Disquaire Day – April, 20th 2013

The event : 

The french «Record Store Day » will be on next Saturday ! This event inspired from UK & US is now gathering more than 200 record shops in France. Wiseband is partnership of the “Disquaire Day” and will officialy launch the new platform of services for artists at this date. This event is a real opportunity to look after items which still miss to your collection or to buy some collector editions of vinyls and records.

Piers Faccini will present an exclusive 45rpm vinyl introducing his next album, the french label of groove music  Heavenly Sweetness ( for wich Wiseband realizes the e-shop ) will present 3 records : a magnificent 12inch Split picture disc of Guts and Jacaranda Muse, one 45rpm of Rongetz Foundation in association with the hip-hop producer which goes up Blanka and one 45rpm of Blundetto who had not release any tracks for months. All this exclusive vinyls will be out in very limited quantities on Saturday morning at your record store, there will be not for everybody !

And thanks to the artist’s e-shops developed by Wiseband, you will get access to all albums or merchandising from their own websites for the entire year. It is also the opportunity to discover the services proposed by Wiseband to make merchandising and create e-shops for the artists and the labels.

 Merchandising of the “Disquaire Day”

If you want to get the T-shirt, the Tote Bag and the collector plectrum of the 2013 Disquaire Day edition, take a look at the official e-shop here : http://www.disquaireday.fr/shop

The closing party of the Disquaire Day :

On Saturday, April 20th, 2013 / La Gaité Lyrique – Paris / 8:00 pm

The closing party of the Disquaire Day will take place with the support of the City hall of Paris, the radios France Inter and Le Mouv. This will be on invitations only, to get in record stores or to win with partners. Line-up : Alex Beaupain, Christine and the Queens, Girls in Hawaï, Lilly Wood and The Prick, Rubin Steiner and Wax Tailor (more information here).

Go to Wiseband’s TWEETER to win you invitations ! ( only limited quantities )

Wiseband’s official release :

Have a nice “Disquaire Day” on Saturday and do not forget to come to test the new platform Wiseband which will be on-line at this date, create your account and return your comments on the blog ! Click here to create your account !

The Wiseband Team

I say hello to all Wiseband artists and labels users.

We closes yozik.com and redirected all content to www.wiseband.com.

This applies to all shops, carts playes and musical content since yesterday.

And admin console since today, you can now sign in to your new  platform.

We’re really excited to read your impressions and feedback, feel free to write them as comments to this post or twitt @wiseband

Beyond the new interface, this is a big infrastructure moove for us, which will let us bring you better services and a lot of new functionalities that you’ll be able to discover from april the 20th, date of the end of beta version.

Until there, I wish a good WE to the wiseband dev team @gotsky, @quentinf_, @webamish and @Ron_Moor

Henri Pierre @moussehp

You want to sell your music on the digital platforms? 

Wiseband offers a wide choice of platforms (iTunes, Virginmega, OVI (Nokia), Amazon, Spotify, Deezer, Starzik, 7 Digtital, Simfy, Qobuz etc.). Here is a tutorial that explains step by step how to distribute your music on the digital platforms.

 Step 1 : Create your item

In order to sell your music on the digitl platforms, you have to create first an item on your Wiseband account by clicking on the “Items” page, tab “Catalog”, then “Create a new item”.

Each time you see the symbol  during the creation of your album, you can pass your mouse over it to get particular information about the current step.

Choose the type of digital audio item you want to create in the aim to a digital distribution on the platforms (track, Ep, album) then upload your tracks.

Once created, your item appears in the “Catalog” page of your account.

Step 2 : 3items” Page / « Digital Distribution » Page

To start a distribution process, go to your “Items” page, tab “Digital distribution”. Then click on “Distribute an album/single on the digital platforms”. 

The list of your digital albums appears, select the one you want to distribute on the platforms.

 Step 3  : Metadata

For the next three steps (metadata entry), in case of error, the erroneous fields will appear in red. For further information about the error, place your mouse over the red text and this piece of information will be displayed. You’ll be able to proceed to next step only when this error will be corrected.

• Album metadata
  

1- Insert your album cover by clicking on “browse”. Its size must be at least 1448*1448 pixels and it must be squared. Your image must be in a JPEG format.
2- Enter the bar code (EAN code with 12 figures for United States, Canada, etc or UPC code with 13 figures for Europe). If you don’t have any bar code for this album, Wiseband will generate one automatically.
3- Enter the digital sales date, as well as the label name for the album (if you are autoproduced, tick the corresponding box).
4- The main genre (mandatory) and the secondary genre (highly recommended) of your album, are to be enterred.
5- Finally, in the field “Production notes”, put the information you wish to communicate to platforms concerning the production of the album (name of the recording studio, the producer, the director).

• Album tarcks metadata

From here, it is possible to return at any time to make a modification to a previously informed element thanks to the button “return”.
1- For the titles, rename or correct according to the name of the indicated linked file (in green above). They are not necessarily in the order you had given during the first step. To classify them in the order that you want, choose the deliberate number of track.
2- You need at least one author or one composer by track. If you have several composer-songwriters, separate names with a comma without space in between (example: Author1,Author2,Author3).
3- Do not tick the box SACEM if it is not deposited to the SACEM and that the authors are not registered on it or if the piece is part of the public domain (you can verify this information with the SACEM).
4- Finally if there are one or several tracks you do not wish to distribute, you’ll only need to click on the button  (deactivate the line).

• Album tracks optional metadata

If you have explicit words in your tracks (which can shock the youngest people), tick the box “Parental Advisory” (mandatory).

Step 4 : Choice of platforms

Here, you can choose which platforms you want to distribute your album on, as well as, for itunes, the sale prices you want for your album on this platform. The price choosen will appear only on the platform.

• Youtube

If you have choosen Youtube amongst your digital platforms you will ask to confirm taht you have own the copyrights on the tracks you want to distribute.

Step 5 : Summary of your datas

Verify all the datas are exact.
Every request of modifications of metadatas and price for an album or single already sent to platforms, not requiring a withdrawal then a return, is charged of 10€ including tax. In the case the request requires the withdrawal and the return of a single or an album, it will be asked to make a new distribution (29€ including tax).

Step 6 : seller informations


Enter the requested fields.

Step 7 : Digital distibution agreement

Don’t forget to tick the box “I do accept the digital distribution agreement”.

Step 8 : Payment

If you have a promo code you can use it now (1 distribution on the digital platforms is offered with an Artist account). Click on “next step” to proceed to payment.

Finally, validate your payment for the on-line publishing of your album. You can pay by: credit card, Paypal, check.

An approximate 3/4 weeks will be necessary between the sending of your album and its on-line publishing on all the platforms (a few days for iTunes, 1 week for Deezer, Virginmega, Starzik and up to 4 weeks for the other platforms).