Archive for August 26th, 2009

The Expansion of Bandcamp

I’ve mentioned Bandcamp before. If you’re not a member now, we just got news that might push you over the edge to tune in.

Bandcamp provides a free-to-use service for musicians wanting to digitally distribute their albums. You can give them away, or charge for them. Artists keep 100% royalties/rights. Fighting Zero is out there. You should be, too ;).

But, what’s new on the list of features?
- Bonus digital content inclusion. You can now upload digital booklets, high-res photos, videos, etc. to be included in your package. When a user downloads your full album, they get all of the extra content. Nice!

- RSS feeds have been added so fans can stay on top of when you upload new material.

- Reporting to Neilsen Soundscan. This one is a big one. Most digital outlets don’t report sales to the almighty Soundscan. Well, Bandcamp now does. That’s a big one. Numbers talk when trying to land label deals.

Kiss Caters to Fan Demands

Kiss just announced dates for their “Alive 35″ tour – the “first ever fan-routed tour.” The band used the power of the internet and their fan base by running a four month long promotion on www.eventful.com. Eventful is used by fans to “demand” an artist appear in their area. Kiss gave fans the power to “demand” a tour stop in their favorite place and picked 40 dates based on the most popular cities. Throughout the promotion, Kiss promised to play “from stadiums to cornfields.” Obviously there aren’t any cornfields on the list, but the dates are as follows and feature supporting band Buckcherry:

September 25 – 26 Detroit, MI Cobo Arena
September 28 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
September 29 London, ON The John Labatt Centre
October 1 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
October 2 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
October 3 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
October 5 Boston, MA TD Garden
October 9 Uniondale, NY Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
October 10 New York, NY Madison Square Garden Arena
October 12 Philadelphia, PA The Wachovia Center
October 13 Washington, DC Verizon Center
October 16 Hampton, VA Hampton Coliseum
October 17 Greenville, SC Bi-Lo Center
October 19 Pensacola, FL Pensacola Civic Center
October 21 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum
October 22 Sunrise, FL BankAtlantic Center
October 24 Birmingham, AL BJCC Arena
October 26 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
October 28 Nashville, TN Sommet Center
October 29 North Little Rock, AR Verizon Arena
October 31 New Orleans, LA Voodoo Experience
November 6 Chicago, IL United Center
November 7 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
November 9 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
November 10 Saskatoon, SK Credit Union Centre
November 12 Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome
November 14 Vancouver, BC General Motors Place
November 15 Seattle, WA KeyArena At Seattle Center
November 17 Portland, OR Rose Garden Arena
November 20 Sacramento, CA ARCO Arena
November 21 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
November 24 Anaheim, CA Honda Center
November 25 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
November 27 San Diego, CA San Diego Sports Arena
November 28 Las Vegas, NV TBA
December 1 Glendale, AZ Jobing.com Arena
December 2 El Paso, TX University Of Texas
December 4 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center
December 5 Houston, TX Toyota Center
December 6 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center

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