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BETA Records Partners With In Touch Technologies To Provide Video Features And Desktop Interactions
Hollywood, California – May 1st, 2007
Georg van Handel (CEO) and Chris Honetschlaeger (President) with BETA Records, LLC, announced today that they will partner with In Touch Technologies to provide rich video-enabled tools and windowless desktop interactions for their artists and listeners.MORE
BETA Records Partners With Synthesis To Provide A Digital Indie Music Magazine
Hollywood, California – May 1st, 2007
Georg van Handel (CEO) and Chris Honetschlaeger (President) with BETA Records, LLC, announced today that they will partner with Synthesis to provide a captivating digital indie music magazine for their users. Synthesis will publish a digital multimedia magazine on a regular basis featuring select BETA artists and a look inside the BETA lifestyle.MORE
BETA Records Partners With Fliptrack To Provide Music Video Creation Tools
Hollywood, California – May 1st, 2007
Georg van Handel (CEO) and Chris Honetschlaeger (President) with BETA Records, LLC, announced today that they will partner with Fliptrack to provide music video creation tools for their artists and listeners. Fliptrack’s technology will enable BETA artists to easily create music videos of their songs to express themselves in a simple way and with a wide reach.MORE
BETA Records Partners With Javien To Provide A Complete Commerce Solution For Music
Hollywood, California - April 30th, 2007
Georg van Handel (CEO) and Chris Honetschlaeger (President) with BETA Records, LLC, announced today that they will partner with Javien Digital Payment Solutions, Inc. to provide a complete solution for the sale of music, merchandise, and other content from their artists within BETA’s upcoming social music community.MORE
BETA Records Partners With Digonex Technologies To Provide Dynamically Priced Music
Hollywood, California - April 30th, 2007
Georg van Handel (CEO) and Chris Honetschlaeger (President) with BETA Records, LLC, announced today that they will partner with Digonex Technologies, Inc. to provide dynamically priced music downloads for their listeners. Digonex’s proprietary pricing service, the Digital Online Exchange (DOE)...MORE
BETA Records Partners With MyStrands To Provide Personalized Music Recommendations
Hollywood, California - April 30th, 2007
Georg van Handel (CEO) and Chris Honetschlaeger (President) with BETA Records, LLC, announced today that they will partner with MyStrands to provide personalized music recommendations for their listeners. MyStrands’ behavior-based recommender engine and community building technology will...MORE
You can be an A&R Rep for BETA Records
Feb 14th, 2007
Online record company pays people to find and sign new artists and bands to BETArecords.com.
BETA Records (www.betarecords.com), along with founders Chris Honetschlaeger and Georg van Handel, invite you to accept a paying job with their company. MORE
Ringtone Widget For Indie Artists Closes Gap Between Beta Records And Major Labels
Feb 3rd, 2007
New Feature Is Available At No Cost For Any Artist On The BETArecords.com Site.
BETA Records (www.betarecords.com) and founders Chris Honetschlaeger and Georg van Handel are making it possible for independent musicians to take advantage of the communication and promotional advantages of ringtones. MORE
BETA Records and Universal Music Find Opening Act For BON JOVI
Berlin, May 15th 2006 (translated from German)
BON JOVI is offering emerging artists the chance of a lifetime!
As of now, German bands can submit their music to compete to be an opening act for the shows in Stuttgart & Munich. MORE
Companies Partner to Find New Fans for Unsigned Musicians
Monrovia, CA May 3 2006
MusicIP, the first global music search engine, has announced that BETA Records, one of the leading music websites for unsigned artists, has licensed a number of products within its technology platform, including the new interactive Music Playground™ search interface. MORE
DIESEL AND BETA Records go global searching for talent.
