Having been in operation for about 4-5 months now, Amazingtunes (beta) purports to have a community of 50,000+ users, which, on its face, seems rather quaint. But given the niche that it occupies, the number is fairly impressive. The company also says that it expects the site, which it promotes as “iTunes unsigned,” to expand to “over four million (users) within 12 months.” And while we ourselves will have to take a more conservative outlook on the operation for the time being, given its youthfulness, as well as the proverbial glass ceiling that it must inevitably reach in the independent arena, the fact of the matter is that the company does indeed offer an appealing services to unsigned acts.Currently, Amazingtunes presents itself to artists as a sort of eBay for the musical crowd. Members looking distribute material, with our without cost, may do so; if artists request that their songs be available for purchase, Amazingtunes take a flat 30% commission. And with the launch of record label, created by the company’s managing director, Simon King and headed by
Scott Baker-Marflitt, the former manager of The Futureheads, Amazing Media Group is looking to market acts signed directly through its Web service. AMG also promises to maintain the fair-trade values that it says users have come to expect from Amazingtunes.
Among the first acts signed to the Amazingtunes record label are Little Comets, a post-punk ensemble who offer sample recordings on the site, as well as a psychedelic-folk band who call themselves Baleo.
Amazingtunes has also orchestrated an online competition titled ‘Sound08‘, which it promoted as a sort of battle-of-the-bands among a potpourri of unsigned artists. The winner of the inaugural event was Spokes, a group with a so-called post-rock, mini-orchestra sound. As a result of emerging the winners of the Sound08 competition, Amazingtunes says it is offering Spokes a place on stage at the music festival Rock Ness in Scotland, held June 7-8. (As of writing this summary review, Spokes has yet to be ranked as a performer at the concert.)
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Amazingtunes has also orchestrated an online opponents known as ‘Sound08‘, which it promoted as a type of battle-of-the-bands among a potpourri of unsigned artists. The champ of the first event was Spokes, a group with a so-called post-rock, mini-orchestra sound. Due to increasing the winners of the Sound08 opponents, Amazingtunes says it is offering Spokes a place on stage at the music event Stone Liness in Scotland, organized This summer 7-8. (As of writing this summary assessment, Spokes has yet to be ranked as a performer at the display.)
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