Wasp Factory Records Releases its Music Digitally on Mperia for 50 Cents a Track
Wasp Factory Records and BitPass are helping to change music distribution with the digital release of almost 100 tracks of music on Mperia.com. Mperia is democratizing the distribution of music by giving independent artists a platform to sell directly to their fans, control pricing, and set their own release dates. Visit Mperia at http://www.mperia.com/ .
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK and Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) June 29, 2004 --
Wasp Factory Records and BitPass are helping to change music distribution with
the digital release of almost 100 tracks of music on Mperia.com. Mperia lets
Wasp Factory release music quickly and reach its international fans that don’t
always have easy access to CDs.
Created to let independent artists and
labels maintain control of their music and its pricing, Mperia is a site that is
changing the landscape of digital music downloads. Mperia is a platform that
allows labels like Wasp Factory and artists to upload, price, and sell music
directly to fans without restricting distribution rights or limiting access.
Using Mperia, artists can sell tracks for as little as 25 cents and still keep
the vast majority of their profits.
Wasp Factory's artists Earth Loop
Recall, Tarantella Serpentine, Psychophile, Arkam Asylum, The Chaos Engine,
Deathboy, and Goteki are currently selling their music at Mperia. Attracting
fans from the UK, the US, Australia, New Zealand, Deathboy and Goteki have been
best sellers since BitPass launched Mperia in February. The label plans to make
the rest of its catalogue available in the near future and is already talking
about a string of Mperia-exclusive releases.
Mark Eris, a spokesman for
Wasp Factory, finds that Mperia's do-it-yourself approach to digital
distribution and its favorable terms for artists captures the spirit of
independent music. "Mperia is pretty much the digital distribution platform we'd
have set up ourselves if they hadn't done it for us. There are numerous options
for digital distribution but Mperia is unique in specifically offering a
platform for small labels like ourselves to shine and be noticed. If MP3s came
with a rider and groupies, you can bet they’d have come from
Mperia."
Mperia allows fans to create profiles, bookmark their favorite
music, and sign-up for gig reminders. By combining social networking features
with musical content, Mperia provides fans a way to discover new music through
their network rather then relying on best seller lists that might not represent
their musical tastes. Now Wasp Factory fans in Australia can easily connect with
fans in the UK and exchange other music they find interesting.
About Wasp
Factory Records
Wasp Factory Records was started in 1999 when Lee Chaos,
having experienced both the horrors that can come from selling your soul to an
established record company and the disinterest from the mainstream music media,
said 'Sod It' and formed Wasp Factory to focus on artists in the grey areas
where alternative rock meets contemporary electronica. Four years on, the
label's impressive catalogue is distributed internationally, with many of its
artists building up an impressive live reputation on foreign shores. The label
won the UK's prestigious Young Music Professionals Award in 2003. Visit Wasp
Factory Records at http://www.wasp-factory.com/ .
About Mperia
Mperia
is a service of BitPass, Inc. of Palo Alto, California. BitPass provides a
micropayment system for online content and services, including music, comics,
film, photography and database access. Founded in 2002, the company is privately
funded by Garage Technology Ventures, Cardinal Venture Capital and Amicus
Capital. Visit Mperia at http://www.mperia.com/ .
CONTACT INFORMATION: Rachel
Gravengaard, +1 650-354-1861
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