New Way: Fans Are Rewarded For Their Active Involvement
Indie music/video cd/dvd distribution site MicroStarMusic is a new platform for emerging artists.
Introducing music fans to new musicians as well as getting them involved in said musicians’ careers.
Future artists will also be chosen via a progressive, multi-community, open mic process, backed by:
Funding, Production, Promotion, Marketing and GUARANTEED Distribution. This is a first.
Moreover, MicroStarMusic has added a social element to the mix, allowing users to become
actively involved in the distribution of the artists they support and would like to see develop.
Loyalty + Referrals = Rewards
MicroStarMusic's distribution and promotional marketing referral program lets fans join an artist’s “team” (think street teams of old) and help him or her publicize the music. Fans are awarded weekly CA$H & Rewards every time a friend joins. Fans with the most followers can also win prizes like concert tickets and merchandise.
Fans can earn part-time or full-time. A fans choice awards of: $500, $2,000 or $8,000+ per week.
MicroStarMusic will then share sales and distribution data, Facebook, etc. to radio stations, which
could lead to even wider exposure, should the stations choose to play the artists’ tracks.
Emerging artist initiatives of this nature are nothing new. YouTube has a partner program for
up-and-coming musicians, and even BitTorrent has a Featured Artists Program to jump-start new talent.
The growing ubiquity of programs like these just demonstrates the increasing role that the
web and its denizens are having in the music business when it come to launching new talent.
Ultimately the fans are always in control, so why not reward them for their active involvement.
Introducing music fans to new musicians as well as getting them involved in said musicians’ careers.
Future artists will also be chosen via a progressive, multi-community, open mic process, backed by:
Funding, Production, Promotion, Marketing and GUARANTEED Distribution. This is a first.
Moreover, MicroStarMusic has added a social element to the mix, allowing users to become
actively involved in the distribution of the artists they support and would like to see develop.
Loyalty + Referrals = Rewards
MicroStarMusic's distribution and promotional marketing referral program lets fans join an artist’s “team” (think street teams of old) and help him or her publicize the music. Fans are awarded weekly CA$H & Rewards every time a friend joins. Fans with the most followers can also win prizes like concert tickets and merchandise.
Fans can earn part-time or full-time. A fans choice awards of: $500, $2,000 or $8,000+ per week.
MicroStarMusic will then share sales and distribution data, Facebook, etc. to radio stations, which
could lead to even wider exposure, should the stations choose to play the artists’ tracks.
Emerging artist initiatives of this nature are nothing new. YouTube has a partner program for
up-and-coming musicians, and even BitTorrent has a Featured Artists Program to jump-start new talent.
The growing ubiquity of programs like these just demonstrates the increasing role that the
web and its denizens are having in the music business when it come to launching new talent.
Ultimately the fans are always in control, so why not reward them for their active involvement.
