Musicadium

Musicadium was a global digital music and video distribution service that operated between 2006 and mid-2010, based in Brisbane, Australia, until they were bought out by Valleyarm.

Musicadium
Private
IndustryMusic
Founded2006 
FounderKley McPherson, Adam Martin
Headquarters
Brisbane
,
Australia
Area served
World Wide
Websitemusicadium.com

Musicadium delivered digital content of labels, artists, bands and other rights holders to digital retailers such as iTunes, Nokia Music Store, AmazonMP3 and eMusic. Musicadium also provided promotional, educational and information services to the music community, as well as live events,[1] research papers, [2][3] educational workshops and seminars [4] and speaking at and sponsoring industry events.[5][6][7]

History and Overview

After initially taking 9% of its customer's sales royalties as per the traditional digital music distribution, Musicadium moved to a 100% royalties returned to the artist model in December 2007. Musicadium artists retained all rights, copyright or masters to their music and the distribution deal is non-exclusive.[8]

As of July 8, 2010, Musicadium announced that Musicadium's catalogue would be acquired by Valleyarm.[9] Valleyarm will continue to provide artists and labels DIY digital distribution services, but also access to hundreds of new stores, publishing and sub-publishing avenues, and touring and marketing opportunities.

Notable Artists

Musicadium distributed many well-known artists such as:

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References
  1. "Musicadium With Digital Love Events".
  2. "Musicadium and Griffith University Online Marketing Research Paper: examined online activity in relation to royalty returns".
  3. "Business Matters: Spotify, Best Online Marketing Practices, Musicadium".
  4. "White Noise @ Brisbane's "The Edge"".
  5. "BIG SOUND: Music Industry Summit & Showcase 2008".
  6. "Q Song Music Awards 2009 New Music/Experimental Category Award".
  7. "Q Song Music Awards 2009 Pop Category Award".
  8. "Musicadium Digital Distribution Agreement" (PDF). 2010.
  9. "Important: Musicadium now Valleyarm".


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