Tunecore offers artists sheet music sales in conjunction with musicnotes

[The Press Desk at Gearslutz.com]

TUNECORE OFFERS ARTISTS SHEET MUSIC SALES IN CONJUNCTION WITH
MUSICNOTES

TuneCore has teamed up with Musicnotes.com to provide yet another way
for musicians to make money off their fame. Kicking off in May 2009,
any TuneCore Artist selling over 25,000 songs within 90 days can have
at least one of their songs professionally scored, translated to sheet
music and made available for sale via paid download at Musicnotes.com,
earning money from each sale. Musicnotes.com has sold over five million
sheet music downloads since its inception in 2000 at an average price
of $4.95.

This relationship further democratizes the industry by providing, for
the first time in the history of the music and publishing industry, a
unique opportunity for artists based on sales numbers, not an editorial
filter. "The music industry began in many ways with the selling of
sheet music. The irony of the intertwining of digital downloads with
sheet music is not lost on both companies," said Jeff Price, founder
and CEO of TuneCore.

"TuneCore has established a strong distribution model, and Musicnotes
is excited to provide their clients with a new royalty stream for great
songs that deserve to be scored and preserved" said Tim Reiland,
Chairman and CFO of Musicnotes. "Sheet music is as old as the hills,
but digital distribution of the product represents a brand new
opportunity for most singer-songwriters, and we are confident the
100,000 daily visitors to Musicnotes.com will appreciate the ability to
legally purchase these songs.

Many TuneCore artists are already being actively searched within the
Musicnotes.com system for their most popular selling songs, including
those not on traditional music labels. The initial TuneCore artists
eligible for this opportunity include:

Never Shout Never
Boyce Avenue
Keith Richards/Toots & the Maytals
3oh!3
Josh Kelley
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Ziggy Marley
Michael Hunter
The Friday Night Boys
Eric Hutchinson
Boxer Rebellion T
he Quiet
Stereo Skyline
Chase Coy
Meiko
Brett Dennen
MGMT
Rosie Galan
Kim Taylor
Ron Pope
My Favorite Highway
Relaxing Piano Music

Gavin Mikhail, William Fitzsimmons and Ingrid Michaelson are already
taking advantage of the opportunity.

About Musicnotes: Musicnotes, Inc. offers an online catalog of almost
100,000 digital sheet music titles, built on the strength of content
agreements with Alfred Publishing, EMI Music Publishing, Faber Music
Ltd, Sony/ATV Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group, Disney
Music Publishing, Peermusic, Word Music, EMI Christian, Bug Music and
many others. Musicnotes is included in Internet Retailer' list of the
Top 500 Online Retailers and was recently selected by Internet Retailer
as a "Hot 100" site for 2009. In 2008, Musicnotes.com purchased and
re-launched MXTabs.net, turning it into the web's first "free and
legal" guitar and drum tablature site. On the Web:
http://www.musicnotes.com and http://www.mxtabs.net.

http://www.tunecore.com