I’ve been running Big Fish Recordings for the past three years or so, and while I certainly can’t claim to having one of the bigger labels out there, I will claim to knowing a thing or two about running a profitable label. My first piece of advice is to keep costs down to a minimum when starting your label. Artwork …
Import Releases from Baseware or FUGA
We’ve added a great new way to add your releases into Label Engine. Release data can now be imported by uploading xml files in Baseware or FUGA format. Alternatively, by uploading the folder created by the Baseware remote, or a folder created according to the FUGA specification, to your FTP dropbox, the release will be created automatically and tracks and …
Accounting Basics – Uploading Royalty Statements
A royalty statement is a list of the royalties you have received from a store or your distributor that lists how many copies of each of your label’s tracks and releases have been sold, and how much money is due to you from each sale. As a label, it is your responsibility to calculate how much each individual artist is …
We have joined Twitter!
We couldn’t resist any longer the temptation twitter is, so we decided to join the madness. Follow us on twitter for up to date news, updates, help posts, tips and of course if you have any questions we can answer them. Follow us at twitter.com/Label_Engine or simply find @Label_Engine
Label Engine & Plug.dj present Lazy Rich & Revolvr Sept 19
plug.dj is a real-time social media experience combining music and video discovery in a fun and interactive online environment, complete with dancing avatars to match people’s personalities. Believing in the potential of the project and the bright minds behind Plug.dj, Label Engine will begin to routinely host events at the site starting with a 4 hour debut event September 19 …
Top Technologies for EDM Label Owners
Label Engine is named as “Top Technologies for EDM Label Owners” by Magnetic Magazine.
Join us September 18 for the Magnetic Magazine One Year Anniversary party at AV Hollywood
Come celebrate Magnetic’s One Year Anniversary event on 9/18 with sets from LA’s finest (Destructo, Colette, U-Tern from Oliver, Posso and Cooper Saver and special surprise guest). Early arrival is suggested and admittance is not guaranteed. Open Bar hosted by Red Bull from 10 pm -11 pm In association with Electrospective, Wantickets, Monday Social, Label Engine. PLEASE RSVP at www.magneticmag.com/Anniversary …
DJTunes added to our network of stores
We are pleased to announce the addition of DJTunes to the always growing store network at Label Engine. DJTunes is the first and one of the leading European dance music download portals, designed to serve the needs of the club culture of the future. DJTUNES considers itself as part of a vibrant international music scene and is in constant communication …
iTunes “Daily Sales Updates” Now Available!
Daily iTunes sales figures are now available for our distribution customers, meaning that we now provide daily updates for iTunes, Beatport and Juno.
Audible Magic
Submission of your tracks to Audible Magic is now available to our distribution customers. This service allows you to automatically block all uploads of your tracks to their partner websites, including Hulkshare. A full list of sites is available at http://www.audiblemagic.com/customers-contentid.php, however we have removed Soundcloud from the list as we know a lot of you post track previews there. …