After receiving very good feedback via Facebook and Twitter, we are setting up new price tiers for iTunes releases starting today (January 15, 2014). This new option will only affect releases we are processing today and new releases moving forward. The change will be as follows: Single tracks will go from $0.99 to $1.29 Albums/Compilations will go from $9.99 to …
Scheduled Maintenance Alert Dec 28th UPDATED
The Label Engine site will be temporarily offline between 7pm and 12pm on the 28th of December as we perform scheduled maintenance. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Label Engine Holidays office/support schedule
Our office and support team will be closed/off Christmas Day (Dec 25, 2013) and New Years Day (Jan 1, 2014). Any emails we receive during those days will be replied to the following day(s). The system will still be accessible during those days as normal. Happy Holidays! – The Label Engine Team
Introducing: The Monthly Label Engine Newsletter
We have decided to start a monthly newsletter to better keep our users informed. It will include 4 sections which we will update accordingly for each month. – Beatport stats: We will mention the top 10 selling labels, tracks and territories for the month ending. We won’t include specific numbers or amount sold but at least you get an idea …
How “Option B” can generate extra revenue for your label via “We Are EDM” and “We Are Electro”
Late in 2012 we announced the creation of our in-house label “We Are Electro” (original post here), the idea behind the label was to release compilations of 20 Electro tracks to help cross promote artists and generate extra revenue for the labels that decided to opt-in. As other genres grow in popularity we felt it was necessary to also expand …
Important: Soundcloud added to our network of stores (Must Opt-in)
We are very pleased to announce a deal with Soundcloud for “fingerprinting” on their site. As you know by now Soundcloud is one of the most popular music sites in the world and one of the most used tools of promotion for labels and artists. Thats the reason we are requiring an opt-in option for this service as it may …
Important: Beatport & iTunes delivery date deadlines for the holiday season
The Holiday season is upon us, like most companies around those times iTunes and Beatport will close down to allow their employees to spend some quality time with their families. They have recently announced their Holiday schedule so if you have any planned release during those dates it is very important you take notes of the following dates and plan …
Demo section updates
If you follow us on Facebook or Twitter (if not you should) you have read about our updates to the demo section already but just to be sure we wanted to post a blog update about it. As always, thanks for your feedback and suggestions! – Page doesn’t refresh everytime you delete or move a demo. – You can now …
Genre Options Updates
We’ve added some advanced options for those of you that want more control over the genre each track is shown in. This is relevant both for our Distribution customers and users of our Promo system. We have split the genre into three fields as follows: Beatport Genre – This is the genre that the track will appear in for EDM …
Beatport DJ Top 10 Chart tracking added
You can now see who is adding your tracks to their DJ Top 10 charts at beatport through our system. We know it is important (and cool) to know this information for marketing purposes, we hope it helps! 1) Go to distribution 2) Select release 3) Click on charts It will show them on a track by track basis. If …