May 1, 2006 11:00am
BETA Records (www.betarecords.com) has been chosen as the “around the world” partner for the DIESEL-U-MUSIC contest launching May 1, 2006. BETA Records will use its existing database and broad network of partners to assist DIESEL in finding the best musicians across the globe. MORE
Poly Students Given Chance To Lay Their Raps Down Professionally
Oct 27, 2005
BETA Records, an Internet-based independent music company that gives aspiring musicians a chance to record and then showcase their talent on the Web for free, was at the central Long Beach school last Wednesday and Thursday to launch its teen Bus Stop Tour. MORE
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Company BETA Records, LLC
Box 48
Hollywood, CA 90028
(877) 232-2382 x801 office
(562) 901-9778 fax
Press contact – Chris Honetschlaeger (press@betarecords.com)
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BETA Records is a hybrid community that actively finds, produces, and showcases unsigned artists to the music industry and distributes content to fans via digital channels. BETA offers each artist a dedicated page (www.betarecords.com) to profile personal information, stream and/or download music, blog and email with fans, and much more.
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BETA Records Partners With In Touch Technologies To Provide Video Features And Desktop Interactions
Hollywood, California – May 1st, 2007
Georg van Handel (CEO) and Chris Honetschlaeger (President) with BETA Records, LLC, announced today that they will partner with In Touch Technologies to provide rich video-enabled tools and windowless desktop interactions for their artists and listeners. Using the In Touch Communications Platform, artists and fans within BETA’s upcoming social music community will be able to exchange video emails, create video blogs, and communicate with one another or one to several others with live video from their webcams. One of the most fascinating features is the ability for a BETA artist to walk right out onto the desktops of participating fans, who can also interact with that artist, and perform without the need for a media player. As the folks at In Touch Technologies puts it, “This Changes Everything”!
BETA Records will utilize In Touch Technologies to enhance a highly immersive and engaging music experience that creates close connections between unsigned artists and indie music fans on the new site slated for release later this year. Independent artists can easily upload their music and get exposed to a world-wide audience.
“In Touch Technologies brings us an extremely rich set of interactive tools to keep our fans engaged with our artists and each other. There’s no doubt that any artist that signs up with BETA will be thrilled at what we’re capable of doing for them. Not to mention, fans will eat this up like kids in a candy store!,“ said Chris Harper, CXO (Chief Experience Officer) with BETA Records, LLC.
“We are so excited about partnering with BETA records as their ‘out of the box’ online venue breaks the mold by giving indie artists the missing link to progressive expression,” said Rocky Wright, President with In Touch Technologies.
About In Touch Technologies
In Touch Technologies has created a Communication Portal that takes advantage of the power of the Internet to empower creative, interactive, rich media content On Web, On Desktop, and On Mobile, in a seamless environment that is limited in presentation only by the provider’s imagination. The development of its social networking attributes provide the new era in interactivity and rich media with borders not limited to the World Wide Web. For more information, visit HYPERLINK "http://www.ittrom.com" www.ittrom.com and HYPERLINK "http://www.camitt.com" www.camitt.com.
BETA Records Partners With Synthesis To Provide A Digital Indie Music Magazine
Hollywood, California – May 1st, 2007
Georg van Handel (CEO) and Chris Honetschlaeger (President) with BETA Records, LLC, announced today that they will partner with Synthesis to provide a captivating digital indie music magazine for their users. Synthesis will publish a digital multimedia magazine on a regular basis featuring select BETA artists and a look inside the BETA lifestyle. The magazine will be available for free subscription and download from BETA’s upcoming social music community.
BETA Records will utilize Synthesis to enhance a highly immersive and engaging music experience that creates close connections between unsigned artists and indie music fans on the new site slated for release later this year. Independent artists can easily upload their music and get exposed to a world-wide audience.
“In our ongoing commitment to expose and foster independent artists, Synthesis provides a vibrant and hip method of delivery for our indie music fans to discover great new music and learn more about BETA artists,“ said Chris Harper, CXO (Chief Experience Officer) with BETA Records, LLC.
“Synthesis is all about the discovery of new talent and we're extremely excited about our relationship with BETA Records - moving forward with a BETA / Synthesis Digital Magazine that focuses solely on BETA artists is the perfect vessel to expose them to the mass market,” said Bill Fishkin, CEO/Publisher with Synthesis.
About Synthesis Network
Synthesis Network is a multifaceted media company devoted to satiating the eclectic appetite today's youth has for music, art, fashion, tech and pop culture. Through multiple avenues of innovative digital and analog media, Synthesis offers something special: a bridge between underground and mainstream, a sneak preview of what's next, what's good and what isn't. For more information, visit HYPERLINK "http://www.synthesis.net" www.synthesis.net.
