[musictlk] Digital Distribution

[Ignasi Cambra]

I am not going to argue. But if one is a musician and has a professional-sounding album to distribute, putting it on iTunes is not hard. I'm not trying to contradict you. That's just the way it is. 

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On Oct 30, 2010, at 3:55 PM, Jorge Paez <jorgeapaez at mac.com> wrote:

> IC:
> Firstly, thanks for attempting to perfectly contradict me.
> Yes you can apply to Apple's application process but you will almost not get accepted.
> 
> Furthermore, most people don't even get a response.
> 
> Choose your price?
> 
> Myth, according to what I've studied.
> 
> Apple's not some "sell-everything" store. They are control freeks.
> 
> Yes this makes the process extremely hard, but then again, that's a given.
> 
> Talk to any app developer and you'll see I'm right.
> 
> You  make it sound easy, and yes, for most of it he's right, but it isn't as easy as it sounds to get accepted.
> 
> 
> Plus, our  marketing is techniques that we have developped over the time of 4 years of experience.
> 
> Apple just can't provide the same personalized targeting systems that we do.
> 
> Jorge
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Oct 30, 2010, at 3:31 PM, Ignasi Cambra wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> Just so you know, it is very easy and quick to upload your music to iTunes. You have to fill out an application form to become an iTunes content provider (as an independent label or artist etc). You can apply at https://itunesconnect.apple.com/WebObjects/iTunesConnect.woa/wa/apply and just wait for a few days until your application is accepted. Basically as long as the content you want to distribute is approved (if it's music you really won't have any trouble at all) you should be able to sell songs on iTunes in less than a week. Every month you will get a report from Apple which states how many songs you sold, how much you are going to get paid etc. You can decide on a price for your content, and I'm pretty sure you take 70% and Apple takes 30%, although this might not be exact.
>> Apple also offers several marketing products that you can use to expose your content to people.
>> 
>> IC
>> On Oct 30, 2010, at 4:41 AM, Marion Gwizdala wrote:
>> 
>>> George,
>>> I have two music albums and four spoken word programs that I would be interested in digitally distributing. Please write to me off-list at
>>> 
>>> Marion.Gwizdala at Verizon.net
>>> 
>>> with more details. Thanks a bunch!
>>> 
>>> Fraternally yours,
>>> Marion Gwizdala
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jorge Paez" <jorgeapaez at mac.com>
>>> To: "NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List" <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 6:11 PM
>>> Subject: [musictlk] Digital Distribution
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Hello listers:
>>>> 
>>>> Just wanted to let you know I'm now offering online distribution services for musicians.
>>>> 
>>>> As long as you can provide the actual recording, I can take care of the rest as far as launching it online on iTunes, Rapcity, Zoon.net, etc.
>>>> 
>>>> Let me know off list if you are interested and we can discuss details.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> 
>>>> Jorge
>>>> 
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