FREE Exposure of your music
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 2:18 pmOK, it's not like winning the Public Exposure Lottery, but it's still FREE and who knows, maybe you'll sell a few songs.
Background Information
My Parents and I own a printing company in Darwin, Northern Territory. We print things such as business cards, magazines, brochures, flyers etc etc. As a promotional mechanism we give away A3 deskpads to our customers and business prospects. We generally print 500-1000 desk calendars per print run. 25 sheets per pad of the same print. It's printed on a 110gsm uncoated (or commonly referred to as 'Bond') paper. All in full colour.
Instead of printing really boring things like pictures of our equipment - like most printers do - we like do things a little different. We pick a topic or look for interesting photographs to showcase our print quality. We've done things such as images from the Mars Rover project, Boats in Docks and most recently Vintage Stamps.
Well it's coming up to the end of the financial year and I've been asked to do a financial year calendar. Being a TRM Forum addict I thought I would do something that benefits the members of the forum. I would like to do an iTunes artist series. Something along the lines of "Quality Australian Music from the Hidden Gems of the Music Industry" (I'm still working on that title. lol)
Conditions
The offer is this. I'm looking for 1 major and 8 minor itunes artists. Major artist has been chosen, just waiting on confirmation. The artist/music must be family friendly music. (no swearing, booty shaking, or any kind of explicit content etc).
Requirements (please list your info 1 through 6)
1. I will need the Album or Single cover artwork in high resolution PDF or PSD format.
2. Description of the artist/style or song if it's a single. (3 sentences)
3. the Long URL for your music on iTunes
4. the best "Search Term" to find your album in iTunes.
5. The music category in iTunes
6. (optional: myspace URL and/or Bandsite URL)
Major Artist will get the 'primary branding position'. The 8 minor artists will each get a thumbnail of their album artwork, their info etc printed on the desk calendar. We will distribute these to our clients and prospects in Darwin NT.
Can the artists get a few copies of the Deskpads?
Yes, we allocate 5 FREE deskpads for each artist who makes it onto the calendar. You don't have to pay for them. However, you'll need to pay shipping. I will need to see if they can fit in a 5KG auspost airbag which is about $20. (we're not trying to make money out of this process, but we do need to charge freight)
Again, it's not like all your Christmas's have come at once. But it is free and who knows whether you can sell a few records through it. I certainly hope it's a run away success for all the artists!
How do I get in?
First 8 members to post after my initial post with all the information completed will get in. (There is still an approval process, if the Directors aren't happy for whatever reason with the artwork or content of the music or anything, they still have the right to boot you. sorry)
The High Resolution album artwork will need to be forwarded to:
s a l e s @ h o l l a nd s . co m . au
(without the spaces - we hate spam too!)
We will need the artwork shortly after. I understand tracking down the designer can take a little time. We are reasonable. But if we simply cannot get the artwork, I'm afraid you'll get the boot. We have to produce these for the financial year which is quickly approaching.
I will need the format of your information in list format one through six, like I formatted. This way people who want to ask a question, don't have to fear 'upsetting' the apple cart. I'll only count those posts which have the list format.
Why bother, the first 8 are already taken?
Post your info anyway - even if there are 20! If we get a great response to this, we may pull out a few more stops ; ) I have a contingency plan.
When?
Your time starts now. Gentlemen start your engines. Turn your key sir!
(of course ladies are welcome)
Dwane Hollands
Business Development
Hollands Print Solutions Pty Ltd
Phone (08) 89 327 400
Fax (08) 89 327 411
www.hollands.com.au
P.S. Feel free to call if you want to discuss it. It is a long distance call, so you may want to PM instead. Up to you. Good Luck.
Background Information
My Parents and I own a printing company in Darwin, Northern Territory. We print things such as business cards, magazines, brochures, flyers etc etc. As a promotional mechanism we give away A3 deskpads to our customers and business prospects. We generally print 500-1000 desk calendars per print run. 25 sheets per pad of the same print. It's printed on a 110gsm uncoated (or commonly referred to as 'Bond') paper. All in full colour.
Instead of printing really boring things like pictures of our equipment - like most printers do - we like do things a little different. We pick a topic or look for interesting photographs to showcase our print quality. We've done things such as images from the Mars Rover project, Boats in Docks and most recently Vintage Stamps.
Well it's coming up to the end of the financial year and I've been asked to do a financial year calendar. Being a TRM Forum addict I thought I would do something that benefits the members of the forum. I would like to do an iTunes artist series. Something along the lines of "Quality Australian Music from the Hidden Gems of the Music Industry" (I'm still working on that title. lol)
Conditions
The offer is this. I'm looking for 1 major and 8 minor itunes artists. Major artist has been chosen, just waiting on confirmation. The artist/music must be family friendly music. (no swearing, booty shaking, or any kind of explicit content etc).
Requirements (please list your info 1 through 6)
1. I will need the Album or Single cover artwork in high resolution PDF or PSD format.
2. Description of the artist/style or song if it's a single. (3 sentences)
3. the Long URL for your music on iTunes
4. the best "Search Term" to find your album in iTunes.
5. The music category in iTunes
6. (optional: myspace URL and/or Bandsite URL)
Major Artist will get the 'primary branding position'. The 8 minor artists will each get a thumbnail of their album artwork, their info etc printed on the desk calendar. We will distribute these to our clients and prospects in Darwin NT.
Can the artists get a few copies of the Deskpads?
Yes, we allocate 5 FREE deskpads for each artist who makes it onto the calendar. You don't have to pay for them. However, you'll need to pay shipping. I will need to see if they can fit in a 5KG auspost airbag which is about $20. (we're not trying to make money out of this process, but we do need to charge freight)
Again, it's not like all your Christmas's have come at once. But it is free and who knows whether you can sell a few records through it. I certainly hope it's a run away success for all the artists!
How do I get in?
First 8 members to post after my initial post with all the information completed will get in. (There is still an approval process, if the Directors aren't happy for whatever reason with the artwork or content of the music or anything, they still have the right to boot you. sorry)
The High Resolution album artwork will need to be forwarded to:
s a l e s @ h o l l a nd s . co m . au
(without the spaces - we hate spam too!)
We will need the artwork shortly after. I understand tracking down the designer can take a little time. We are reasonable. But if we simply cannot get the artwork, I'm afraid you'll get the boot. We have to produce these for the financial year which is quickly approaching.
I will need the format of your information in list format one through six, like I formatted. This way people who want to ask a question, don't have to fear 'upsetting' the apple cart. I'll only count those posts which have the list format.
Why bother, the first 8 are already taken?
Post your info anyway - even if there are 20! If we get a great response to this, we may pull out a few more stops ; ) I have a contingency plan.
When?
Your time starts now. Gentlemen start your engines. Turn your key sir!
(of course ladies are welcome)
Dwane Hollands
Business Development
Hollands Print Solutions Pty Ltd
Phone (08) 89 327 400
Fax (08) 89 327 411
www.hollands.com.au
P.S. Feel free to call if you want to discuss it. It is a long distance call, so you may want to PM instead. Up to you. Good Luck.
