Adjustment to the delivery dates for Beatport Pro and Beatport Streaming

Label Engine Distribution, Help, Updates

Many of our labels showed concern regarding the exclusive deliveries to Beatport and how they would co-exist in their “Beatport Pro” (Downloads) site and their “Beatport” (Streaming) service. At first Beatport did not have an option to split the dates on which it would show on both services, leaving the labels with a dilemma of whether or not it was …

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 …

Meet a Label Engine rep at EDMBiz June 16-18

Label Engine Events, Updates

The 4th annual EDMBiz conference presented by Insomniac Events is upon us and we will be attending, if you are planning to attend we would love to meet with you to chit chat about life, music, the nba finals and of course Label Engine. If you wish to get together during, before or after the conference please send us an …

Apple Music launching June 30th, what does it mean to you?

Label Engine News, Updates

Unless you have avoided social media, blogs or just about any news website you may have heard by now that Apple officially announced the long rumored streaming subscription service “Apple Music”. The service will be available June 30th as part of the new iOS update coming for iPhones, iPads and all other apple devices. Don’t worry Android users, it will …

Stores updates: WDA Ringtones, Simfy, Rara, Selected Music Sotre, Satellite, Blinkbox

Label Engine Updates

The digital music world is moving fast and we continue to see impactful developments on a weekly basis, stores closing down or being acquired seems to be the current trend (unfortunately). Various of those DSPs have closed down or have announced they will be closing down.   – WDA Ringtones: WDA is closing its ringtones subsidiary, they announced recently. They …

Introducing: Embedded Player (Beta)

Label Engine Updates

You can now find under the “Tools” section an “Embedded Player” option that will allow you to share individual tracks in your website or blog directly from Label Engine. First, put your player online by selecting from the dropdown. You can also decide if you want to enable track downloads. Next, select your colors, and add an additional button with …

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 …

Grooveshark has shut down its service

Label Engine Updates

Escape Media Group’s owned “Grooveshark” has announced today it has shut down its streaming service immediately as part of a settlement agreement reached on a copyright lawsuit they have lost against major record labels. Which includes removing all content and giving up control of their website and any other assets. We were one of their original partners and our music …

Label Engine and Kanjian announce partnership to expand distribution reach in China/Taiwan

Label Engine News, Updates

We are very excited to announce our partnership with Kanjian, a store/aggregator of content servicing the China/Taiwan/Hong Kong territories. (KKBox is also available in Singapore/Malaysia/Japan) This partnership is key in our continue commitment to tap into the coveted Asian market on behalf of our distributed partners around the world. This deal will bring the following new stores on board: China …

Changes to Label Admin

DJ Lazy Rich Updates

After a long weekend we are pleased to now be on our new server. Thank you for your patience over the last couple of days. We are now finishing up the transfers and look forward to providing you with an improved service. By now you may have logged in and noticed the changes – we’ve updated the style of the site to match our …