BETA Records Partners With Fliptrack To Provide Music Video Creation Tools
Hollywood, California – May 1st, 2007
Georg van Handel (CEO) and Chris Honetschlaeger (President) with BETA Records, LLC, announced today that they will partner with Fliptrack to provide music video creation tools for their artists and listeners. Fliptrack’s technology will enable BETA artists to easily create music videos of their songs to express themselves in a simple way and with a wide reach. Fans, and artists alike, will enjoy making and sharing music videos in BETA’s upcoming social music community. BETA artists will gain even greater exposure with the availability of their songs on HYPERLINK "http://www.fliptrack.com" www.fliptrack.com, and from the viral spreading of these videos on MySpace, Facebook, etc. with the Fliptrack widget.
BETA Records will utilize Fliptrack to enhance a highly immersive and engaging music experience that creates close connections between unsigned artists and indie music fans on the new site slated for release later this year. Independent artists can easily upload their music and get exposed to a world-wide audience.
“Simple, quick, and fun. Those pillars we share in tune with Fliptrack, and we’re ecstatic to announce that our artists and fans will enjoy making music videos with their technology from our music catalog,“ said Chris Harper, CXO (Chief Experience Officer) with BETA Records, LLC.
“We are very excited to be partnering with BETA Records to enhance their promotional capabilities and to provide the Fliptrack music video capabilities to BETA Records artists and web site visitors. We also believe the addition of BETA Records song tracks to the Fliptrack site will enhance our user experience,” said Stewart Putney, CEO and Founder of Fliptrack.
About Fliptrack
Fliptrack, based in Mountain View, California, uses a patent-pending technology that enables users to create their own music videos by combining personal photos and video content with Fliptrack’s catalog of licensed music. Users can view their music videos at HYPERLINK "http://www.fliptrack.com"www.fliptrack.com or upload them to other social networking sites such as Friendster or MySpace. Fliptrack’s service is free to users. Fliptrack differentiates itself from other customized video sites by creating templates that allow users to drop photos onto a music track’s beat, making music the centerpiece of the videos, not an afterthought.
BETA Records Partners With Javien To Provide A Complete Commerce Solution For Music
Hollywood, California - April 30th, 2007
Georg van Handel (CEO) and Chris Honetschlaeger (President) with BETA Records, LLC, announced today that they will partner with Javien Digital Payment Solutions, Inc. to provide a complete solution for the sale of music, merchandise, and other content from their artists within BETA’s upcoming social music community. The micropayment aspect of Javien along with its comprehensive feature set and global payment processing will facilitate the transactions needed for BETA’s growing MP3-based catalog of independent music from around the world.
BETA Records will utilize Javien to enhance a highly immersive and engaging music experience that creates close connections between unsigned artists and indie music fans on the new site slated for release later this year. Independent artists can easily upload their music and get exposed to a world-wide audience.
“Javien proved to have the most cost-effective and robust commerce package and payment solution to meet the needs of our upcoming social music community, and the flexibility to adjust accordingly as we grow,” said Chris Harper, CXO (Chief Experience Officer) with BETA Records, LLC.
“We are thrilled to add BETA Records to our growing list of music clients powered by Javien’s total commerce solution,” stated Leslie Poole, Javien CEO. “They can rely on the Javien platform for their content commerce needs so they can concentrate on serving their consumers and artists.”
About Javien Digital Payment Solutions, Inc.
Javien Digital Payment Solutions, headquartered in McLean, Virginia, delivers the next-generation e-commerce management platform to content providers for driving online sales. Offered primarily as an ASP-hosted service, Javien’s technology helps digital music sites successfully deploy and manage subscriptions, pay-per-view, downloads, micropayments and alternative billing. Javien’s customers include MTV Networks, Trans World Entertainment, Ruckus Network, MusicNet, SNOCAP, Azureus, Hungama Mobile, Forbes.com and Thomson. Javien is backed by K&K Capital Group, which ranks among the most significant financial groups in the Czech Republic. It manages assets of 2 billion USD and employs more than 7,000 people. K&K Capital Group’s portfolio includes more than 20 companies around the world. For more information, visit HYPERLINK "http://www.javien.com" www.javien.com.
