Roger W. Norman
November 12th 03, 12:11 PM
Yeah, I just read Roger Nichols' article in this month's EQ and he stated
that DiscMakers has made a distribution deal with iTunes for product that
receives the UPC from them. A little added incentive to use DiscMakers I
guess. I wonder if that applies to previously released product. Guess I'll
have to talk to my contact and see. I've got maybe 10 releases through
DiscMakers out.
--
Roger W. Norman
SirMusic Studio
Purchase your copy of the Fifth of RAP CD set at www.recaudiopro.net.
See how far $20 really goes.
"Pat Janes" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Roger W. Norman" > wrote:
>
> > I don't believe they've set up yet for that level of indie distribution.
> > They've paid a pretty penny to be able to do the iTunes thing and had a
> > significant investment of people doing the database work and song
encodings.
> > I don't think Jobs would entertain the thought of trying to handle
separate
> > distribution setups. His vision didn't seem to indicate that he would
be
> > thinking outside of the major's catalogs.
>
> I read an article somewhere which said Apple would be distributing music
> from indie *labels*. The article did say that it was the same deal for
> everyone, take it or leave it, because Apple wasn't interested in
> negotiating with dozens of labels. I believe Matador is the first indie
> label to have its music distributed by ITMS.
that DiscMakers has made a distribution deal with iTunes for product that
receives the UPC from them. A little added incentive to use DiscMakers I
guess. I wonder if that applies to previously released product. Guess I'll
have to talk to my contact and see. I've got maybe 10 releases through
DiscMakers out.
--
Roger W. Norman
SirMusic Studio
Purchase your copy of the Fifth of RAP CD set at www.recaudiopro.net.
See how far $20 really goes.
"Pat Janes" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Roger W. Norman" > wrote:
>
> > I don't believe they've set up yet for that level of indie distribution.
> > They've paid a pretty penny to be able to do the iTunes thing and had a
> > significant investment of people doing the database work and song
encodings.
> > I don't think Jobs would entertain the thought of trying to handle
separate
> > distribution setups. His vision didn't seem to indicate that he would
be
> > thinking outside of the major's catalogs.
>
> I read an article somewhere which said Apple would be distributing music
> from indie *labels*. The article did say that it was the same deal for
> everyone, take it or leave it, because Apple wasn't interested in
> negotiating with dozens of labels. I believe Matador is the first indie
> label to have its music distributed by ITMS.