You are an independent band with interesting songs and you come over well live. Now you need to get your music as an album or EP onto the market. You know that only a professional release will help you reach new fans, get better and bigger gigs and build a name for yourself. In short you are stuck and the major labels are not interested.

If this is all too familiar to you then you're ready for Artist Station Record's Giant Step. Together with experienced musicians, we have developed a concept which paves the way for your career. Welcome to the new music business!

Guaranteed release

Your promising and release-ready material will be guaranteed release once the music and graphics have been supplied to a sub-label of Artist Station Records.

1000 CD pressing

We produce 1000 high quality CDs in total. You get 600 CDs delivered free, which you can sell yourselves.We keep 400 CDs are for distribution and promotion purposes.

German-wide CD distribution

Through our distribution partner Soulfood GmbH, your CD is available throughout Germany in record shops and at the large chain stores (Saturn, MediaMarkt etc.) 300 copies are made available for orders through shops, mailorder catalogues or webshops (Amazon etc.) If your CD sells well, we can press more CDs cheaply and without complication.

Worldwide digital distribution

Through Finetunes GmbH, worldwide digital release on all the coolest download platforms is guaranteed (itunes, musicload, beatport, saturn-download, mp3.de etc.)

Spot-on promotion.

To advertise the release of your current CD, we cooperate with the best in the field of promotion. You get a high value and spot-on basis promotion in all the relevant print media, radio, the coolest clubs as well as internet magazines (100 CDs). You get regular updates of the results and a bound press file at the end of the promotion.

Consulting and product management

In the run-up to a project we will discuss all the relevant details concerning your release. Following that, our experienced product managers take care of your 'Giant Step' into the market.

Legal stuff

In order that your CD can be played on the radio and listed in shops, we provide our own label code together with your own personal EAN code. The contract runs for 3 years.

At ASR you get all of this for only EUR 3,999.00 + 19% VAT

Your benefits

• Once you have sold approx. 400 CDs(at 12 Euros/CD) youselves you have covered your costs.
• You receive 70% of the payment from physical distribution.
• You receive 70% of the payment from digital distribution.
• You get clearly defined services and avoid long term, intransparent binding contracts.
• You get access to experienced music service providers.
• You don't have to compromise you creativity.
• On this basis you can successfully further develop your career and plan the next step.

What we need from you

• Ready to press master CD/graphics (detail on request)
• Band name/ album title
• Biography/history (PDF format)
• 2-4 photos (jpg format, 300 dpi, full colour)
• Desired release date
• Complete band contact details
• Lyricist, composer, title length, album length.
• Website address / MySpace name
• Tour information
• Other sales facts (adverts, cooperation, newsletter etc.)

Our makers

Frank Bornemann Musician/Producer	Henning Ruemenapp Musician/Docent	Martin Kleemann Musician/Director ASR	Ruben Loos Musician/Studio manager Horus

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