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New MusicSocket features
to help you get signed!
MusicSocket has now
introduced new features which will make the job of
searching our databases for record
labels and band
/ artist managers easier than ever: saved searches and
an automatic record of each listing you've visited,
allowing you to see at a glance which listings you've seen
before, and when.
MusicSocket already
makes it easier than ever before for you to target your
demos at the right labels and managers by providing an
advanced database system searchable by over a dozen
different criteria, along with user feedback for a unique
artists' perspective on things – but now you
can save even more time by saving your searches. This
means you can specify a whole range of specific search
criteria and then access them again in future by a single
click from your home page.
To create a saved search,
all you have to do is go to the website as normal and
perform the search you're interested in on the labels
or managers
databases. On the
results page you'll find a floppy disk icon next to a link
reading "Save this search". When you click the
"Save this search" link you can create your own
custom name for the search, making it easy for you to
refer back to it in future.
Once you've saved your
search, you'll find it on your home page so you can access
it as soon as you log in. However, because it's the search
you save, rather than the results, the list will be
automatically updated with any new listings matching your
requirements every time you view it.
Not only this, but because
the information is saved on our server, rather than your
computer, you can have access to the same saved searches
no matter where you are or what computer you're logging in
from.
Once you've got your list
of labels or managers you want to approach our other new
feature helps you to keep track of which ones you've
looked at and which ones you haven't. On
the results page
you’ll now find listings that you’ve viewed before
will be shaded purple, and the date you last accessed them
will also be shown. If the listing has been updated since
the last time you looked at it then it will be shaded
pink, so that you know it may be worth looking at it
again. When you open a listing that you’ve viewed before
you’ll also be able to see a list of all the previous
dates on which you accessed it.
This is like an expanded
and more detailed version of the common browser
functionality whereby links (normally shown as blue) turn
a different colour (usually purple) after you’ve visited
them. The system that has now been built into MusicSocket
has a number of important advantages, however. For
instance, your browser will only show the links as purple
for as long as it maintains a record of your browsing –
which may be for a few weeks or may only be for your
current session. After that, the information about which
listings you have visited disappears. With MusicSocket
that won’t be the case.
Similarly, if you change
your computer, your browser, or simply access the site
from different computers (such as at work and at home, or
on a laptop) the browser-based functionality wouldn’t
keep up with which listings you had viewed and which you
hadn’t. The MusicSocket system, however, will be
available to you no matter what browser or computer you
use. You will always be able to see which listings you
have viewed.
And, of course, you get a
lot more detail. Instead of just knowing whether you’ve
clicked a link in the past or not, you can see straight
away when you last clicked it, and how many times you’ve
viewed it, etc.
So how does this actually
help you when you’re searching for places to send your
demo? Well,
imagine you have a saved search of listings you want to
approach, which you’re slowly working through. Now, every time you log in, you’ll
be able to see exactly where you had got up to in the
list. And don’t forget that we’re constantly adding
new listings to the databases – these will now stand out
far more obviously, because they will not be marked as
having been viewed – helping you make sure you don’t
miss the latest opportunities.
The feature is also useful
when you’re broadening your searches. For instance, if
you’d been searching for heavy
rock labels and managers you may have exhausted
all the options and decide to broaden your search to just
“rock” in general. You’ll now get a much longer
list that includes all the heavy rock listings that
you’ve already looked at – but all those that you’ve
previously viewed will be shaded purple, so you can
immediately pick out and target the new listings.
From your subscriber
homepage you can also access a list of your recently
viewed listings, making it easier than ever to find your
way back to listings you may have spotted last week, or
even last month! You can view the listings you've accessed
across both databases at once, or restrict it to a
particular one.
To get started with the new
features, just start searching the databases at www.musicsocket.com/recordlabels
and www.musicsocket.com/managers,
and start opening listings and saving searches!
Bandit
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To take advantage of this
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and enter SOCKET in the promo code box to qualify.
Per
Capita Records seeking new talent
Per Capita Records, an indie record label and music
syndicate based in Nashville, is looking for new talent to
sign for the autumn. They are particularly interested in avant-garde, eclectic, post-genre music of all types for global release.
Artists, catalogue owners,
and bands are invited to send queries by email, including
your information, description, and links only. For more
information, and the email address for submissions, go to http://www.percapitarecords.com/blog.html
Airbag
Recordings actively seeking submissions
London-based record label
"Airbag Recordings" is actively seeking
submissions. Electronic submissions are preferred in the
form of MP3 files submitted via the company's Soundcloud
Drop-Box, but are also accepted on CD by post. Include at
least three tracks, a biography, and a list of past and
upcoming gigs.
For full details, go to the
MusicSocket listing at http://www.musicsocket.com/recordlabels/recordlabels_details.cgi?RecordNumber=552.
Alternatively, view the Airbag Recordings website by
clicking here.
International Acoustic Music
Awards now accepting entries
The 6th Annual IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards) is now accepting entries. IAMA
aims to promote excellence in Acoustic Music Performance and Artistry. Acoustic artists in various genres can gain exciting radio and web exposure through this competition. Participating sponsors include D'Addario Strings, New Music Weekly, Loggins Promotion, AirplayAccess.com, Tanager Music Software (Songframe), Broadjam.com, Sonicbids.com, Acoustic Cafe Radio Show and XM Satellite Radio.
IAMA is open to all independent artists and labels. Unlike other music industry competitions, IAMA focuses on developing new markets for Acoustic artists, labels and with or without CD releases. Past year's winners include The Refugees (USA), Kate Lush (Australia), Wayne Southards (USA), Larry Pattis (USA), Omega (Uganda), etc.
Win prizes in 8 different categories: Folk/Americana/Roots, AAA/Alternative, Instrumental, Open, Bluegrass, Best Male Artist, Best Female Artist, Best Group/Duo. There will also be an Overall Grand Prize winner awarded to the top winner worth over US$11,000, which includes radio promotion to over 250 radio stations in
the US and Canada. Winning songs will be heard on radio! Winners and
runners-up will be featured on our CD compilation. Also, up to 10 different artists get featured and promoted on IAMA website every month, which provides a review, ratings, CD information and more. The sooner, you enter, the sooner you get featured!
Judging is based on excellence in music performance,
songwriting / composition / song choice, Music Production and originality. (Please note that IAMA is a different competition from USA Songwriting
Competition.)
All entries must be postmarked by November 9 or earlier.
For the regular entry form, please go to: http://www.inacoustic.com/entryform.html.
To enter online, go to: http://www.broadjam.com/contests/details/contest/index.php?contest_id=1493
or enter online via Sonicbids at http://www.sonicbids.com/iama2009
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