Music Kickup is a cloud based record label for artists. The service was initially launched as Music Kickstarter, but it soon changed its name to Music KickUp.[1] It is a community platform for musicians and music industry, to create, collaborate, and support their art. It allows to commercially publish any and everything they create, while retaining all rights.[2]
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Music industry |
| Founded | 26 August 2011 |
| Founder | Mikael Bengtsson Antti Silventoinen Perttu Sutinen Mikael Forstén |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Antti Silventoinen (CEO) Perttu Sutinen (COO) Mikael Forstén (Chairman) Jerry Jalava (CTO) |
| Website | MusicKickup.com |
Roll-out plan edit
Music Kickup was launched at MIDEM in 2012 with a closed alpha release. A closed beta was released in Fall 2012 and public beta on 15 July 2013.[3] The company aims at global coverage, but early launch focus has been in Europe – Nordics, Baltics, Germany, France, Spain and the UK.[4]
Business model edit
Music Kickup acts as a label cloud service for artists to use it as their own. Music Kickup handles all contracts, rights management, and industry connections – potentially leaving the artist to concentrate on their art. The cloud label offers them support typical to major labels and specialized tools for creating, collaborating and commercially publishing with global physical and digital distribution.[5]
The artist or band can end the contract freely at will. Cutting ties with the cloud label will not involve any fines, and any created content can be taken elsewhere immediately, or in case of recent commercially release, after a short sales curfew.[5]
References edit
- ^ "First Cloud Based Record Label". Retrieved 6 September 2012.
- ^ "Music Kickstarter on julkistanut maailman ensimmäisen pilvipohjaisen levy-yhtiön" (in Finnish). STT. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
- ^ "Music Kickup Public Beta, July 15th @ 12 pm EST". Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ^ "Music Kickstarter announces world's first cloud-based record company". Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Music Kickstarter Puts A Record Label in the Cloud". ArcticStartup. Retrieved 18 May 2012.