The MUSIC MANUFACTURING SERVICES commitment to independent musicians doesn't begin and end with CD manufacturing.

Here are just some of the ways MMS is helping musicians with other aspects of their career:

Secure Digital Radio Servicing
CD Baby Online Distribution
Echospin
Free Career Tips from Bob Baker
Posters
Essential List of Indie Resources

NEW! Let MMS help you service your single to key radio stations throughout North America, using Musicrypt’s cost-effective and patented Digital Media Distribution System (DMDS).

With DMDS, you can send broadcast-quality music, bios, pictures and other promotional materials directly to the desktops of radio professionals.

For about the same cost as mailing your CD and press kit, this cost-effective service is a far more effective, secure and affordable means of distributing music and related promotional material. It’s also flexible enough to handle last-minute changes.

Most importantly, DMDS uses encryption, biometrics, and watermarking to provide security and accountability. This means that your song can only be accessed by its intended recipient.

Ask your MMS rep about DMDS today!

Please note… DMDS digital delivery simply means that your song is delivered to the radio station. It does NOT guarantee that your song will actually be played on the radio. You will need the help of a radio promoter to get your song heard and considered for airplay.

Musicrypt’s DMDS has delivered over 4,000 songs from more than 40 record labels to destinations which include radio stations representing over 35 broadcast chains such as Infinity, Citadel, Cox, Cumulus, Salem Communications, Radio One, Emmis, EntreVision, Entercom, Federated Media,Sirius, Journal, DMX, CBS, Jones Radio, AOL, Music Choice, Univision, Westwood One, Regent, Premiere Radio, Next Media, Waitt Media and many others. DMDS is a trusted partner to Clear Channel and unequivocally, the only system that can deliver music across both the US and Canada. Also worth noting is that since the grant of the DMDS patent in Canada in 2005, Musicrypt has the exclusive right to offer systems that digitally distribute media files in this manner. This patent is pending and under examination in the US.



ONLINE DISTRIBUTION FROM CD BABY

NEW! Manufacture your CD with MUSIC MANUFACTURING SERVICES, and we'll pay your setup fee at CD Baby - the online retailer of choice for independent musicians.
 
 
 
  Included in your free set-up:

• a CD Baby webpage with a picture of your CD, 2-minute sound clips, a description of your CD
  (written by you)
  
• credit card processing for every purchase
  
• names and email addresses of everyone who purchases a CD from you
  
• optional digital distribution to dozens of download sites (Apple iTunes, Rhapsody, etc.)

You've just finished a hot gig. The house was packed. The crowd loved every note. Now, they want to buy your album.

Do you sell the CD now, at the gig, while the demand is fresh, or do you suggest that your fans go shopping the next day and buy it at their friendly neighborhood music retailer?

Like any true indie artist knows, the time to make that sale is right there, at the gig. That's why you have some discs at the merch table. Let's face it, these days your friendly neighborhood music retailer probably doesn't even carry indie music!

Why, then, when a fan is at your website and wants to purchase a download of your music, would you send them away to a mass merchant style music download site filled with hundreds of thousands of other songs, from major labels as well as indies?

MUSIC MANUFACTURING SERVICES has a better solution - Echospin.

Ironically, with Echospin, there is no CD required.
Echospin is a way to sell downloads, from your website directly to your fan's computer or iPod, with full graphics and other promo. You don't need your own web commerce capabilities, and you set your own selling price.

Echospin can even tell you who purchased your music and their zip code, so you can build your network of fans and promote more effectively.

And best of all Echospin is set up to sell full album downloads, not single tracks.

Echospin is a state-of-the-art digital delivery platform that combines online media packaging, distribution and ecommerce technology.

This platform enables artists and labels to sell and deliver music directly to their customers.

It accomplishes this seemingly complex task with surprisingly little effort.

Echospin is offered as a fully hosted service, designed to plug in easily to virtually any existing Internet technology or traditional mass media. This makes it possible to provide a highly sophisticated user experience and product delivery while retaining control of merchandising, price, branding and business rules without the need to purchase or deploy new technology.

What makes Echospin unique is its elegance and simplicity. It provides unprecedented automation and ease-of-use, creating new opportunities for independent artists, labels, publishers and many others.

Echospin allows you to control your digital download sales and interact directly with your fan base, in your own web environment.

Echospin is available now at MUSIC MANUFACTURING SERVICES.

Ask about our combination CD pressing-Echospin packages.



POSTERS

Whether you need a handful or enough to plaster your entire main street, MMS can make fantastic full-colour posters to promote your CD. If you need them fast, ask about our digital poster printing services!

A major-label quality release deserves promotion to match. We print posters in a variety of sizes (standard 24" x 36" and 11" x 17", or custom sizes), on a variety of matte and coated stock, in quantities to suit every need and budget.

Call you rep for pricing.



FREE CAREER TIPS FROM INDIE MUSICIAN GURU BOB BAKER!

When you open your box of newly pressed CDs from MUSIC MANUFACTURING SERVICES, you'll be happy to find one more CD that just might have you re-ordering sooner... an audio CD from Bob Baker called WHAT EVERY MUSICIAN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT SELF-PROMOTION


WHAT EVERY MUSICIAN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT SELF-PROMOTION
The 29 key principles of independent music marketing
Written by Bob Baker, an indie musician, music magazine editor, and author of the Guerilla Music Marketing Handbook, this 68-minute audio CD is chock-full of great ideas and sheer inspiration for energizing your music career, getting exposure, attracting fans, and selling CDs!

Visit Bob Baker's website here.



ESSENTIAL LIST OF INDIE RESOURCES

At MUSIC MANUFACTURING SERVICES, most of us are independent musicians, and of course we're talking to musicians all the time. Over time, we've compiled a list of links to some of the resources that we've found are essential for taking your career to the next level.

Visit the Essential List now.