| Listener Contests |
Offers users that simply listen to music (non-artists) contests and ways to compete against each other in areas such as minutes listening, # of favorite artists, etc. |
| Fan Club Management |
Offers artists tools that help them acquire and manage their fan lists. Features include email / promotional tools, user blocking tools, tour update alerts, etc. |
| Playlists |
Offers users the ability to create playlists using song files. Playlists are simply lists of songs that users pick as their favorites (or want to listen to later). These lists are given names and are able to be listened to later by the user. |
| Song Ratings |
Allows users to rate songs based on whether they thought the song was good or bad |
| User Video Content |
Allows users to upload and share video content |
| Sell a Digital Download |
Allow artists to sell digital downloads of their music consumers |
| Sell a Ringtone |
Allow artists to sell ringtone versions of their music to consumers |
| Sell a CD |
Allow artists to sell CDs of their music to consumers |
| iTunes Distribution |
Provides artists with the ability to have their music sold in the iTunes music store |
| eMusic Distribution |
Provides artists with the ability to have their music sold in the eMusic music store |
| Rhapsody Distribution |
Provides artists with the ability to have their music sold and streamed in the Rhapsody music service |
| Napster Distribution |
Provides artists with the ability to have their music sold and streamed in the Napster music service |
| Yahoo! Music Distribution |
Provides artists with the ability to have their music sold and streamed in the Yahoo music service |
| AOL Music Distribution |
Provides artists with the ability to have their music sold and streamed in the AOL music service |
| MSN Music Distribution |
Provides artists with the ability to have their music sold and streamed in the MSN music service |
| Online Radio |
Offers users the ability to listen to music in the form of radio station style formats (programmed music) |
| Radio/On-Demand Player Technology |
This is the technology used to create the music player and deliver music to the listener (e.g. Flash technology, HTML, Shockwave, etc.) |
| Email Artist |
Allows users to email/message artists about their music or/profile page content (or anything else that's on their mind) with the artist having the ability to respond to all messages |
| Email a Song to Friends |
Allows users to send links to their favorite songs to their friends for listening |
| Artist Testimonials |
Shows testimonials by artists of what the service has done for them and their opinion on whether the service is good or bad |
| Written Song Reviews |
Allow users to write reviews on songs / artists |
| Spin/Exposure Guarantee |
Provides artists with a guaranteed level of exposure (i.e. promotional banner impressions, spins on a radio station, views of their profile page, etc.) |
| # of Guaranteed Spins/Exposures |
This is the actual guaranteed exposure offered to artists |
| Artist Song Upload |
Allows artists to upload their song content through their web browser |
| Artist Upload Fee |
Charges artists a fee before they can upload any song content |
| A La Carte Song Upload Purchase |
Charges artists a fee per song they want to upload to their profile page |
| Upload Fee |
The actual fee charged to upload a song (on a per song basis) |
| Upload Requirements |
The requirements for uploading a song such as max file size, sound quality, etc.) |
| CD Distribution |
Offers artists the ability to distribute and sell your CD through other retail websites or offline retail outlets |
| CD Distribution Partner |
Major partners involved in the distribution and sell of CDs |
| Fee % of Units Sold |
This is the fee charged to the artist per CD sold on the service. |
| Download Distribution |
Offers artists the ability to sell a digital download version of their song on other third party networks |
| Fee % of Units Sold |
This is the fee charged to the artist per digital download sold on the service. |
| Listener Song Ratings (Basic) |
Allows users to rate music in a simple out of 5 or out of 10 rating system |
| Listener Song Ratings (Advanced) |
Allows users to rate music using more detailed rating variables including song lyrics, song production, song delivery, etc. |
| Artist Song Stats |
Provides artists with detailed stats on listeners, listening activity of their songs, where consumers are located that purchase their music |
| Artist Prizes |
Provide artists with contests with winners receiving prizes of some type |
| Types of Prizes |
The types of prizes offered by services to artists which can include cash, record deals, recording equipment, etc. |
| Artist Competitions |
Offers artists song competitions to compete against other artists for cash and prizes |
| Artist Profile Page |
Offers artists a profile page whereby they can post their biographical information, song descriptions, photos, songs, videos, and any other content related to them |
| Gig Promotion Tools |
Offers artists the ability to post tour dates or performance gigs and promote those events |
| Site Advertising |
Site has third-party advertising on its pages |
| Brand Licensing |
Offers third-party websites that ability to license components of the service for use on their sites in a private labeled and/or co-branded format |
| On Demand Music |
Offers users the ability to listen to music by finding a song and clicking it to hear the entire song (or a sample of the song). This is different from pushed music that is programmed similar to radio station content. |
| No. of Music Channels |
Total number of music genres offered for listening (e.g. Pop, Rap, Rock, etc.) |
| No. of Sub-Channels |
