About Us
EARCOOKIES.COM is an Artist services company with a focus on communicating with and building a FAN BASE for Artists to grow with. Earcookies is based out of Northern California(Bay Area). We offer services ranging from Consultation and Management to E commerce of Merchandise to Digital Distribution and Licensing of Music for TV and film to marketing & promotion as well as the the opportunity for visibility through Physical Distribution(cd & dvd) of your product. Through Earcookies you are able to market your products directly to about 400 independent stores across the country (Amoeba, Waterloo, Newbury Comics, etc), while major one-stop distributors Baker & Taylor and Synergy market our catalog to about 10,000 stores across the U.S. including all major chains (Border’s, Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, etc). We also have relationships with niche distributors in various genres such as Ernie B’s Reggae, Fat Beats, VP Records, and more. Our distribution scope is no longer limited to our own borders either, as EARCOOKIES has the capability to offer potential Artists a semi-exclusive European Distribution channel through Code 7 in the UK. Our services are designed to work hand and hand with your existing Promotions Team for the purpose of creating more visibility with the Artist Package Program.
With Earcookies Marketing and Promotion packages, we can offer the InstantDistro Program, which is a full service two-to-three month campaign that targets Print (about 100 Print & Web mags), Radio (200+ College, Community, & CMJ Radio Stations), Social Networking, and Retail Promotions. Industry professionals are hired to work the individual aspects of the program, and work closely with the artist and EARCOOKIES to map out the scope of the campaign. If you are only looking for help in specific aspects of the program, customized and or prorated pricing could be discussed.For information about the InstantDistro email cookiemonster@earcookies.com .
Through EARCOOKIES Digital, we have developed marketing relationships with the digital music services and distribution outlets. This includes digital stores such as iTunes, internet radio such as Pandora, satellite radio such as XM/Sirius radio and film distribution services Amazon VOD. For digital distribution (to almost 100 online retailers) we would ask that you e-mail director of EARCOOKIES Digital at cookiemonster@earcookies.com
EARCOOKIES Digital’s goal is not to build the largest catalog in the world, but build relationships with Earcookies Artists. In addition, we want our artists to understand and learn as many aspects about the digital distribution process as possible for both music and video.
EARCOOKIES is fortunate to utilize one of the new divisions for Licensing. With this team of music industry professionals with over 15 years experience managing EARCOOKIES. Our Director of Music Licensing oversees the licensing catalogue. Through EARCOOKIES Artists will be able to utilize the direct resource to connect with music supervisors from Universal Studios, FOX Sports, Dreamworks, as well as other supervisors in the film and TV industry.This licensing agreement is non-exclusive.
There is no up front fees to have your music in the catalogue. We retain 50% of the Synchronization and Master Fees from content placed by us. The artists keeps 100% of songwriter’s and publisher’s royalties received from Performance Rights Organizations such as ASCAP, BMI, or SESAC. We do not retain any ownership of copyrights or publishing. Our goal is to provide multiple streams of revenue for our artists and content providers. For further information about EARCOOKIES Licensing please feel free to contact us.
In order to submit to EARCOOKIES for Physical Distribution, please feel free to mail a copy of your CD, along with any other press, one-sheet, or promotional materials, to the address below. To be considered, EARCOOKIES requires that all submissions are shrink- wrapped and bar-coded. Standard entrance for Physical Distribution into our catalog requires only 100 units up front as a “buy-in” to the collective. 50 of those units are used for customized promotional packages and sent to stores, while the second 50 remain property of our physical distribution division in order to recoup on the various costs that come with marketing titles to our wide store-base. After those are sold (with our Physical distribution division retaining the profit), the artist/label begins to make $6.00 per unit on independent store sales (sold for $7.49), and about $5.00 per unit on one-stop distributor sales (sold for $6.00).If you this service is needed please go to www.saicomm.com
Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
William
Cookiemonster@earcookies.com < -------WORKS THE BEST!!
or send CD to:
1340 Fulton Place
Fremont, CA 94539
Toll Free:1-866-438-4550
Office:510-438-4550