If you have looked at the RouteNote home page this morning you might have seen a few changes. We have updated our top image explaining to artists our service (which isnt that exciting), plus we have finally released RouteNote Direct stores to the world!
On the new RouteNote Direct section you will see Random Releases and Featured Artist. For artists you can get your releases promoted on the home page by simply promoting your RouteNote Direct release pages on Twitter, Facebook, Reddit and other social networks. The more you promote your release pages the more they will appear on the home page. We will be choosing a new Featured Artist weekly every Monday morning.
We really hope that this addition will help our artists spread the word about their music and help them drive revenues.
RouteNote has just released an update for the RouteNote Direct widget tool last week. Previously, we had a bug in the RouteNote Direct widget and it is very important that if you have embedded the widget on your website that you update it now. All you need to do to update is head to your release page on RouteNote Direct and grab the widget code again and update it on your site. This will resolve all issues.
We are always looking to improve RouteNote Direct and our full RouteNote offering, so if you have any suggestion please feel free to drop them below.
Now you can Share/Embed your RouteNote Direct music into any Website, Facebook or Myspace!
The RouteNote Direct embed widget is a basic audio player that anyone can add to any website. Once you click on the embed button a RouteNote Direct release page it will show a widget page in which you can select the style you wish and even edit the colour of the widget.
I would like to introduce RouteNote Direct! RouteNote Direct is a direct to fan service for RouteNote Artists. Artists are able to sell their music direct to their fans on their own unqiue store, which has the ability to customize price and even look and feel. Here are the key features of RouteNote Direct.
# Artists receive 85% of all the earnings from RouteNote Direct sales. # Earnings go instantly into artists Paypal account
# Real time play stats
# SEO for site and simple URLs
# Ability to customize your own store
# Control your own release and track pricing
# OHHH did I mention its FREE
How to Add your releases to RouteNote Direct:
1. Upload your new release and select RouteNote Direct as a store partner
2. Go to > My Content > select release and edit … then add RouteNote Direct as a store partner
There is a RouteNote Direct tab at the top of all artist accounts. You send your releases live and then you can completely control the store from this location.
Make sure you promote your pages on Facebook, Twitter and to your fan base.
p.s. RouteNote Direct is currently in beta testing, so if you have any suggestion please feel free to drop us an email. Lots of cool features coming very soon!
Yesterday, RouteNote launched the Artist Directory / Download Store and we have already seen some great results in the first day. We have noticed that some users arent exactly sure how to set the pricing on albums and each individual tracks. Here is a step by step guide on how to edit your pricing:
Album Pricing:
Login to your RouteNote account
Select the Download Store link in the header bar
There is a Pricing box for each album, change the price for one album at a time and hit the save next to the price
All done!
Individual Track Pricing:
Login to your RouteNote account
Select the Download Store link in the header bar
Find the release that you want to change the individual track pricing for and select the Edit button under the Tracks column in the right hand side
This will open the Individual track page for that release
Change the prices of the tracks you wish and hit save.
RouteNote is very proud to announce the launch of our RouteNote Artist Directory / Download Store (http://routenote.com/music). The RouteNote Artist Directory / Download Store provides a full catalogue list of all the artists on the RouteNote service and even allows consumers to purchase mp3 files from their favourite bands.
Benefits for Artists:
Artists receive 80% of all royalties
Full control over pricing and what is available for sale
Artists can opt-in to sell their music to the public and able to opt-out at any time
Sales and stats are immediate and can be seen within the artists account
Spread the word via Facebook and Twitter links on the directory pages
Benefits for Consumers:
Access to a fast growing list of independent artists
Affordable pricing
Mp3 files with no DRM and can be used on any music player or device
Simple 3 click purchase made via Paypal
No registration required
Click here to search through the RouteNote Artists Directory.
Bands make sure you login to your RouteNote account and make your albums live for sales! We have many customisation and social networking links coming very soon.
Since the release of RouteNotes’ Premium option we have seen great growth! RouteNote is already the largest independent digital music distributor in the UK.
When we first launched our Premium platform we ran a one off promotion that allowed artists to upload their albums for a one time fee and keep 100% of the revenues. Now we are about to head into the Christmas season, so we thought we would offer the promotion again!
The Offer:
Artists pay a Flat ONE TIME fee and keep 100% of the revenues.
$10 single, $20 EP, $30 album and $45 ext. album.
The Christmas promotion will last until the 1st of December so you must hurry!
All you need to do is signup and choose our Premium service. No codes required. Artists will receive all of RouteNote’s great partners, as well as free UPC and ISRC codes, and keep all 100% of their revenues! This promotion is only available for new content added to RouteNote.
Here at RouteNote we are providing more and more artists with Ping Artist Profiles. If you havent already requested your Ping Artist Profile then please get in touch.
To be eligible for a Ping Artist Page just use RouteNote to distribute your release. To provide more insight on your Ping Artist Page, Apple has created an “Artist Guide and Best Practices” document.
It provides detailed information on the format, types of video and pictures you can include on your Ping Artist Page along with a step by step process on how to upload videos, tips on settings for your iPhone, etc.
Here at RouteNote we are now starting to add iTunes Artist Ping pages.
As you may have heard, Apple just launched a new service called Ping. A social network for music where iTunes music fans can follow their favorite artists and friends to discover music they’re talking about, listening to and downloading.
Ping has “People” accounts and “Artist” accounts. Artist accounts allow musicians to upload and create their own pages featuring their pictures, videos, tour-dates, music recommendations and a lot more.
One of our users has uploaded this video to his youtube page, demonstrating how easy it is to have your music digitally distributed. Why not give it a watch and have a little think about it?
