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REBEAT DIGITAL
Music Distribution Software
REBEAT DIGITAL IS THE ULTIMATE STANDARD SOFTWARE PACK FOR EVERY
MUSIC CREATOR
Sell your songs worldwide on all the leading download shops - iTunes, Napster, Nokia, Jamba and many
others!
It is important to know that you should under no circumstances upload songs trough REBEAT Digital, for which you do
not have all necessary rights or have not got delegated those rights by the originator, since otherwise criminal
charges will be brought up against you. You have to know that this can lead to personal and financial troubles.
Copyright holders do not behave demurely to enforce their rights, so you do best when keeping your hands off titles
for which you do not hold all pertinent rights. Using REBEAT Digital does not at all protect you from impinging upon
sb.s rights.
II.
After completing the initial sign-up and registration process, you will receive a key code and your registration data
from REBEAT Digital. Please keep these data strictly private and under no circumstances forward it to third parties.
The possibility of uploading songs for which no rights are held is always given and in the end only you are liable for
what is occurring through your access. We therefore warmly recommend avoiding the dissemination and possible
abuse of your registration data.
III.
REBEAT Digital was created by musicians to perform the needs of musicians. We see ourselves as a kind of creative
community, without the pressures or influence of big corporate interests. We hope youll join us in taking our own,
basic ethical rules to heart. Overall, whats most important is that everyone has fun producing music. Having fun while
being creative is what its all about for us. But we will by no means tolerate or distribute any kind of songs promoting
racial or religious discrimination or other strongly offensive content. We formally advise you to refrain from uploading
such materials.
The three points above are, in essence, something like the constitution of REBEAT Digital, and if all users commit to adhering
to it, this program is sure to be successful. We want to point out explicitly that we reserve the right to exclude you from using the
platform in case of infringement.
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TABLEOFCONTENTS:
1.WhataboutcopyrightsandwhatamIallowedtoupload?
2.Whataremasterrightsandhowaretheyapplied?
3.Iwanttowriteanewtexttoanalreadyexistingsong,whatdoIhavetotakecareof?
4.Iwanttousesamplesorpartsofexistingrecordingsformyselfproducedcompositions.What
doIhavetotakecareof?
5.IwanttouploadasongbutdonothaveaBarcode(EAN)atmydisposal
6.WhatisanISRCCodeandwhatdoIneeditfor?
7.DoIneedEANandISRCCodesoriseitheroneofthemenough?
8.Whopaysmyroyalties?
9.HowdoItransfermysongstothenetwithREBEATDigital?
10.TheProductWindow
11.ImportWindow
12.TrackdataWindow
13.UploadWindow
14.SomeshortnotesabouttheMusicBiz
15.TheTracker
16.DataUpdate
17.TakeDown
18.ThePromotionTool
19.TheREBEATArtistCamp
20.Informationaboutyouraccounting
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Tip: if you have composed or written songs in collaboration with other musicians or as a band, clarify the copyright issue before
you upload the first song. Subsequent disputes are always onerous and thats not necessary if everything is clearly arranged
before.
For uploading third-party compositions (cover versions or remixes) you have to get the permission of the original publisher or the
originator, meaning the author and the composer of a song. The publisher or the originator has to give his explicit permission to
the digital use on the internet in written form.
To find out who published the title you want to use, we recommend contacting a society for musical performing and mechanical
reproduction rights. In the U.S. this is ASCAP or BMI. Both are easily reachable trough the internet. Please be aware that
getting permission from publishers can be a nerve-wracking and time-consuming affair and can take a couple of months to
succeed.
3. I want to write a new text to an already existing song, what do I have to take care of?
As discussed before, this is not as easy as it may sound like. You have to have the permission of the originator. In general, a
publisher represents the originator - so we are back to what we outlined earlier. To get the publishers permission, he needs to
receive the new version of a text then he will decide if you will or will not get the permission. Either way this process can take
some time and youll have to be patient.
Without permission of the publisher, thus the original author, you are not allowed to upload a new text version of a song. This is
outright illegal and will most certainly get you in trouble. Illegal use like this is likely to result in legal action against you.
4. I want to use samples or parts of existing recordings for my self-produced compositions. What do I
have to take care of?
The basic ground rule is that if you, yourself did not record the title youd like to use, meaning that if you do not hold any master
rights to it, you have to apply for a permit. Even if you only want to use very short samples, you cannot do so without permission
of the holder of the master rights. If the part you want to use is a few seconds long, you will additionally need the permission of
the originator, respectively the publisher. When you are working with purchased sampling libraries, you have to check the terms
and conditions of the license. It is not automatically guaranteed that you have the right to use the samples without permission of
the originator. You may even have to reel the master rights if you like to sample your work, in fact when you before left the rights
on realization of the work at someone else for evaluation. The use of samples in general is a delicate issue. We strongly
recommend refraining from using unsettled samples. There are specialists out there who explicitly watch out for the use of
unsettled samples to enforce the claim of the originators. Again, legal action is a very likely outcome.