BETA Records Partners With Digonex Technologies To Provide Dynamically Priced Music
Hollywood, California - April 30th, 2007
Georg van Handel (CEO) and Chris Honetschlaeger (President) with BETA Records, LLC, announced today that they will partner with Digonex Technologies, Inc. to provide dynamically priced music downloads for their listeners. Digonex’s proprietary pricing service, the Digital Online Exchange (DOE), will determine the price of each individual track based on consumer demand and other economic factors within BETA’s upcoming social music community. For BETA artists, it optimizes their revenue on their music uploads to the site. DOE allows the fans to have their musical tastes and preferences play a pivotal role in the price of each track in BETA’s growing MP3-based catalog of independent music from around the world.
BETA Records will utilize DOE to enhance a highly immersive and engaging music experience that creates close connections between unsigned artists and indie music fans on the new site slated for release later this year. Independent artists can easily upload their music and get exposed to a world-wide audience.
“We selected Digonex after careful evaluation and feel strongly that they have exactly the right technology to power the pricing model of our upcoming social music community,“ said Chris Harper, CXO (Chief Experience Officer) with BETA Records, LLC.
“We are excited to power BETA Records’ dynamic pricing service and believe that the new site will appeal to a wide range of music fans,” said Rex Fisher, VP of Business Development with Digonex Technologies, Inc.
About Digonex Technologies, Inc.
Digonex Technologies focuses primarily on development of automated & optimized pricing platforms for ecommerce, allowing client companies to increase customer retention and maximize revenue. For more information, visit Digonex Technologies’ website @ HYPERLINK "http://www.digonex.com" www.digonex.com.
BETA Records Partners With MyStrands To Provide Personalized Music Recommendations
Hollywood, California - April 30th, 2007
Georg van Handel (CEO) and Chris Honetschlaeger (President) with BETA Records, LLC, announced today that they will partner with MyStrands to provide personalized music recommendations for their listeners. MyStrands’ behavior-based recommender engine and community building technology will be used to create a customized experience for each individual user of BETA’s upcoming social music community. For BETA artists, it allows them the chance to get discovered, in a targeted manner, by fans who really appreciate their music out of BETA’s growing MP3-based catalog of independent music from around the world. Fans will be able to find other fans with similar musical tastes simply based on their unique listening behavior. They’ll also have the option to download an iTunes plug-in that will analyze their library and provide recommended BETA artists within the player. This provides a complete end-to-end solution for unsigned artists to get their music within the critical iTunes + iPod ecosystem.
BETA Records will utilize MyStrands to enhance a highly immersive and engaging music experience that creates close connections between unsigned artists and indie music fans on the new site slated for release later this year. Independent artists can easily upload their music and get exposed to a world-wide audience.
“MyStrands is the perfect partner to provide accurate music recommendations and allow our fans to interact on a much deeper level. I’m extremely impressed with them and excited to incorporate their technology in our upcoming social music community,“ said Chris Harper, CXO (Chief Experience Officer) with BETA Records, LLC.
“We are equally excited to partner with BETA Records and help their users and artists discover each other in this ground-breaking grassroots music community,” said Atakan Cetinsoy, Vice President of Business Products with MyStrands.
About MyStrands
MyStrands develops behavior-based recommendation technologies to help people discover and organize content, and community-building technologies to help people share tastes, discover content and stay connected with friends. For more information, visit HYPERLINK "http://www.mystrands.com/corp" www.mystrands.com/corp.
You can be an A&R Rep for BETA Records
Feb 14th, 2007
Online record company pays people to find and sign new artists and bands to BETArecords.com
BETA Records (www.betarecords.com), along with founders Chris Honetschlaeger and Georg van Handel, invite you to accept a paying job with their company. You can become an A&R (artists & repertoire) representative and turn your love of music into a paying gig.
BETA Records, the online record company, has just launched a new module within its website that allows anyone to apply as a street team A&R member. Once registered, you can discover unsigned artists, have them join BETA Records, and earn money for each new indie artist signed.
