Licensemusic.com Expands Music Catalog With New Signings; New Music Partners Flock to Join Licensemusic.com at Miami's MIDEM Americas.SAN FRANCISCO--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--July 14,1999-- Licensemusic.com(SM) (http://www.licensemusic.com) returned from MIDEM Americas with a vastly expanded catalog of licensable music available for its clients. This expansion augments Licensemusic's position as the acknowledged industry leader for online licensing of music for synchronization in TV, film, advertising and interactive media productions. Prominent among the agreements signed at MIDEM Americas was world famous Intuition Records, whose releases include Rasha's Sudaniyat, an AFIM AFIM Association for Independent Music 99 Best World Album nominee, and Best Contemporary Jazz Album Where We Come From by former Journey drummer Steve Smith's seminal fusion band, Vital Information. Licensemusic's Repertoire Manager Ken Ehrhardt also negotiated relationships with over 50 labels, publishers, producers, and production houses for Licensemusic.com at Miami's recent MIDEM Americas. "As the Web continues to take off, more and more industry participants from all areas are seeing its potential as an additional source of revenue," noted Ehrhardt. "Our business model is designed to increase incremental revenue at no cost to our content partners. The response to this at MIDEM Americas was phenomenal." Content partners echoed Ehrhardt's enthusiasm. As Paul Abramson, Label Manager for newly-signed Palm Springs' aggro-industrial label Van Richter Records Van Richter Records is a record label which specializes in industrial music and aggro rock. The label was founded in 1993 by Paul Abramson. Currently, the label is self-distributed but has been distributed by Fontana Distribution (A Universal Music company), Navarre , happily noted, "Studios of all kinds have often commented to me on the insane amount of time spent chasing down music rights for synch use. We think Licensemusic.com will open those doors to increased availability and usage of our music in films, TV, and other forms of media." An established content partner, Alligator Records Alligator Records is a Chicago-based independent blues record label founded by Bruce Iglauer in 1971. Iglauer started the label with his own small savings to record and produce his favorite band Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers, whom his employer, Bob Koester of Delmark Records, , readily concurred. "We are continually looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. new ways to expose our catalog and generate revenue for our artists and writers," said Director of Licensing Bob DePugh. "Licensemusic.com seems a perfect way to do both!" With its new signings at MIDEM Americas, Licensemusic now represents over 100 record labels and publishers, including Alligator Records, Alula alula, alula spuria the freely articulated first digit of the avian hand. Called also bastard wing. alula remiges see remex. Records, Barakas Foundation, Blue Jackel Entertainment, Chesky Records Chesky Records is a record label aimed primarily at audiophiles. For the most part, jazz, Latin jazz, classical, and adult contemporary CDs and DVDs are produced, but they also manufacture high end audio equipment. , City Of Tribes, Global Beat Media, Intuition Records, Love Cat Music, Knitting Factory The Knitting Factory is a New York City and Hollywood music club, originally specializing in jazz and experimental music. It was opened in 1987 by Michael Dorf and Bob Appel, both from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. , New Albion
RAS Records was founded in 1979 by Doctor Dread. In his travels to Jamaica he created a network within the reggae artist community there. , Steven Halpern's Inner Peace Music, and Van Richter Records. These content partners cover the vast spectrum of musical categories and geographical styles with equal efficacy, as Jack O'Neil of Blue Jackel Entertainment attests: "The interest in utilizing our releases in films, TV, and other media has been incredible! We are very excited to be a part of this growing music licensing trend, especially with regards to our Latin releases. "We anticipate that Licensemusic.com will help facilitate our efforts here." Licensemusic's range of musical offerings proved instrumental in signing new content partner Chesky Records. "We're excited to explore this new avenue of music licensing," said Chesky's Director of Licensing Ron Goldberg. "It seems like this is the best way to get some of the best classical recordings in the world into the hands of music supervisors and creative directors worldwide." Also at MIDEM Americas, Licensemusic President/CEO Gerd Leonhard This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. gave demonstrations of the online licensing process and spoke on the panel "Digital Distribution: Searching for the New Business Model." Leonhard outlined the economic benefits of Licensemusic.com's pioneering Internet operations as well as the far-reaching impact of the company's technology on the future of the music industry. This information and more can be found at the Licensemusic.com homepage, http://www.licensemusic.com. Licensemusic.com is a service mark of Online Music Company, Inc. |
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