promote their work online to a large worldwide audience in a matter of moments. This is a great service for music artists looking to get exposure to their work on the web.
There is a very popular shift to buying music online, as well as having music artists promote themselves independently through online and mobile music outlets. RouteNote was created to take advantage of this shift by offering music artists a way to easily promote their work. Also, considering that RouteNote is partnered with some of the largest retailers on the web, music artists will get “massive and immediate availability for their tracks.”
Here is a little bit about RouteNote and how their service works:
Onsite, artists can upload tracks to the RouteNote catalogue and enter into a non exclusive agreement permitting us to distribute their music to a worldwide audience in a matter of moments. They then select partnered retail outlets that they wish their music to be available through (e.g. Napster, Snocap, Samsung Mobile) and within moments their songs are earning money as part of a world wide, web wide, distribution network.
RouteNote- Music Distribution Service Helping Artists with Self-Publication
After you sign-up with RouteNote, which is absolutely free, you will be offered the following:
- Worldwide Exposure
- Receive 90% from All Download Sale
- Signing Up Wont Stop You From Signing With a Record Label
- Forward Looking Partnerships and Marketing Expertise
So, if you are an artist that is looking for a way to get your music out to the ever growing online market, then you should go check out RouteNote and see what all they have to offer. If you have used RouteNote please post a comment letting us know what you think about their service.
Link: http://technewssource.net/2008/04/21/routenote-music-distribution-service-helping-artists-with-self-publication/
Steve does a little Q&A session on HypeBot – repeated here:
We continue our ongoing 4QFor (Four Questions For) series with Steven Finch, the CEO of Insomnia Ltd, which owns music 2.0 start-ups www.routenote.com, www.crenk.com, www.adphilia.com, and a record label and recording studio. You can learn more about Steve’s companies here. (Read more 4QFor interviews with the heads of OurStage, Sonicbids, imeem, We7, ReverbNation, New Music Strategies and Nimbit here.)
Q1. What major changes in the music industry do you foresee over the next year?
2008 will be a very interesting year for the music industry. We will continue to see the major labels complaining about the music industry declining, when in fact it is only CD sales that are heading downwards. The distance between the major labels and independent labels will continue to get closer, thus proving in this day and age that artists don’t need a major label to succeed!
Q2. How are you and your company preparing to benefit from these changes?
We strongly believe in independent artists and labels being able to promote their music to the widest possible audience, without having to worry about barriers to market. RouteNote wants to eliminate these barriers for independent or unsigned artists, and allow good artists to stand out from the crowd.
Q3. What excites you?
The music industry as a whole really excites me. It is changing and twisting all the time and with so many emerging business models in the marketplace at present, who knows which ones will actually succeed or fail. Lots of people are talking about music heading towards ‘free’, I think this might be the case…
however I still believe users are willing to pay for something that is actually worth something. Im willing to pay for music as long as I know I can transfer it from computer to iPod to CD and back, whenever I want to and as many times as I want. A revolutionary watermarking service which tracks DRM free music is the way forward.
Q4. What’s next?
The music industry has always been based around old practices, and now it seems that it is time for new beginnings. RouteNote will enter the music market with the aim of providing artists what they want. Artists want ease of use, with the ability to profit from their achievements. RouteNote will provide this and more.
Link: http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2008/03/interview-4qfor.html
Newcomer to the social music scene RouteNote, is designed for independent musicians who are seeking to distribute their music. The service is partnered with a handful of today’s most successful online music stores/outlets including Napster, Snocap, and Samsung Mobile. Artists get instant access to worldwide distribution, plus they retain full ownership of their songs. There are no sign up fees, and artists receive a full 90% of their sales. RouteNote’s service is non-exclusive and they also provide other venues for artists to distribute their music including, film, TV and radio. Free self promotional tools include widgets, and banners among other things. More partnerships with other music outlets are in the works.
“RouteNote is an online music distribution service providing artists instant access to a large proportion of the online market. Designed and built to take advantage of the shift towards independent and self-publication through online and mobile music outlets, and the consumer switch to online purchasing as outlined by the success of iTunes, Myspace and Pump Audio, RouteNote is partnered with some of the biggest retailers on the web to give artists massive and immediate availability for their tracks.”
RouteNote offers musicians a much easier way to distribute their music to a worldwide audience. Wading through copyright and licensing laws is difficult and possibly prohibitive. For independent artists RouteNote’s service takes care of all their needs, plus they get to keep most of their profits.
Link: http://www.killerstartups.com/Video-Music-Photo/routenote-com-music-distribution-the-web-2-0-way
RouteNote is an online music distribution service that provies artists with instant access to a large proportion of the online market.
Using RouteNote is simple: artists upload tracks to the RouteNote catalogue and enter into a non exclusive agreement permitting RouteNote to distribute their music. They then select the outlets they want their music available on and within moments their songs are available for purchase across a range of sites. RouteNote’s cut is highly competitive, with the company taking only 10% of each sale.
The service is aimed at independent musicians looking at ways of distributing their music, and offers a variety of promotional support tools as well. Distribution partners include Napster, Snocap, Samsung Mobile and iTunes.
It’s a neat middle-man service with great rates targeting an interesting niche. If you’re an unsigned muso looking for a leg up, RouteNote is worth a look.
http://www.inquisitr.com/745/routenote-offers-online-music-distribution/
RouteNote has been featured on Duncan Rileys new site, The Inquisitr. Duncan is mostly known for being one of the head writers over at Techcrunch, but he has just left that post to launch this new endeavour. The article is not a huge review, but it does showcase our services to a growing audience.
Duncan quoted
It’s a neat middle-man service with great rates targeting an interesting niche. If you’re an unsigned muso looking for a leg up, RouteNote is worth a look.
It is good to see we are getting such good feedback, but make sure if you have any suggestions for us, please just drop us an email because we are always looking at improving what we can provide.
RouteNote now has a Facebook group! The RouteNote Facebook group will be showcasing some of the best bands on the sites as well as showing picture and videos. On the Facebook group we will be focusing on discussions about what you would like to see on RouteNote. Therefore, if you have any thoughts about what features we should have, who we should partner with and even if you think our site is charging too much of a cut. Then please get in touch via our Facebook group.
RouteNote has been profiled on Profy. Profy is a technology news weblog that profiles tech news, reviews and opinions. Leslie Poston writes a very interesting review with is definitely worth the read.
Route Note is providing a gateway to more than just distribution services like iTunes or eMusic. Route Note is also giving artists a way to license their music for use in film, television, radio and downloading.
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