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I am happy to announce that ArtistData is, as of today, officially part of the Sonicbids family.
For those who don’t know ArtistData, it’s a site currently used by 25,000 artists that makes it easy for bands to publish content across the social web. If you are an artist, and you’ve gotten tired of updating all your profiles around the web (MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, etc.), AD is for you. If Sonicbids is all about booking gigs, ArtistData is all about helping you market those gigs. Simple as that.
This acquisition is the culmination of many discussions that Brenden Mulligan, the founder of ArtistData, and I had over the years — and at the heart of it is the joining of forces of two companies that share the same vision for the future of the music business, and the same passion for serving independent artists.
Brenden and I share many things in common: Both of us love music and truly believe in helping independent artists; both of us bootstrapped our companies and funded their early days by amassing ridiculous amounts of credit card debt; both of us are music guys who believe that technology can not only change the world, but it can also empower a new generation of artists to build music careers on their own terms.
As undoubtedly many of you will have questions, I figured that I will attempt to address some of them on this blog.
- What’s free on ArtistData will remain free on Sonicbids. ArtistData built a great service by offering a huge amount of great tools at no charge. Even after we integrate ArtistData into Sonicbids, we will keep what’s free, free. That’s right. You will not have to have a paid Sonicbids membership to enjoy what’s currently free on AD even when it’s part of Sonicbids.
- Paid Sonicbids members will get an amazing amount of new features soon. We plan to integrate all of ArtistData’s premium offerings into Sonicbids accounts. Both basic and Supersonic members will start enjoying a number of awesome new goodies soon. Don’t even think about switching the channel!
- Sonicbids is picking up the tab for Premium ArtistData offerings until September 1. Wanna try ArtistData and everything that it offers? Even things that cost $9.99 and $24.99 a month now? Go ahead and try it free on us until September 1, 2010.
- Brenden Mulligan is joining the Sonicbids team and heading our San Francisco office. Brenden is by far one of the smartest entrepreneurs that I know. That’s why he is joining the Sonicbids team as our new VP, Strategic Development. He will also be heading our presence in the West Coast with a new office we are opening. There’s too much action going on over there for us to not be present.
- We are here to empower an Artistic Middle Class. What gets us up each morning is our passion in our mission of empowering an Artistic Middle Class. The ArtistData platform is used today by 25,000 artists. Can’t wait to see it in use by over 245,000 Sonicbids users.
More, much, much more, soon. You can also read Brenden Mulligan’s blog post on ArtistData joining forces with Sonicbids, here.
Panos
Nice! Congrats dude, this is very good news
Thanks Dave. I know, we are very excited. We have so many great things coming!
[...] letter for ArtistData’s side of the story and Sonicbids founder Panos Panay‘s take on the news (bonus: FAQ). CrunchBase Information ArtistData Sonicbids Information provided by [...]
[...] letter for ArtistData’s side of the story and Sonicbids founder Panos Panay‘s take on the news (bonus: FAQ). CrunchBase Information ArtistData Sonicbids Information provided by [...]
[...] letter for ArtistData’s side of the story and Sonicbids founder Panos Panay‘s take on the news (bonus: FAQ). CrunchBase Information ArtistData Sonicbids Information provided by [...]
Wonderful news! Congrats to both. This is a great step forward for independent artists everywhere.
Great!! Lets keep that independant mini major thing rocking..
Congratz to you and the team Panos, great job!
[...] letter for ArtistData’s side of the story and Sonicbids founder Panos Panay‘s take on the news (bonus: FAQ). CrunchBase Information ArtistData Sonicbids Information provided by [...]
Congrats on this major achievement for SonicBids…and thank you for all the new benefits to us.
hi panos,
thanks for this… really awesome! but i’m not finding where i can enter show info on artistdata (i’m already a member) and have it update my sonicbids calendar… in fact, the former feature of .csv upload for the sonicbids calendar seems to have gone away.
help?
thanks,
stephanie
Hey Stephanie,
Thanks for the note. You should be seeing the AD features in your Sonibids account over the next two months or so. In the meantime, you can enjoy the Platinum AD features free courtesy of Sonicbids. I would suggest that if you are enjoying all the convenience of AD, you continue managing your calendar from there. Feel free to reach out to our Community team if you need more help.
– P
ArtistData will NOT unsubscribe me from their email list. I have completed the unsubscribe steps SEVERAL times. I have submitted a support request through the website and received an an email that said my request would be handled. The email address for the radio station I work with is spammed by ArtistData with emails that do not in ANY way relate to our format.
What do I do to get off the list….is anyone EVER going to help me?