Change to Artist fields for Distribution

DJ Lazy Rich Distribution, Help, Updates

In response to the changing needs and priorities of our customers, we are making some changes to the way artist information is entered into our distribution system Currently we ask users to enter artists individually, providing an alias for each. These are combined into a comma separated list to form the artist field. This is the required format for stores …

Google Play Best Practices

Label Engine Articles, Tips, Updates

Google Play is a seamless approach to digital entertainment on all of mobile devices. It gives users one place to find, enjoy and share their favorite entertainment, from apps to movies, music, books and more on their phones, tablets, computers and TV. Google Play has been a great place for artists and labels to showcase their music to their big …

How to improve your “Music Streaming” presence and revenue

Label Engine Articles, Distribution, Help, Tips, Updates

Music streaming remains one of the hottest and most controversial topics in the industry today. Whether you believe it is here to save the music business or that it has actually ruined the progress made by digital downloads, it has become an important part of any record label/artist’s income. The competition in this new “landscape” is fierce, every major tech …

“Follow to Download” sharing option added

Label Engine General, Help, News, Updates

We are very excited to announce the addition of our new “Follow To Download” feature, that will be of great help to artists/labels looking to empower their social media reach while providing fans with unique and exclusive free downloads. This option is included in our Promotion Subscription at no extra cost (also available for Premium Subscribers and Labels under Premium …

“New” Beatport beta accounts available

Label Engine Distribution, Help, Updates

As you may or may not know by now, Beatport is launching a streaming service and moving their digital download store to the “Pro” version. The new site is not officially launched but they have sent us beta accounts for our labels to test the system, verify their catalog and brand their pages. Within your label account, under “Distribution Alerts” …

Promo system improvements

Label Engine Help, Updates

We’ve made some very useful changes to the way our promo system works: * DJs will now be able to select to receive Promos once per week instead of “as they come in” to facilitate the digestion and organization of them. They can select this option for all labels or on a label per label case within their subscription options …

Feature request forms added to the system

Label Engine Distribution, Help, Updates

We have added a “Feature Request” form to facilitate and simplify the process of submitting your priority releases to participating stores. Please take a moment to read in full and understand how to properly fill it out so you can improve your chances of being accepted based on each store’s criteria. You will find the “Features” option in your Distribution …

IMPORTANT – Changes to Label Engine Subscriptions

DJ Lazy Rich Help, Updates

Starting today we will be implementing a number of changes to the way subscriptions work on Label Engine. The first stage of these changes is: * Setting the price of all subscriptions in US Dollars as opposed to your own currency – you will be charged based on the conversion rate from xe.com at the time of purchase. * Adding …

Important: Announcing Label Engine Connect

Label Engine Help, News, Updates

We are very excited to announce the introduction of Label Engine Connect (beta), the newest feature that aims to assist in the transparent collaboration between Content Owners (Labels/Artists) and Youtube promoters. (This unique and exciting opportunity is currently in public beta testing available only to our distributed labels/artists and youtube promoters/channels, it is not available for our non-distributed users/subscribers) In …