IODA Bolsters Blues, Roots, and Country Catalog; Alligator Records, Compadre Records, Fat Possum Records, NorthernBlues Music, SCI Fidelity Records, and True North Records Sign On For Digital Distribution and Marketing.SAN FRANCISCO -- Tracks From James McMurtry, Koko Taylor, Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, Bruce Cockburn, and R.L. Burnside Included IODA IODA International Optimist Dinghy Association IODA Indian Ocean Diving Academy IODA International Organization Development Association IODA Iron Overload Diseases Association IODA Information Oriented Decision Architecture -- the leading digital distributor, marketer, and technology solutions provider for independent music - today announced new partnerships with six independent blues, roots and country labels, including the venerable contemporary blues label Alligator Records. The digital distribution deals add music from critically acclaimed and award-winning artists like James McMurtry, Bruce Cockburn, Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, R.L. Burnside and Koko Taylor to IODA's already formidable blues, roots and country catalog, which includes releases from John Lee Hooker, Woody Guthrie, Junior Wells, and Robert Johnson, to name a few. In addition to Alligator Records (Marcia Ball, Shemekia Copeland, Koko Taylor), IODA has also inked deals with Houston-based roots label Compadre Records (Billy Jo Shaver, James McMurtry, Suzy Bogguss); Mississippi-based blues label Fat Possum Records Fat Possum Records is an acclaimed record label operating out of Oxford, Mississippi. At first Fat Possum focused almost entirely on recording hitherto unknown Mississippi blues artists (typically from Oxford or Holly Springs, Mississippi). (The Black Keys, R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough) Toronto-based blues label NorthernBlues Music (Janiva Magness, Watermelon Slim, Eddie Turner); Boulder, Colorado and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City-based jam-band label SCI Fidelity Records SCI Fidelity Records is an independent record label based in Boulder, Colorado and New York, NY. It is owned and managed by the jam band String Cheese Incident. Other artists on the SCI Fidelity label include Keller Williams, Umphrey's McGee, The Disco Biscuits, Railroad (String Cheese Incident, Disco Biscuits and Keller Williams); and True North Records, Canada's oldest independent label (Bruce Cockburn, Blackie black·ie n. Offensive Variant of blacky. & the Rodeo Kings, The Golden Dogs). "We're very excited to be represented by IODA," said Bruce Iglauer, Alligator Records President and founder. "In particular, we're impressed by the number of foreign companies they're dealing with, as we had no other inroad in·road n. 1. A hostile invasion; a raid. 2. An advance, especially at another's expense; an encroachment. Often used in the plural: Foreign products have made inroads into the American economy. to reach them. IODA's systems are set up in a very label-friendly way, especially the way they inform us of potential deals we can accept or decline. Their reputation in the marketplace is impeccable, and we're looking forward to doing business with them for a long time to come." IODA's new label partners will be able to tap into IODA's network of more than 220 digital music stores, subscription services and mobile partners from across the globe, including the iTunes Music Store, MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. Urge, Verizon's V CAST, Napster, Virgin Mega, AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. MusicNow, T-Online, Yahoo!, FNAC FNAC Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology FNAC Fédération Nationale des Agents Commerciaux (France: National Federation of Commercial Agents) FNAC Fédération Nationale d'Achat des Cadres (1954; French) , and RealNetworks' Rhapsody (1) A subscription-based online music service from RealNetworks that gives users unlimited access to a vast library of major and independent label music. Within a single interface, Rhapsody provides access to streaming music, Internet radio and extensive music information and . They will join more than 2,000 other independent labels around the world and utilize IODA's acclaimed, web-based business management tool, the Rightsholder Dashboard, to review licensing deals, manage and approve catalog information, access sales and royalty reports, analyze promotional data, and oversee global digital distribution of their catalogs. The labels will also be able to market their music to drive on-line and off-line sales via Promonet, IODA's groundbreaking promotional distribution network. Promonet provides qualified podcasts, blogs, Internet radio, e-zines and other promotional sites with access to thousands of pre-cleared, legal music tracks, videos, artwork, and other promotional assets from IODA's roster of leading independent labels. "IODA is an invaluable resource for Compadre Records," said Logan Rogers, Vice President, Compadre Records. "IODA's Rightsholder Dashboard saves us countless man-hours in getting our content to digital providers." "In addition to multiple Grammy awards, countless Handy awards and dozens of Juno awards, our new label partners bring high-quality catalogs of established artists and the knack for discovering contemporary talent to our partnerships," said Erik Gilbert, VP of Content Acquisition for IODA. "We look forward to working with these labels to reach blues, roots and country music fans around the world." "IODA Rocks," commented Reis Baron, Director of New Media and Promotion, SCI Fidelity Records. About IODA IODA -- the Independent Online Distribution Alliance -- is the industry-leading digital distribution company for the global independent music community. IODA provides comprehensive services to record labels, physical distributors, and artists, including license negotiations; media encoding and metadata management; and royalty payment administration and reporting. Founded in 2003, IODA represents a rapidly expanding roster of over 400,000 tracks from more than 2,000 independent labels around the globe. The IODA catalog ranges from established classics to modern up-and-comers in all genres, including favorites such as Animal Collective, Antony and the Johnsons Antony and the Johnsons is a Mercury Prize-winning music act from New York City. The band is essentially the vehicle for singer Antony (full name Antony Hegarty). Career Antony Hegarty is the leader of Antony and the Johnsons. , Fall Out Boy, MF Doom, London Symphony Orchestra The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Centre. History , Bebel Gilberto, Billie Holliday, They Might Be Giants, The Hives, The Wrens, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Fela Kuti, Master P, Seu Jorge, Ray Charles, and Mariza. IODA was named one of FORTUNE magazine's 25 Breakout Companies for 2005. The company's web site is located at http://www.iodalliance.com. |
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