[Dixielandjazz] Marketing for independent musicians

[Jan & Susy Van Doren]

This from the jazz_clarinet list. Not an endorsement,, more like an
advertisement . Jan Van Doren in Mexico


http://easybe.com presents the 1-2-3 Music Store - the very first
music download store for independent labels and artists.

Berlin, Germany – January, 2004
 The 1-2-3 Music Store from easybe.com
empowers independent labels and musicians to sell their music from
their own website, direct to the fans. To date the first of its kind,
it opens up the internet as a sales channel.

It provides a real chance for smaller labels and unsigned artists to
get a fair share of the multi-million dollar internet music market,
estimated to exceed a value of $2bn by 2007. (Source: Forrester,
August 13, 2002)

The store is designed to integrate into any existing website. It is
easy to install, easy to customize and above all, easy to use. 100%
web-based, the 1-2-3 Music Store provides all the tools necessary to
sell songs and albums as music downloads, plus additional features for
managing the communication with fans, customers and the press.

Other key functions include free downloads, cover art, sample
listening, review and ratings system.

This places the control back in the hands of the artists and small
labels and may well represent an important shift in the internet music
business. Artists can distribute their music worldwide with no
middlemen, no production costs and no compromises.

Payments are handled by PayPal, international market leader in
internet payment systems with over 38 million registered users
worldwide. PayPal accepts five different currencies: US Dollars,
Canadian Dollars, JapaneseYen, British Pounds and Euros. This allows
independent labels and musicians to sell music downloads in 38
countries.

The software is the product of months of careful enquiry, research and
development. Amongst others, easyBe would like to thank Tresor
Records, kittyYo Records, Timing Recordings, Sonntagmusic, DNS
Records, DJ Tanith and DJ Emmerson for their valuable input.

The 1-2-3 Music Store is available directly from easybe.com as a
downloadable php script. A licence costs only $48 for an artist and
$148 for a label.

http://easybe.com