Total number of sub genres (categories) offered for listeners (e.g. British Pop, Classic Rock, Christian Rap, etc.) |
| Listener Playlists |
Allows users to create and manage lists of their favorite song content and save them in separate playlists for listening |
| Music Charts |
Offers users charts which show the top artists categorized by different variables including music sales, song rating, most spins, most fans, etc. |
| Chatrooms |
Chatrooms allow users to communicate in real-time through electronic messages in a "room" with multiple users. Chatrooms can range in size from 2 people to hundreds of people who are interacting with one another about specific topics. |
| Forums |
Forums (commonly referred to as message boards) allow a company, or individual, to post an entry on a topic and have other users comment on those entries. Forums are very similar to blogs in structure and functionality. |
| Celebrity/Industry Judges |
Offer artists the chance to be reviewed and/or heard by a panel of celebrity or industry persons |
| Equipment Recommendations |
Offers artists recommendations as to which equipment they should use based on either users or third party equipment providers or experts |
| Industry News/Information |
Offers artists news and editorial relevant and helpful to emerging musicians including how-tos, tutorials, and other forms of media that helps them make better music, create a press kit, and do anything related to their music career |
| Karaoke System/Create Music |
Offers users a system to record their voice and/or song and post it on their profile pages for others to listen to and rate |
| Monthly Subscription Service |
Offers artists the ability to pay for the service via a monthly subscription plan (instead of paying per song) |
| Subscription Price |
Price the service charges for use of their tools or for uploading songs |
| Sell Paraphernalia |
Offers artists the ability to sell merchandise to fans (e.g. T-shirts, coffee mugs, pens, etc.) |
| Affiliate Program |
Offers an affiliate program whereby anyone who promotes the service can earn commissions based on users that are referred by third-party websites |
| Blog |
User blogs (web logs) allow users to post entries about any topic and have other users read and comment on these entries. Blogs are digital diaries that can be open to the public for anyone to read or comment on or seen by the owner of the blog or a select few users as defined by the blog owner. |
| Games |
Allow users to play games including card games, puzzle games, action games, trivia, etc. |
| Podcast Creation Technology |
Allows users to create a podcast via their PC to submit on their profile |
| mobile Podcast service |
Allows users to create a podcast using their phones / cell phone to submit on their profile pages |
| CD Replication Services |
Offers artists the ability to replicate their CDs |
| Record Label Service |
Offers artists the opportunity to be signed to a record label (proprietary label) |
| # of Bands |
The # of bands/artists with profiles on the service |
| # of Songs |
The # of songs available on the service |
| # of Members |
The # of registered members with profiles on the service |
| email playlist to friend |
Allows users to send playlists to their friends |
| Terrestrial Radio Airplay Service |
Offer artists the opportunity to get their songs on traditional radio station playlist |
| Friends Lists |
This is a list of users that you have allowed to join your friends network and gain access to all of your content (videos, photos, blog content, etc.). |
| Musician Classifieds |
Allows artists to post classifieds posts for equipment they want to buy/sell, band members needed, etc.) |
| Embed Personal radio player on any site |
Allows users to embed the radio player on their personal websites or profile pages and stream music from the service provider |
| Karaoke Sound Track Library |
Offer users a library of existing songs that they can sing over and record tracks for posting on their profile pages for others to listen to and rate/review |
| Upload Karaoke Song for Recording |
Offer users to upload songs that they can sing over and record tracks for posting on their profile pages for others to listen to and rate/review |
| FAQ |
FAQs (or Frequently Asked Questions) are lists of common questions/problems and answers that users have about a particular site. FAQ's are the most common form of customer help. |
| eMail/Online Form Support |
Allows users to email a website and get help on anything related to that website. |
| Help Tickets/Email Form Support |
Allow users to submit their questions/issues and get a support ticket which will later be answered by an customer service representative |
| Searchable Knowledgebase Support |
Knowledge base help is a searchable database of frequently asked questions and problems that provide users with help beyond the static FAQ pages. Knowledge base typically has |
| User Forums |
User forums relative to customer support allow users to ask questions and issues about a site and let other users or company representative respond just as they would in a normal forum environment. |
| Customer Support Blog |
A blog (web log) that is created by the customer support staff that allows users to post entries and comments pertaining to site issues, problems, and questions about the service. |
| Acoustic Recommendations |
Provide users with song and artist recommendations based on songs that acoustically sound like their favorite songs. |
| Listening Habit Recommendations |
Provide users with song and artist recommendations based on songs that they have listened to historically. |
| Friends Recommendations |
Provide users with song and artist recommendations based on songs that your friends have listened to. |