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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.
If you would like to request a Ping artist page, please get in contact.
The only requirement is that you are a RouteNote artist and that you have at least one of your releases on iTunes.
RouteNote is very proud to announce that one of our artists, Lee Crossley, has just reached the number #2 slot in the Amazon Rock charts. This is an amazing effort from Lee, who has been working very hard gigging for the last 18 months. Im really glad it has finally paid off!
You can check out his track on Amazon here.
We thought that all RouteNote artists might be interested in a new free service from Amazon, called Artist Central.
Artist Central allows artists to add their own content to Amazon.com Artist Stores. This helps music fans on amazon.com discover artists and their work more easily, and leads to greater sales.
Users can upload photos, a bio, videos, and audio for promotional streaming, as well as utilize new features like a Twitter widget and customizable banners to create a robust, customized Artist Store on Amazon.com, ultimately helping customers discover artists and their work more easily. Check out the artist store for Band of Horses (www.amazon.com/bandofhorses) to see these features in action.
Artist Central is completely free to anyone selling their music on Amazon.com. Getting started is easy and only takes a few minutes. Just go to Artist Central (http://artistcentral.amazon.com) and sign in with your Amazon account to claim your artist. (If there is currently no artist store for your artist, you can click “Create a new Artist Store”.) Claims are usually approved within 1-2 days.
Once you have been approved, you can then add your photos, video, banners and more. Please review the Artist Page Banner Creation Tips and Guidelines when creating a banner for your artist store. The Guidelines can be downloaded from the banner upload tool on the Artist Central site.
Here at the RouteNote blog we are always looking for new and upcoming artists. If you wanna get some free promotion and a review on RouteNote, then please get in touch! Either news at RouteNote.com or @routenote on Twitter.
A few weeks ago RouteNote launched our new Premium platform. The Premium platform is a subscription based service that allows artists to keep 100% of their revenues. Pricing for the Premium service is $10 per year for single, $20 for an EP, $30 for an album and $45 for an extended album. All these prices are based on a yearly subscription. Recently, we also wrote an article stating how many sales were required to make the Premium model worth while.
Here are RouteNote we wanted to run a crazy promotion for the summer and here it is!
RouteNote is offering our Premium service (artists keep 100% of the revenues) for a Flat ONE TIME Fee.
$10 single, $20 EP, $30 album and $45 ext. album.
Not YEARLY but a ONE TIME FLAT FEE FOR LIFE!
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.
This promotion will only run until 31st August, so spread the word!
At RouteNote we recently launched our Premium platform and it has been a great success so far. In this article we will run through the key benefits of each model. This will hopefully help artists make the right decision when deciding which option is the most profitable for them.
Free Option
- No Upfront Fees
- Choose As many or as little partners as you would like. (iTunes, Amazon MP3, Spotify, eMusic, Deezer and more.)
- Artists keep 90% of all revenues
Premium Option
- Costs = $10 per single, $20 per EP, $30 per album and $45 per extended album per year.
- Artists keep 100% of all revenues
- Choose As many or as little partners as you would like. (iTunes, Amazon MP3, Spotify, eMusic, Deezer and more.)
What is the best option for you?
Example 1: Single
- Premium Option of $10 for a single and sells 100 downloads for the year. The artist would receive approx $0.64 per download ($0.99 per download less $0.35 store commisions). Totaling = $64.00 – $10 upfront = $54.00
- Free Option has no upfront costs and sells 100 downloads for the year. The artist would receive approx $0.576 per download ($0.99 per download less $0.35 store commisions less 10% commisions). Totaling = $0.576 *100 downloads = $57.60
- Optimum Amount for Premium is 140 downloads per year at $0.99
Example 2: EP
- Premium option: $20 for a EP and sales of 60 EPs. The artist would receive approx $2.65 per download ($3.00 per download less $0.35 store commisions). Totaling = $159.00 – $20 upfront = $139.00
- Free option: no upfront costs and sales of 60 EPs. The artist would receive approx $2.385 per download ($3.00 per download less $0.35 store commisions less 10% commisions). Totaling = $143.10
- Optimum Amount for Premium is 75 downloads per year at $3.00
Example 2: Album
- Premium option: $30 for a Album and sales of 30 Albums. The artist would receive approx $7.64 per download ($7.99 per download less $0.35 store commisions). Totaling = $229.20 – $30 upfront = $199.20
- Free option: no upfront costs and sales of 30 Albums. The artist would receive approx $6.876 per download ($3.00 per download less $0.35 store commisions less 10% commisions). Totaling = $206.28
- Optimum Amount for Premium is 40 downloads per year at $7.99
Example 2: Ext. Album
- Premium option: $45 for a Ext. Album and sales of 50 Ext. Albums. The artist would receive approx $12.65 per download ($13.00 per download less $0.35 store commisions). Totaling = $632.50 – $45 upfront = $587.50
- Free option: no upfront costs and sales of 50 Ext. Albums. The artist would receive approx $11.385 per download ($13.00 per download less $0.35 store commisions less 10% commisions). Totaling = $569.25
- Optimum Amount for Premium is 36 downloads per year at $13.00
Here at RouteNote we are always trying to improve our service and offer unsigned bands a service that cant find anywhere else. RouteNote is easily the most affordable digital music distributor available for unsigned bands.
Our Free option features:
- Absolutely Zero Cost
- Artists keep 90% of the net revenues
- Artists keep 100% ownership
- Worldwide distribution – iTunes, Amazon, eMusic, Spotify and more.
- Free UPC and ISRC codes
- Anyone in the world can use RouteNote
RouteNote’s free option is currently used by more than 3,200 artists worldwide. RouteNote is the leading UK digital music distributor, so why not take a look for yourself.
RouteNote has just launched a major upgrade of our site and services. RouteNote is a leader in digital music distribution and with this new release we hope that we can help even more artists worldwide.
RouteNote improvements:
- Additional payment options in which artists pay a small yearly subscription for the RouteNote service and keep 100% of their revenues.
- Updated management system
- Improved upload process
New Payment options:
RouteNote artists have always had the option to use our distribution service for free and keep 90% of their revenues. Here at RouteNote we are trying to help even more artists and provide more options. Thus, we have added a Premium solution, which allows artists to sign up to the RouteNote service and pay a small subscription and keep 100% of their royalties. We hope that this will appeal to a broader range of artists and will allow artists to keep as much revenues in their pockets as possible.
Premium costs are as follows: $10 for singles, $20 for EP’s (2-6 tracks), $30 for an album (7-18 tracks) and $45 for extended albums (19 tracks and over), all prices are per year.
Artists will also have complete flexibility and will be able to upgrade to the Premium service from the Free option and vice verse. Therefore, artists will always be able to pay the lowest possible price to distribute their music to the worlds largest online stores and streaming services.
p.s. UPC codes and ISRC codes will always remain completely free within the RouteNote platform.
Updated Management System:
RouteNote has made a lot of improvements when it comes to our content management system. There are now major upgrades to content pages, which will make managing your music a lot easier and more efficient. Artists now have the ability to quickly see and edit all the albums and tracks within their catalogue, as well as upgrading options to the Premium service and even downgrading from the Premium service to the Free option.
Improved Upload Process:
RouteNote’s upload process has been improved even further and now uploading your music could not be simpler. RouteNote has merged the Single and Album upload tools to create the most efficient and simplest tool possible.
Firstly the artist selects the program they would like to use (Premium or Free), then they are prompted to fill out the required meta data and choose their partners. Once that’s completed artists upload their music and done. Its that simple! Unlike most other music distributors our content uploading process is very simple and instantaneous, no need to run through hundreds of emails about agreements, etc. RouteNote is always available for either phone or email support from our expert support team.
About RouteNote
RouteNote is a leading digital music distribution service providing artists instant access to the worlds largest online music stores and streaming services. 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, Amazon and Spotify, RouteNote is partnered with some of the biggest retailers on the web to give artists massive and immediate availability for their tracks.
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 and within moments their songs will begin earning money as part of a world wide, web wide, distribution network.
p.s. The Desktop upload tool is currently in the process of being upgraded, so you will not be able to upload via that until the new version is available. Additionally, we still have a few small browser compatibility issues, all are just looks and will be fixed very soon.
If you haven’t already noticed we have 2 partners who have been added to the sidebar of our blog. Those partners offer RouteNote artists with some great savings and also a great promotional opportunity.
eMusic – eMusic has been a lot term partner of RouteNote since launch and we thought we would help them out and promote their service to our readers and artists. If you use the banner in our sidebar to signup to eMusic you will receive 35 free downloads with your free trail.
Cafepress – Cafepress is a very new partner with RouteNote. Cafepress offers artists with the ability to quickly signup and create their own store packed full of t-shirts and other merchandise. If you use the Cafepress banner you get access to Cafepress premium for free, plus you have the ability to customise your store so its tailored to fit your band. There are no setup fees and you simply make money when you sell your merchandise.
RouteNote will have a lot more partners joining very soon. Additionally, we will soon be launching an upgraded version of our tools page which will offer exclusive offers to RouteNote artists. Partnerships in a variety of areas will be added, such as marketing tools, advertising tools, merchandise, applications, widgets and more.
There are so many bands out there that want to get their music up for sale on iTunes, but haven’t found a way of doing so. About 3 years ago getting your music picked up by a digital music distribution company was pretty much impossible unless you were signed by a major record label. We’ve been working to change that. If you’re new to our site, or you’ve never heard of us before, then we’re here to help you finally reach your goal of selling your music professionally on the worlds largest music stores.
We at RouteNote are always trying to help as many artists as we can. Unlike some other services, we know that providing artists with good customer relations, useful tools and an affordable service is the way forward. If you want to get your music onto iTunes, eMusic, Spotify and more, then make sure you register for an account, download our easy to use music upload tool, and get your music selling online.
