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CDDVD Now! and CD Intelligence Partner to Bring Fan Interactivity to CDs
Through a marketing partnership between CD Intelligence and CDDVD Now! /IndieArtists Alliance, independent musicians and independent labels can tap into the power of a revolutionary interactive technology using BandLink®, CD Intelligence's proprietary technology platform.
"BandLink® takes 25 year old CD technology and turns it into a fresh new medium" says CDDVD Now President/Founder, Phil Peretz. "We are excited to be a part of the BandLink® phenomena. With BandLink®, independent artists have the ability to stay connected with their fans, which will lead to additional e-commerce opportunities such as merchandising, tickets and even a share in reoccurring advertising revenue streams".
Chadd E. Hunt, Managing Partner of CD Intelligence notes that "This partnership provides an arena for brands, bands and consumers never before available to them. Now brands can be directly connected with emerging artists and their fans via an interactive CD experience." The BandLink® technology provides bands and their labels the ability to reward their "best customers" with additional experiences at no extra charge to the consumer.
BandLink® allows for ongoing updateable artist content including re-mixes, bonus tracks, live tracks, unreleased singles, contests, concert promotions and tour notifications. In addition the technology can provide up-to-date photos, bios, news and other time sensitive information while generating highly valuable mailing lists.
In addition to Artist-to-Fan communication BandLink® provides the capability of fan-to-fan group chat and instant messaging with everyone in the world listening to the same song, at the same time. Users are instantly logged into a chat room specific to the CD they are listening to and as an added benefit; users can synchronize their music to each other for a definitive shared listening experience.
Through the partnership with CD Intelligence, CDDVD Now and Indie Artists Alliance are production hubs and authorized replication centers for BandLink® working with independent artists, Indie-recording studios, production houses and replication centers.
CD Intelligence located in New York City is a new media software company focused on bringing the flexibility of Internet-related technology to CD media. Their technology creates opportunities for companies and individuals distributing content on CD media to maintain two-way communication with their customers, employees, suppliers, and business partners. www.cdintelligence.com
CDDVD Now! located in Castro Valley, California is a complete CD and DVD Production Services providing replication, print and packaging solutions along with their own Discs on Demand DVD and CD Duplication solutions for corporate clients, independent musicians, motivational speakers and video producers. www.cddvdnow.com or 510-888-6800.
Indie Artists Alliance is a resource center and knowledge bank for Independent Musicians and Video Producers. www.indieartistsalliance.com
For a demo contact CDDVD Now!
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