EMI Recorded Music to Use MusicTabs for Online Radio Promotion.Business & Entertainment Editors/Radio & High-Tech Writers LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. & SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 31, 2000 EMI (ElectroMagnetic Interference) An electrical disturbance in a system due to natural phenomena, low-frequency waves from electromechanical devices or high-frequency waves (RFI) from chips and other electronic devices. Allowable limits are governed by the FCC. Recorded Music recorded music n → música grabada and Imhotech Inc., creator of MusicTabs, a Web-based software application for music promotion, announced today that they have entered into an agreement to work together to use MusicTabs to market and promote EMI artists to radio. Imhotech's MusicTabs system enables record companies to electronically distribute music and related information to radio stations and other outlets, and receive real-time feedback. The relationship between EMI and Imhotech commenced earlier this year when EMI's Virgin Records label used MusicTabs to market and promote D'Angelo's latest release, "Voodoo," to radio programmers throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . In addition to providing the radio programmer with the ability to experience new music through audio, video, graphics and text, MusicTabs provides a rich back-end of communications tools to aid the records to radio dialogue. Using MusicTabs, radio programmers can request interviews, contests and artist drops. Record label reps have access to radio station activity, comments and opinions. Rounding out the set of tools is TabNotes, an e-mail style messaging service exclusive to users in records and radio. "Communicating with radio is a key part of EMI artists' development," said Jay Samit, Senior Vice President of New Media, EMI Recorded Music. " Imhotech's MusicTabs system allows us to have instant dialog with radio programmers worldwide." "The agreement with EMI cements MusicTabs' position as a serious player in moving record industry marketing and promotion operations into a new technological arena," said Joseph Mouzon, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Imhotech. "EMI's vision and reputation as a leader in bridging technology with current music industry business models shows that record labels are ready to embrace the Internet when it makes sense." About EMI EMI Recorded Music, the third largest music company in the world, is an international music company with presence in nearly 70 countries. EMI Recorded Music includes important local and international artists, including some of the biggest names in the recorded music industry. EMI has artists in every leading music genre, including pop, rock, jazz, classical, Latin, Christian, country, rap/urban and dance. The world famous labels include Capitol, Angel, Blue Note, EMI, Priority and Virgin. Its current roster includes approximately 1,500 artist and it releases over 1,000 albums each year. About Imhotech (www.imhotech.com) Imhotech, Inc., a San Francisco-based new media company, specializes in digital media delivery focusing on the entertainment industries. The company's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. is MusicTabs, a "business to business" Web-based application See Web application. . MusicTabs is the first complete environment for record company promotions to radio, retail, and public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most outlets--conventional and online. Designed by former radio program director and Imhotech co-founder Ron Cadet, the MusicTabs environment consists of Web based Coming from a Web server. See Web application. music and video auditioning, feedback and reporting, administrative management tools, an Internet server network, and database. |
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