I am happy to announce that ArtistData, the site that helps artists easily publish their content around the social web, is now part of Sonicbids.

This is a great new development for you and your experience on Sonicbids, and you’ll start seeing the benefits of all the great ArtistData features in your Sonicbids account over the next few months.

Of course, you can start enjoying all the great ArtistData benefits right now by joining ArtistData FREE, and even enjoy AD’s premium offerings at no cost, courtesy of Sonicbids. Check it out!

Some cool features you’ll be seeing in the next few months in your Sonicbids account as a result of this:

• Enter Shows Once, Publish Everywhere. Tired of updating your calendars on all these sites? Do it once using ArtistData and publish to Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and nearly 30 other sites.
• Alert Local Media & Concert Databases. Playing in a market? Easily alert the local newspapers and media that you’re coming to town.
• Customizable Show Widgets. Easily promote your gig calendar on your site, Facebook or other sites using widgets.
• Create Concert Posters for Facebook. Look cool on FB and other social media sites.
• Create Tour Books and Day Sheets. I know they’re a pain in the butt, because that’s all I did for my first internship. You can easily create tour books and gig sheets for your whole band.

You can read more about our acquisition of ArtistData as well as the future of Sonicbids (and the great benefits you’ll be enjoying soon) on my blog. There, you can also see a note from ArtistData founder Brenden Mulligan.

And, you can read our FAQs for any other unanswered questions you may have.

Much more great stuff coming soon.