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of the product and is therefore something like an electronic price tag of a product. That way, a correct accounting is guaranteed.
A product can either be just a single track or a complete album. Without a barcode or with a false barcode a correct accounting
cannot occur and the inventory control systems of the particular shops will not be able to process correctly. Thats why barcodes
are so important. If you do not have barcodes on your own, you can purchase them directly on your REBEAT Digital Software.
The one-time charge for one barcode amounts to 5.00.
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This tool is settled next to the $-symbol in the line EAN code. Here you are able to display the numerical series of
your barcode graphically, save and print it, e.g. for the pressing plant.
5. GENRE
Please select the specific kind of music genre here. Bear in mind that the correct genre information supply to the shops depends
on your selection in this category - it has an immediate impact on how easily consumers can search for and find your music.
Since the particular shops do have differing genre lists, REBEAT Digital does its best to summarize them to the lowest common
denominator. It is impossible for us to offer sub-assembly groups that are very detailed (e.g. Mongolian male chant), as is
practice on a few shops.
Subscription service systems like Napster offers, for example, work with a different principle. There you pay a monthly fee and
are then able to listen to as much music as you want. Other systems allow a set amount of downloads for a fixed monthly fee.
We also want to mention ring tones and streams both products have different price arrangements.
We feel that were all in the same boat in a way, and want to assure you that we will always be anxious to retrieve the highest
possible proceeds out of the shops. Remember, we live off the distribution margin - our percentage points of the sales profits of
your songs!
Please understand that the proceeds of sales are differing from portal to portal and cannot be standardized by REBEAT Digital.
6. PRELISTENING/ AUDIO EDITOR:
Here you can specify, which musical part of the track shall be used fort he "pre listening" in the shops.
7. COPYRIGHT
The small c in a ring it symbolizes the trademarked right. Therefore, please enter the owner of the master rights here. As a
rule, this should be you yourself, your Label or the person, who carried forward the rights for examination to you.
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8. PUBLISHER
The P in a ring it stands for Published at.
Please enter the publisher of your song in this field.
This field will be copied to the track data site and can there be entered to every single track. If you do not have your songs
published, thus not signed to a publishing company, please enter Manus or Manuscript in this field. This signifies as much as
self-published.
9. YEAR
In this field please enter the year of the registration of your work. To register a work, you have to be member of a society for
musical performing and mechanical reproduction rights.
10. EXPLICIT LYRICS
If your songs contain lyrics that would require a parental advisory sticker on a physical CD, you have to mention it here.
11. DIGITAL RELEASE DATE
In this field please enter the date on which you release your Digital files. Please note that it takes the different shops a differing
amount of time to bring your songs into their shops. In fact between 3 and up to 90 days until your songs are available on all
shops! Therefore please attempt to upload your products on time to take these varying times into account. This way you can use
the Digital release date to make sure that your songs will be released at the same time in all shops.
12. PROMOTION TEXT
You can enter some text for promotional use. It will be used by some shops next to your product. But REBEAT can not
guarantee the use of it anywhere and does not have influence to it. In any case take high attendance to misspelling and typos.
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1. VERSION
Name the version of your songs e.g. Radio-Version or Dance-Mix. This field can also remain empty.
2. ARTIST
The artist is the songwriter. If the song is without any text, please enter Instrumental.
3. ISRC
We already explained the importance of this code before. If you do not have an ISRC at your disposal, you can easily purchase
one here, by clicking the $ Symbol.
4. COMPOSER
The composer has composed the music of the song. If your song does not have a noticeable melody and is mainly spoken
words, then please enter Spoken Word here.
5. ARRANGER
The arranger wraps the work into its particular musical dress. In many cases, the producer is the arranger at the same time,
but not always. Most of all, when its about classical music, listing the arranger is very important.
5. PRELISTENING/ AUDIO EDITOR:
Determine the pre-listening stream out of your track which shall be used in the stores.
6. EXPLICIT EDITED
Have you edited the song, by putting a beep over explicit words, as it may be essential for particular radio-versions, since radio
stations do not play explicit versions? If so, please enter it here.
13. Upload-Window
There we go! Here, you are able to check all your entered data, and can inspect the costs incurred so far.
Queue: Here you can remove your product out of the queue for the upload once again to correct possible errors before
uploading.
If everything is as you want it to be, you are now ready to start the upload!
