HICKSVILLE, NY: The buzz around the Indie industry is the accord between SamAsh.com and earBuzz.com, the music Web site that since 1999 has delivered the highest recompense from Internet music sales to recording artists. The partnership provides artists and customers of Sam Ash free membership at earBuzz, while earBuzz returns a true 100 percent of the purchase price of indie music sales through earBuzz.com to its artists.
SamAsh.com (http://www.SamAsh.com) is the online and direct mail arm of the largest family-owned music instrument retailer in the nation. SamAsh.com artists will be able to sell digital songs and albums - and even physical CDs on earBuzz.com - while retaining all of the purchase price from sales.
Sam Ash will provide customers an initial six-month membership on earBuzz.com (http://www.earBuzz.com) at no charge. A $25 processing fee per CD will cover encoding and processing, and creation of a dedicated artist URL site on earBuzz.com. Coupons for the service are available at http://www.SamAsh.com.
Sam Ash CEO David Ash commented, "earBuzz offers the best site for independent artists to distribute their music online, and it helps musicians widen their audience quickly and effectively. Also, like Sam Ash, earBuzz offers musicians the best possible deal. We are proud to be associated with earBuzz and to help expand the market for independent musicians."
"The Sam Ash family has supported musicians with integrity for generations and is a natural partner for earBuzz and the Indie community it supports," said earBuzz Founder Don Kimenker. "Sam Ash's support will be instrumental in helping the independent artist community grow."
The earBuzz news coincides with announcements that:
- An optional earBuzz program reaches iTunes Worldwide, Rhapsody, Amazon.com, MySpace, eMusic, Napster, We7, Lala, Shockhound, and ringtone site, Myxer, through the earBuzz Worldwide Program, WWX, powered by IRIS Distribution. In a one-stop-shop fashion, earBuzz artists secure worldwide physical and digital distribution, earning 100 percent of the purchase prices at earBuzz.com and 100 percent of the royalty revenue generated from the the Top 10 digital retailers. Artists continue to reap the benefits of the earBuzz player/widget when placed on compatible sites, also earning 100 percent of the purchase price from those sales. The resulting program is the lowest cost to artists with the highest return, creating the farthest-reaching, and most lucrative and rewarding sales program available for independent artists.
-An earBuzz "Same Day Pay" policy ensures earBuzz artists are paid for sales on the same day sales occur. The first major music site to enact this standard, earBuzz provides additional details about the program at http://www.earBuzz.com.
About Sam Ash
Founded in 1924 in Brooklyn, N.Y., Sam Ash Music is the nation's largest family-owned musical instrument retailer. The Sam Ash family of companies is involved in all aspects of musical instruments, recording and professional sound retailing and distribution. Sam Ash's direct response subsidiary, Sam Ash Quikship Corp., manages the SamAsh.com Web site and has corporate offices in Hicksville, N.Y.
About earBuzz.com LLC
earBuzz.com, hailed as "a dream come true for independent artists" by Musicians Web, is the only music distribution source that combines physical CD sales along with digital song and album sales, while returning a true 100 percent of the purchase price back to artists.
earBuzz.com editorial staff reviews every CD received.
earBuzz.com is a California corporation founded on Independence Day of 1999 and has offices in the San Francisco Bay Area and Philadelphia Area. Its music ranges from indie artists to Grammy-nominated artists and musicians from the Rolling Stones.
earBuzz.com "supporting artists 100 percent."
