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Foster City, CA - Live365, the largest internet radio network, announced today that it has partnered with several leading independent music providers, including Digital Musicworks International (DMI), INgrooves, I AM Music Online, and Nimbit.
As a result, Live365’s broadcasting community will be able to select from a larger array of independent music for station programming. These music providers, in turn, can leverage Live365’s online DJs for promotional exposure.
“With these new relationships, we can provide our broadcasters with a
deeper pool of great independent music,” said David Porter, Director of
Business Development for Live365. “We are committed to working with labels
and other music distributors to deliver new music to our broadcasters and listeners.”
Digital Musicworks International will provide over 10,000 titles to Live365
from its roster that includes Rock/Pop Icon Dwight Twilley and former Candlebox
guitarist Peter Klett’s new band, redlightmusic. “DMI is excited
to work with Live365 because it gives music fans the opportunity to listen to
and enjoy the wide array of music and artists in the DMI roster and catalog,”
said Mitch Koulouris, CEO of DMI.
INgrooves has serviced over 1,000 titles to Live365 from its catalogue of top-shelf
dance, electronic, hip-hop and R&B/soul music. “INgrooves is emerging
as the leading digital record label so it makes sense that we team with the
largest internet radio broadcaster, Live365, to bring great new music to thousands
of fans’” said Robb McDaniels, CEO of INgrooves. “Live365
provides an ideal promotional partner for our expanding catalogue of artists
and independent labels.”
I AM Music Online has provided hundreds of tracks from select acts from their
Gospel, Jazz, Spoken Word, Latin and R&B repertoire. “Live365 has
proven to be a direct portal to the Black and Hispanic radio audience,"'
says Jun Mhoon, CEO of I AM Music Online. "We use Live365 to market I AM's
artists and labels to consumers that visit our site. People are growing bored
with terrestrial radio and Live365 provides a great alternative and great variety
for them. We love it.”
Nimbit, a company providing web services to independent musicians, along with
CDFreedom, an online retailer for indie acts, are developing a new radio station
featuring both national and unsigned acts. NBT Radio (www.nbtradio.net), which
will be part of the Live365 network, will serve as a gateway for emerging artists
to gain increased online exposure. All Nimbit and CDFreedom clients will be
eligible to submit their music to the station for airplay. The highest rated
tracks based on listener feedback will “advance to the next level,”
receiving premiere placement in the Live365 Library for distribution to its
entire network of broadcasters.
“This is a central component of the way we see indie music promotion
evolving,” said Nimbit President Patrick Faucher. “As mainstream
radio becomes more homogenized, Internet radio is rapidly becoming an important
way to get exposure, as more and more listeners are turning to online programming
to find new music.”
About Live365
With thousands of stations and more than 2 million listeners a month, Live365
is the largest Internet radio network. The Company gives individuals and organizations
a "voice" to be able to reach a global audience, while offering radio
listeners an unparalleled choice in music and other audio content. Through easy-to-use
tools and services, anyone with a computer and an Internet connection can create
their own Internet radio station. As a result, Live365 offers the most diverse
array of high-quality radio available today, with thousands of stations spanning
myriad genres and over 150 countries.
Launched in July 1999, Live365 is a two-time winner of the Best Radio Website
Award from the Web Marketing Association, a two-time winner of the People's
Voice award for Best Music Site at the Webby Awards, and has received Best-of-Web
designations from Forbes.com and the San Francisco Chronicle. The Company is
a member of the Digital Media
Association (DiMA), the National
Association of Broadcasters (NAB), the Association
for Independent Music (AFIM), the Intercollegiate
Broadcasting System (IBS), and Collegiate
Broadcasters, Inc. (CBI). Based in Foster City, California, Live365 is DMCA-compliant
and pays royalties to labels, artists, songwriters and publishers.
