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| quote: | Originally posted by kitphillips
Just curious dude, if you sign one of my tracks, what exposure will I get? I really like the sounds o the way your running the label, but I'm wondering what DJs are playing the tracks, who's remixing, and how they're being distributed? |
Man, I had a huge reply written and the window was closed, so I'll try to summarize what I elaborated on (and it's still long!)... you can read more about olympik records at our myspace www.myspace.com/olympikrecords
We use the following distributors and continue to add new ones:
Audiojelly
> Dance-Tunes
> DJ Download
> Trackitdown
> Juno
> DJ Tunes
> DJMR
> Beats Digital
> 7Digital
> iTunes
> TuneTribe
> Global Groove Digital
> eMusic
> MediaNet (HMV / Tesco Digital etc.)
> Nokia
Juno is and always will be our #1 distributor even when Beatport comes aboard. Juno (juno.co.uk and junodownload.com) combined for over 60,000 unique IP visits in July. Beatport had 39,000. For the year, Junodownload visits are up around 70%, and juno.co.uk is up 12%, while Beatport is up less than %1 and was MINUS 4% in July. (Do you see a trend here because I do) - Check for yourself if you like.
http://www.compete.com
People think Beatport is the end all be all (because it used to be) but its fading away because it's not bringing in revenue like it used to and it cannot adapt. Juno is a tried and tested company and knows exactly what they are doing. They have also been beyond loyal to me, and I hold a tremendous amount of respect for them because of it. They sent me gift cards, stickers, and other cool things when they mailed the contract. This was before I had even inked anything or began distribution. They are very nice people, always friendly on the phone, etc. Can't say enough good things about them.
As for promoting your music, we have the standard huge DJ promotion list for the top jocks. We also send to companies. Most of the major automobile companies, abercrombie, and a few others. I'm still trying to build the corporation list (it's not easy) - When I receive feedback from an artist, both good or bad, it is immediately forwarded to the producer/remixer of the track.
Here are some...
Support and praise has poured in from the likes of Andy Moor, SolarStone, Airbase, Matt Cerf, Jaytech, Artego, Three Drives, Mike Saint-Jules, Kenneth Thomas, Darin Epsilon, and more..! In addition, Olympik Records tracks have been heard on some of the most popular radio shows on the globe, such as Swedish Egil's "Groove Radio," SolarStone's Solaris International, Kenneth Thomas' "Obsessions," AnjunaBeats Worldwide, and more.
We are still a growing label, but we have come a long way in less than a year. We've got fellow TA Laurent aka Airwave aka (a shit load of aliases) remixing TasteXperience's Hydewood and our contacts seem to grow every day. I still have work to do such as getting some Q & A's on websites people actually read as well as magazines eventually (and hopefully soon) I've actually got a list of personal goals for the label and once the list is done it'll be an elite label, but it's not going to happen over night. It takes a lot of hard work and good decision making.
Finally, for promotion I do consider taking out advertisements depending on the release and what is expected. For instance, with the Hydewood release I am buying a 2 week banner on Trackitdown.net - It'll be the main banner on the website (top center logo) to help promote that release.
If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to ask me or any artist who is a part of the label. We are more like family & friends, not so much like a traditional label.
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LOL 
he's always been very constructive in his emails and thank you for that! 
