TuneCore and Guitar Center Announce Exclusive Worldwide Distribution Promotion
July 26, 2007
TuneCore announces today an exclusive promotional partnership with Guitar
Center where, from July 23rd through August 31st, 2007, any customer gets
worldwide distribution of their album to iTunes ( or any one store they
chose) for free with the purchase of Digidesign's 003 Factory, 003 Rack
Factory, or 003 Rack.
"For the first time in the history of the music industry," says founder and
TuneCore CEO Jeff Price says, "an artist can walk into a retail store with a
dream and walk out with not only what they need to create and record but
also with worldwide distribution of their music. The barriers and filters
have been removed. I can't help but think how unbelievably cool that is. Go
back just five years and who would have thought you could walk into a store
as an artist and walk out as your own record label?"
The Digidesign 003 family of products lets anyone attain the same high audio
production quality as commercial facilities in their own personal or project
studio. With an extensive range of audio and MIDI I/O, high-definition audio
resolution, industry-standard Pro Tools software, FireWire connectivity, and
an unprecedented bundle of powerful software, the 003 family provides
everything a musician needs to compose, perform, record, sequence, edit,
mix, master, and promote their creations.
Customers who purchase the 003 Factory 003 Rack Factory or 003 Rack, simply
follow the redemption instuctions and receive a code that will make any
album (up to 5 songs free to any one store of their choice. As always,
albums include free UPCs and barcodes and all the additionalbenefits of
TuneCore.
"Guitar Center gets vital tools into the hands of musicians," says Guitar
Center Vice President of Strategic Business Development Alan Cohen, "and
both Pro Tools and TuneCore play a key role in the success of the finished
track. Our objective in working with TuneCore is to seamlessly facilitate an
artists next step: to distribute a song or album to the most popular digital
music stores and through the sale of their music become a professional
artist. The continuous and comprehensive approach is the future of music
production. Guitar Center is not just providing instruments and gear, but
solutions for all stages of the creative and business process."
Complete details about the promotion can be found at www.tunecore.com/index/promotion/5.
For more information, visit their web site at www.tunecore.com.
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