New Website For Musicians

GROUNDBREAKING WEBSITE IS MAIN ATTRACTION FOR BUDDING MUSICIANS

Thousands descend on Kerchoonz.com to help their music careers take-off

Kerchoonz.com - the much anticipated answer to the music industry’s current downloading problem – has already attracted thousands of musicians during its beta launch. Unsigned bands and artists will be paid every time their tracks are downloaded or listened to. Acts will receive half a penny for every play and up to 10p for every download – by far the largest payments available to any act choosing to give away their music online. The new social networking site designed to provide musicians – both signed and unsigned – with everything they need to further their careers, has been put together by industry pros to keep music free for the fans while paying the artist. The site is turning heads in the music industry as it gives the internet a much needed wake-up call. “I can imagine it’s going to be huge and why not?” says former Stereophonics star Stuart Cable. “Becoming a professional musician in a band is the hardest job in the world - so to do it this way is great."

“It's great that a website is trying to do something different and give unsigned bands a chance to make some extra revenue from their music. Anything that shakes the internet up and tries to slow down the rate of illegal downloading can only be a good thing,” adds Caroline Beavon, music journalist and presenter for Kerrang! Radio. Kerchoonz.com is currently locked in talks with both independent and major record labels to bring further content to the site, providing a comprehensive music catalogue for fans. Acts can even earn money by recommending other bands and artists to the site and, with no limit on the number of people you can recommend, it’s the hardest working acts that will reap the greatest rewards.

Posted by Anna Nathanson