“We are taking the lost art of A&R and putting it back into the hands of music lovers," states Honetschlaeger, President of BETA Records. "Major labels seem to have no budget and no interest in searching out new up-and-coming acts at local city venues. Our Street Teams have a passion for this and now will get paid to do what they love," Honetschlaeger adds.
Approved BETA Street Team members are assigned a 5-digit code that can be given to an artist to join and upload music and pictures to the BETA Records site. This automatically triggers a payout to the Street Team member who then gets cash transferred to their PayPal account.
BETA will also be giving a bonus of $5,000 to the Street Team member with the highest number of sign-ups by Dec 31, 2007. Street Team members will also be supported with a variety of promotional materials, including caps, stickers and more.
For a sneak peek within the system, go to: www.betarecords.com/street-team-info.php and register with the default username of preview@betarecords.com and the password of "betarecords" which has been assigned the test promo code of 12345.
"We’ve made a real effort to keep the technology as simple as possible and the user experience positive," says van Handel, the record company CEO. "Street Team members need only focus on finding new acts and bringing them to our music community,” van Handel adds.
"At the end of the day, we are paying people to do something they think is great: talk about and listen to music," said Honetschlaeger. Any worries about the style or content of the music that will be brought in? "No, because the fans are always right when it comes to their favorite bands."
Ringtone Widget For Indie Artists Closes Gap Between Beta Records And Major Labels
Feb 3rd, 2007
New Feature Is Available At No Cost For Any Artist On The BETArecords.com Site.
BETA Records (www.betarecords.com) and founders Chris Honetschlaeger and Georg van Handel are making it possible for independent musicians to take advantage of the communication and promotional advantages of ringtones.
"The new BETA Ringtone Widget allows artists to copy and paste a personalized ringtone code into any forum, blog, or website," Honetschlaeger says. Through a custom code, artists' pictures and songs pass into a standalone interface enabling ringtones to be sent from any Internet environment to mobile phones around the globe. Thousands of artists on the BETA Records roster can utilize this feature without charge.
"Up until today, the ability to quickly and easily make and distribute a ringtone from a song was difficult for unsigned artists," van Handel states, "but now it's easy and doesn't cost a thing. This is part of our ongoing effort to bring modern distribution and interactive tools to every indie artist across the music community," van Handel adds.
Each advancement in distribution and promotion brings independent artists closer to enjoying all the advantages formerly reserved for artists signed to one of the four major record labels (Warner, Song/BMG, EMI, Universal).
"Getting music to fans, friends, and professional organizations like ad agencies or radio and television broadcasters no longer depends on major label representation," notes Honetschlaeger, "and the ringtone widget is just one more example of how indie labels are getting more 'major' every day."
BETA Records and Universal Music Find Opening Act For BON JOVI
Berlin, May15th 2006
BON JOVI is offering emerging artists the chance of a lifetime! As of now, German bands can submit their music to compete to be an opening act for the shows in Stuttgart & Munich.
Berlin, May15th 2006: worldwide more than 110 million albums sold, over 2,500 live shows in 50 countries with more than 32 million fans in attendance – these numbers speak a very clear language: Bon Jovi, the Rock-Superstars from New Jersey, are one of the most successful contemporary bands. This statement was once again proved last Saturday in the LTU Arena in Düsseldorf. Performing in front of 50,000 fans, Bon Jovi sold out their kick off show for their European tour.
During the occasion of Bon Jovi’s newly released album, “Have A Nice Day,” and the subsequent world tour, emerging bands from Germany are given the chance of a lifetime: The band members of Jon Bon Jovi are searching for a Support-Act for the upcoming MEGA shows in Stuttgart (May 27 on the Cannstatter Was’n) and Munich (May 28 in the Olympiastadium).
Simply put: A newcomer band will be given the opportunity to play a thirty minute live-show, playing original Bon Jovi songs in front of 75, 000 at each event! Bands that are eligible may be from anywhere within the Republic of Germany, with the exception of bands, which are already signed to a label or are primarily cover bands.
The two winning bands will be determined through an “Online-Voting” system – this way Bon Jovi’s fan base has the final say in who will heat up the stage of this years “Open-Air-Highlight”. Bon Jovi, who already established some success in the early 80’s as the opening act for the band “Scandal”, are offering up-and-coming bands the chance to be well known over night.
