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| Sonicbids and CD Baby Announce Partnership Independent Musicians Everywhere Will Benefit from Joint Venture Boston, MA – January 12, 2004 – Sonicbids and CD Baby today announced a partnership in which the two companies will work together to offer special deals to independent musicians. This partnership underscores the high-level of support each company offers independent artists – and promises to be a powerful union from which musicians everywhere will benefit. "We are excited to partner with CD Baby to offer musicians special deals and discounts that will help further their careers," said Panos Panay, Founder & CEO of Sonicbids. "When you put two companies together who are such strong supporters of independent musicians, there is no question that indie artists everywhere will benefit from Sonicbids and CD Baby working together." Through the partnership, CD Baby will be part of the Sonicbids Ultimate Indie Package – a special deal that includes a one-year Sonicbids membership, a free copy of the IndieBible – and now a free set up with CD Baby – all for $59.95. In addition, CD Baby will offer current Sonicbids members a $10 discount off the normal set up fee of $35 charged to musicians who want to sell their CD on CDBaby.com. The Ultimate Indie Package is available at www.sonicbids.com/ultimateindie. "We are happy to be working with Sonicbids and to be a part of the Ultimate Indie Package, a package that serves as an important resource for achieving success in two major parts of the indie musicians’’ career – live performances and album sales," said Derek Sivers, President of CD Baby. "We know that this partnership will be very successful because both CD Baby and Sonicbids have the best interest of independent musicians at heart." About Sonicbids In business since 2000, Sonicbids is quickly becoming the standard way for people in the music business to send and receive press kits online. The company's main product is the Sonicbids EPK™ (Electronic Press Kit), an easy-to-use, web-based graphic interface that contains all the basic information of a musical act such as music, photos or date calendar. The EPK™ can either be emailed to anyone with a click of the mouse or submitted in online promoter accounts through a virtual "Drop Box". Sonicbids currently has over 1,500 exclusive partners, a list that includes prominent North American events and festivals such as North By Northeast, MOBfest, NEMO, Canadian Music Week, MECA, Folk Alliance, Locobazooka!, Noise Pop, and the Billboard Song Contest. The rapidly growing size of Sonicbids' network and widening acceptance of its product have helped it quickly become the leading online submission platform for some of the world's best-known music events. The company is headquartered at 580 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118. For more information, please visit www.sonicbids.com. About CD Baby CD Baby is an online record store that sells CDs by independent musicians. With over 50,000 artists, 700,000 CDs sold, and $5 million dollars paid to musicians, CD Baby is now the largest seller of all-independent CDs on the web. For more information visit www.cdbaby.com. |
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