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Tag It Teams Up with degyshop.com to Help the Indies
For Immediate Release
March 2, 2000
This week revealed a unique, new alliance, which continues to prove the
importance of serving the independent music community. Tag It (Astoria, NY),
owners of four top music sites on the web, and degyshop.com (North Brunswick,
NJ), a major web music company, which automates business services for
musicians, have agreed to a promotional and content alliance that will allow
musicians more exposure on the net.
Tag It owns several industry recognized online music properties including
MusicDish (www.musicdish.com), Mi2N (www.mi2n.com), 'LARitmo.com
(www.laritmo.com), Black Hole (www.eyeofthehole.com) and the MusicDish
Genome Project (www.musicdish.com/genome). By implementing a publishing
model focused on reaching and serving the various business segment of the
media industry, Tag It has established a reputation as a leader in market
and technology information as it pertains to the entertainment industry.
In addition, the company has developed a unique network of partners both at
the content creation level with book publisher Muska & Lipman and the
Columbia University Center for Hearing Conservation, as well as at the
syndication level through leading players such as iSyndicate, Screaming
Media and Desktop News. As such, Tag It's extension into market
intelligence and analysis is a logical evolution of its model. With the
development of information intelligence systems such as its music newswire
service and Web-based survey application, QuestBuilder, the company has
been at the forefront of developing interactive tools for use by a broad
segment of the entertainment industry as well as in-depth analysis of the
major trends impacting the industry today.
degyshop.com was started in late 1999 to offer musicians a method to
conducting their business in a quicker and more efficient fashion. While the
musician of 2000 is faced with wearing two difficult hats, one for the
artistic end and one for the business end, degyshop.com has created a portal
where musicians can access information, conduct business, find major music
discounts, create relationships, sell product, seek representation, and even
secure gigs right from the degyshop.com web site. The degyshop.com staff is
largely responsible for setting up opportunities for the artists on the site,
and allowing the musicians to take advantage of these relationships.
degyshop.com recently struck deals with The Jenny Jones Show, Highland
Productions (Disney Channel), and over 40 radio stations across the world to
add degyshop.com musicians into their pipeline, among others. In early
April, degyshop.com, with the cooperation of new partner, OID Interactive
(Las Vegas, NV), will bring online booking to the degyshop.com site.
Allowing booking entities to access Virtual Press Kits (VPKs), which will
eventually carry video feed of the artist, degyshop.com has created a booking
system to allow artists to secure gigs 24 hours a day.
Spanning all of the music genres and all walks of the music community, Tag It
will be building specific models to promote and highlight degyshop.com
musicians. Tag It will also be holding a hand in promoting degyshop.com to
its extensive musician base at a discounted price to offer musicians around
the world the services offered by degyshop.com. degyshop.com will be working
with its base of over 500 musicians and music acts to utilize the Tag It
systems for promotional opportunities. The degyshop.com web site, which
already receives nearly one quarter of a million hits per month, will have
branded logos and advertisements to broaden the exposure of the Tag It sites.
Both parties will be collaborating on cross promotions, and Tag It will now
be added to the sponsor list of the national independent music tour being
launched by degyshop.com and Jagermeister (www.jagermusic.com) in September
2000.
For additional information
Tag It
Attn: Sounni de Fontenay
http://www.taggin.com
Sounni@mindspring.com
718 726 1938
degyshop.com
Attn: Ari Nisman
http://www.degyshop.com ;
info@degyshop.com
888 859 DEGY
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