A quote from Jon Bon Jovi about this event: “When we started out, we were completely unknown and now we are larger than we could have ever imagined. We want to offer an opportunity to newcomer bands to showcase in front of a mega audience. This way the new generation of Rock Bands can experience what we are allowed to experience on a daily basis."
The entry phase for bands has started! On www.betarecords.de all contestants can apply immediately by uploading their music.
Sven Kilthau-Lander, Senior Director Promotion Universal Music Deutschland (International Division): “For Bon Jovi to share their success and stage with an unsigned band is a true sign of greatness. We are very excited about the competition and will watch each band very closely on behalf of Universal Music. The deadline to apply ends on May 23, 2006 at 12 noon.”
Appropriately, for the start of their European tour in the LTU Arena in Düsseldorf last Saturday, Bon Jovi played their current single for the first time in public, “ Who Says You Can’t Go Home,” it drove the audience wild.
For a long time Bon Jovi as a band has become an event you can’t miss.
Companies Partner to Find New Fans for Unsigned Musicians
Monrovia, CA May 3, 2006
MusicIP, the first global music search engine, has announced that BETA Records, one of the leading music websites for unsigned artists, has licensed a number of products within its technology platform, including the new interactive Music Playground™ search interface.
BETA Records provides singers, songwriters and musicians with a website platform to promote their songs and videos to music enthusiasts, industry executives, A&R agents and record labels. MusicIP’s technology will provide BETA Records with an infrastructure for rigorous track identification, metadata, acoustic discovery, and more using the actual musical attributes of the submitted songs. That infrastructure will also be used to provide a music search engine interface affording unparalleled discovery of unsigned artists in the BETA Records database.
“Our goal is to democratize the music business by creating a network of emerging artists and fans looking to discover new music,” says Georg van Handel, CEO of BETA Records. “The decision to license MusicIP’s technology platform was a natural fit to take our offering to the next level.”
The BETA Records website, www.betarecords.com, profiles musicians by name, gender, career, instrument, song, genre, and location, making advanced searches easy and results effective for record labels looking to find genre specific unsigned artists ready for record deals or gigs. The searches will now be powered by MusicIP’s innovative new Interactive Playground interface, which provides an impressive visual representation of acoustically similar tracks, as well as artist/album information.
“MusicIP and BETA Records have a similar goal to connect musicians and fans looking for new music,” says Dr. Matthew Dunn, CEO of MusicIP. “All of our technology is designed to help listeners discover new music, help musicians find new fans, and help music enterprises sell more music.”
About MusicIP
Known as the Global Music Search Engine, MusicIP provides a complete digital-music platform, with scalable services and products for every major industry niche. Founded in 2000, MusicIP provides revolutionary solutions that connect listeners, artists and enterprises. For music enterprises, MusicIP provides a complete framework for providing track identification and music discovery, spanning from consumer-electronics devices to large-scale label and commerce applications. In addition, MusicIP gives musicians a new marketing edge with a service called ListenerLink that provides global track exposure. Consumers can rediscover their music and discover new music with MusicIP’s amazing playlist firmware in partner devices, and in the company’s free MusicIP Mixer for all desktop platforms. For more information, visit www.musicip.com
DIESEL AND BETA Records go global searching for talent.
May 1, 2006 11:00am
BETA Records (www.betarecords.com) has been chosen as the “around the world” partner for the DIESEL-U-MUSIC contest launching May 1, 2006. BETA Records will use its existing database and broad network of partners to assist DIESEL in finding the best musicians across the globe.
Diesel-U-Music gives the next generation of artists both an industry and public platform on an international scale, bringing them out of their bedrooms and garages and showcasing their talents across three genres: Rock, Urban/Hip Hop and Electronic.
Entries will be accepted from May 1 – June 25, 2006. The finalists from each territory around the world will be chosen and announced in July, winning the opportunity to participate at the Diesel-U-Music Awards in London this October to perform in front of a huge international audience.
To find out more, GOTO
BETA Records – www.betarecords.com
Diesel-U-Music – www.diesel-u-music.com
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