RouteNote
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RouteNote
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Music |
| Genre | Publishing |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Founder(s) | Steven Finch |
| Headquarters | Redruth, United Kingdom |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Steven Finch James Bennett Simon Zverko John Steppens |
| Products | Digital Delivery (Music) |
| Services | On-demand music distribution |
| Website | http://routenote.com |
RouteNote is a digital music distribution service founded in 2008. Designed and built to take advantage of the shift towards independent and self-publication through online and mobile music outlets. RouteNote is partnered with some of the biggest retailers on the web to give artists massive and immediate availability for their tracks.
RouteNote offers musicians and other rights holders the opportunity to place their music into digital retailers such as iTunes, AmazonMP3, Zune Marketplace, Rhapsody, eMusic and others for sale. RouteNote offers two models, a free version and a premium version.
RouteNote's Free option allows artists to signup and send their music to partners without any upfront fees. The artist receives worldwide distribution, 100% ownership, Free UPC and ISRC codes and keeps 85% (originally 90%) of the net revenues.
RouteNote's Premium option offers the same service as the free version, but instead of receiving 85% of the net revenues the artist receives 100% of the net revenues. The RouteNote Premium option also offers some exclusive opportunities with specialised partners.
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History and overview
The company's mission is to provide a service by which unsigned and major artists are equal. RouteNote has gained much media attention, such as Techcrunch[1], CNet[2] and more.
RouteNote is based in Redruth, UK. Steven Finch is founder and CEO, along with James Bennett (Chieft Technology Officer), Simon Zverko and John Steppens. In the past six months RouteNote has grown dramatically and according to eMusic releases is the leading digital music distributor in the United Kingdom.
RouteNote is currently the only digital music distributor to have no upfront fees and artists keep 90% of the revenues and 100% ownership. Additionally, RouteNote offers free UPC barcodes and ISRC codes to all artists. Artists from all over the world can join RouteNote as they dont have any country restrictions.
In May 2010 RouteNote was in the news for removing Last.fm as a partner because of their lack of performance. Billboard[3], Digital Music News[4] and Hypebot[5] all had their say on this matter.
Partners
RouteNote provides artists with distribution to 7 online music services, including major ones such as iTunes and Spotify.
Notable Artists
As well as providing a service for thousands of independent artists, RouteNote is used by many notable artists.
- Elkie Brooks
- Haroon_(singer)
- Salman Aditya
References
- ^ RouteNote offers a different approach for bands online - http://eu.techcrunch.com/2008/10/31/routenote-offers-a-different-approach-for-bands-online/
- ^ RouteNote: A cheap way to get your tunes on iTunes - http://news.cnet.com/8301-13526_3-10168602-27.html
- ^ Goodbye Last.fm - http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3ib53294e7464c09650a291bfee941e292
- ^ It's About the Money: RouteNote & Last.fm Getting a Divorce - http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/052610routenote?layout=flat
- ^ Hypebot - http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/05/routenote-exits-lastfm-citing-low-royalties.html
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