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From this time on, REBEAT Digital will manage the songs that youre placing in the shops and well keep our fingers crossed
that your songs will reach as many people as anyhow possible. Please also visit the FAQ's our website
www.REBEAT.com/Digital.html
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Phone# 212.7679714
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BeSonic GmbH
c/o Burgey Business Group GmbH
Hohenstaufenring 48 - 54
D-50674 Kln
Telefon: +49(0)221.99806080
Kontakt: support@besonic.net
The Tracker exactly does, what its name already tells you.
Click on one product of your choice at the level exported to the stores. (yellow marked in the picture)
As soon as your songs were exported to the shops, the Tracker continuously searches for your products in short intervals.
As long as the Tracker cannot find your product in a shop, a question mark shows up in the according shop logo.
When the Tracker found your product in a shop, it displays the according logo. By clicking on that sort of logo, you will directly
be prompted to your product in this shop. Not enough you are not even in the know at a glance also you can copy the URL
to your product in these stores by right click of your mouse!
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And we don't have to mention what this means, do we? Copy it, place it on your website, send it via mail whatever comes to
your mind be creative!
At the moment 15 shops are frequently browsed, so a max of 15 logos will be displayed:
Musicload
ITunes
Mp3.de
Napster
Rhapsody
Mediamarkt
Medion
Saturn
Libro
Freenet
EL Giganten
Ex Libris
Soundmedia
Musica Online
TDC Music
the waiting period is too short. It takes 3 to 90 days until your music is online everywhere.
Artist is "Various Artist". The process to clearly define your product in the shop is hindered.
The title or the name of the artist does include special characters which are not used in some countries.
Because of the genre affiliation the product is not accepted by every shop, e.g. will a classical music shop not except
rock music.
17. Take-Down
Take-Down means the cancellation of a product in the stores.
To perform the essential technical implementation for a Take-Down your credit card will be debited with EUR 10,-.
In follows your product will be cancelled from all provided stores (currently more than 250 stores).
A Take-Down is irreversible! If you want to put your product live again, you will have to upload it again as per tariff.
Promote your products with the Promotion Tool uncomplicated and effective. This happens in two steps: By weekly newsletter,
going to all stores REBEAT is cooperating with, and subscribers. Plus via the REBEAT Artist Camp (see below).
Click the new implemented Promotion button in your REBEAT Digital software and add important information to your product:
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The headline with a catchy, crisp description of your product (mandatory field)
An extensive promotion text with details and background information
Contacts for artist management and booking
A promo plan with upcoming events about your product (such as concerts, TV appearances, CD presentations etc.)
Flyer and promotion pictures
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Headline, artist, product title, label and genre as well as a direct link to your product at the REBEAT Artist Camp are going to be
spread with the weekly newsletter. All other facts will be available at the REBEAT Artist Camp.
The usage of the REBEAT Digital Promotion Tool is free of charge for the moment. Subsequent changes/updates within the
promotion details are possible anytime by a regular data update (EUR 5,-). Afterwards, the changes will be spread again with
our weekly newsletter.
The REBEAT Artist Camp (http://artistcamp.rebeat.com) is an information platform especially created for our users. Not only that
your product benefits from the steady growing visits of the REBEAT homepage by linking the Camp on your website or your
MySpace profile and in newsletters (be creative!), a wide musical network will develop step by step.
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***
With every step you take, do not ignore the fact that you are not the only player in the music-biz. Its rare that miracles happen
overnight; in most cases, success is the result of hard work and a little bit of luck. But - to have a hit cannot be anticipated by
anyone. You can compare it with a burst pipe - water will always make its way through the wall - it is just a matter of time. But
nevertheless, having hits is much more uncommon than having flops. Said that, it is in no way our intention to dishearten you,
far from it! We want to prepare you with essential protection to prevent you from suffering huge frustrations. Fortune favours the
bold!
Of course we want to keep you up-to-date at all times, therefore the REBEAT Distribution Software features an automatic
update function. Every time you start the program, the software is looking for the latest version and is installing it automatically
and for free. This way you do not have to think about updates at all.
One more piece of advice: Please print your e-mails with your registration data and keep them in a safe place to refer back on
for later installations.
If your personal data is changing in any way, please let us know as soon as possible.
When you e.g. get a new bank account number, we will need this information as much as if your postal address or your credit
card data were changing.
Since were dealing with your musical rights we want to and feel obligated to be careful with all your information. Thats why it is
necessary to always have your current data, so we can guarantee correct transactions with third parties (e.g. the societies for
musical performing and mechanical reproduction rights or the shops).
Now theres only one more thing left to say: Keep in mind the most important guideline for every business: The sky is the limit!
The REBEAT Team wishes you great results and best of luck!
If you are satisfied with our services, please recommend us to others.
REBEAT Digital
Gutenbergstrasse 23
3430 Tulln
AUSTRIA
E-Mail: support@REBEAT.com
Web: www.REBEAT.com
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