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| IODA: great catalog from six labels IODA, the leading digital distributor, marketer, and technology solutions provider for independent music, announced new partnerships with six independent blues, roots and country labels, including the venerable contemporary blues label Alligator Records. The digital distribution deals add music from critically acclaimed and award-winning artists like James McMurtry, Bruce Cockburn, Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, R.L. Burnside and Koko Taylor to IODA's already formidable blues, roots and country catalog, which includes releases from John Lee Hooker, Woody Guthrie, Junior Wells, and Robert Johnson, to name a few. In addition to Alligator Records (Marcia Ball, Shemekia Copeland, Koko Taylor), IODA has also inked deals with Houston-based roots label Compadre Records (Billy Jo Shaver, James McMurtry, Suzy Bogguss); Mississippi-based blues label Fat Possum Records (The Black Keys, R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough) Toronto-based blues label NorthernBlues Music (Janiva Magness, Watermelon Slim, Eddie Turner); Boulder, Colorado and New York City-based jam-band label SCI Fidelity Records (String Cheese Incident, Disco Biscuits and Keller Williams); and True North Records, Canada's oldest independent label (Bruce Cockburn, Blackie & the Rodeo Kings, The Golden Dogs). "We're very excited to be represented by IODA, " said Bruce Iglauer, Alligator Records President and founder. "In particular, we're impressed by the number of foreign companies they're dealing with, as we had no other inroad to reach them. IODA's systems are set up in a very label-friendly way, especially the way they inform us of potential deals we can accept or decline. Their reputation in the marketplace is impeccable, and we're looking forward to doing business with them for a long time to come." IODA's new label partners will be able to tap into IODA's network of more than 220 digital music stores, subscription services and mobile partners from across the globe, including the iTunes Music Store, MTV Urge, Verizon's V CAST, Napster, Virgin Mega, AOL MusicNow, T-Online, Yahoo!, FNAC, and RealNetworks' Rhapsody. They will join more than 2, 000 other independent labels around the world and utilize IODA's acclaimed, web-based business management tool, the Rightsholder Dashboard, to review licensing deals, manage and approve catalog information, access sales and royalty reports, analyze promotional data, and oversee global digital distribution of their catalogs. The labels will also be able to market their music to drive on-line and off-line sales via Promonet, IODA's groundbreaking promotional distribution network. Promonet provides qualified podcasts, blogs, Internet radio, e-zines and other promotional sites with access to thousands of pre-cleared, legal music tracks, videos, artwork, and other promotional assets from IODA's roster of leading independent labels. "IODA is an invaluable resource for Compadre Records, " said Logan Rogers, Vice President, Compadre Records. "IODA's Rightsholder Dashboard saves us countless man-hours in getting our content to digital providers." "In addition to multiple Grammy awards, countless Handy awards and dozens of Juno awards, our new label partners bring high-quality catalogs of established artists and the knack for discovering contemporary talent to our partnerships, " said Erik Gilbert, VP of Content Acquisition for IODA. "We look forward to working with these labels to reach blues, roots and country music fans around the world." write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |