BandCentral Launches Online Band Manager to Help Unsigned Bands Compete in Today’s Music Industry
BandCentral’s Online Band Manager is set to Revloutionise the way that Unsigned Bands Communicate, get Organised and Promote Themselves Online.
London, UK (PRWEB) July 6, 2009 — BandCentral Ltd, a London based independent start-up, will launch BandCentral - the online band manager (www.bandcentral.com) this week. www.bandcentral.com (www.bandcentral.com). BandCentral is an online band manager that is set to revloutionise the way unsigned or self-managed bands communicate, get organised and promote themselves online
“BandCentral gives bands a private, personalised, multi log-in Band HUB that enables them to keep everything associated with a band (communication, money, gig info, music files etc) in one central, instantly accessible place” (Wil Padley, Founder)
Conceived, designed and built by practicing musicians, BandCentral was born out of a desire to streamline the self-management process and remove the headache from everyday communication between band mates, their management, 3rd parties (such as producers) and their fans.
These are just some of BandCentral’s many features:
• Communication Board so bands can do away with tedious multi-thread emails
• Band Calendar & To-Do lists with integrated SMS/ Email alerts
• 5GB File Storage (music, artwork, videos, contracts etc..)
• Gigs, Setlist and Guestlist Manager
• Band Finance manager to track all incomings, outgoings and IOUs
• Social network tools to post gigs & status updates direct to MySpace, Twitter & facebook.
• Promotional band tools (Fan SMS/Email alerts, fan database & collector widgets)
• Music Industry Directory
The overlap between music and technology has never been greater. Practically all unsigned artists now use the Internet to promote their band; attracting new listeners and keeping existing fans loyal via grass-roots services such as MySpace, facebook and Twitter. Despite this fact, the way bands communicate with each other, keep track of band finances, gigs and fan databases is all too often disordered and, in the absence of full-time band management, conducted in an ad-hoc manner. Online promotion in particular, is often scattered and duplicative - wasting valuable time and effort. BandCentral centralises the band’s activity, avoiding loss of important information and needless repetition. BandCentral enables unsigned bands (www.bandcentral.com) to harness the very best of existing and emerging web technology, giving them all the tools they need to manage themselves better online.
Intuitively designed, modestly priced and crammed full of web 2.0 functionality, BandCentral has been developed to meet the needs of any unsigned band. Two accounts will be available on launch (with scaling functionality):
• FREE Account (£0.00 p/m)
• PRO Account (£4.99/ $7.99 p/m)
All new BandCentral accounts get a 30-day PRO Account feature trial absolutely free so bands can sign-up and pay nothing for a whole month while they try out the system.
—Notes for the editors—
BandCentral Ltd company details:
Registered offices: 71 Broadwick Street, London W1F 9Q
Founded: June 2008.
Founder: Wil Padley
Investors: Private
Introducing the founder:
29-year-old Londoner, Will Padley is a digital creative with 10 years experience working in digital media. He currently plays Bass in the hotly tipped Indie Rock band,The Domino State (http://www.myspace.com/thedominostate), who opened for Coldplay at London’s 02 arena in December 08 and have recently been seen on a UK tour with M83, Longview.
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