Introducing: Youtube distribution and content ID

Label Engine News, Updates

Youtube, the world’s largest online music discovery engine continues to become one of the biggest revenue generators for record labels and artists. Since the introduction of Youtube’s CMS deals (content ID), the company claims to have paid well over 1 billion dollars in revenue which is well ahead of most digital download stores and other competing streaming options. With the …

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 …

Zik to shut down its music service

Label Engine Updates

We have been advised that Canadian music store “Zik” will be shutting down its doors. There has not been an official timeline provided to when it will happen but we have decided to stop deliveries of content. We will continue to monitor the progress of this issue and will be working with them to collect any pending royalties due to …

Update: New mailing address

Label Engine Updates

We have updated our mailing address, please take note and update your records. Label Engine LLC P.O. Box 291743 Los Angeles, CA 90029 United States Any questions feel free to email us to support(at)label-engine.com You can also follow us on twitter at @Label_Engine or facebook at facebook.com/labelengine  

Meet a Label Engine representative at ADE 2014

Label Engine Events, Updates

We are only a few days away from one of Dance Music’s biggest business & music conferences of the year, Amsterdam’s ADE (Amsterdam Dance Event). Label Engine’s representative at the event will be Luis, if you wish to schedule an appointment, please check the following open slots. (Please note each appointment can only be a maximum of 30 mins long …

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 …

Introducing the Quick Start Menu

Label Engine Help, Updates

As you guys may have noticed by now, we recently introduced a “Quick Start Menu” (QSM) in an effort to not only help new users that visit the site for the first time but give our loyal “old” users an alternative option to navigate their accounts. In the QSM you will now find help videos with the basics on Distribution, …

Revibe.fm shuts down

Label Engine Updates

Emerging EDM oriented streaming service Revibe.fm has officially announced it is shutting down its doors for good after a mere 3 years in business. The store, which attempted to find a common ground between streaming and live mixing announced on their website the reasons behind it. http://www.revibe.fm/ For the past few months we’ve been struggling to keep Revibe alive. Due …

Update on the #BeatportDecade promotion date

Label Engine Updates

For those who are participating and delivered their #BeatportDecade special releases, Beatport has confirmed to us that they have moved the date to September 12. You don’t need to do anything on your side, the beatport staff has taken care of those date changes. Any questions or feedback feel free to email us to support(at)label-engine.com You can also follow us …

Understanding Sales Estimates

Label Engine Accounting, Help, Updates

Sales estimates are a great way to study the progress of your music and measure the success of it but why shouldn’t it be used for accounting purposes and why isn’t an actual indicative of income? Every month/quarter we receive several emails regarding this topic and the question is often “why doesn’t my estimates match my final report?”, although we …