Zimbalam’s CEO now President for France’s Music Industry Recording Association

June, 28th 2010 02:11

SNEP, which represents the recording industry in France, has elected Denis Ladegaillerie, founder and president of Digital Believe, as its president for the next two years. Olivier Montfort, president of EMI Music France, was elected vice president.

Denis Ladegaillerie founded Digital Believe in 2004. He has worked for 10 years in the new media sector and is a graduate of the ESCP, Duke University and was called to the Bar of New York State.

The full new SNEP council line-up:

  • President: Denis Ladegaillerie – Believe Digital
  • Vice President: Olivier Montfort – EMI Music
  • Yves Riesel – Abeille Musique
  • Eric Hauville – Pschent
  • Stéphane Le Tavernier – Sony Music
  • Mehdi El Jai – XIII Bis Records
  • Pascal Negre – Universal Music
  • Thierry Chassagne – Warner Music

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Believe Digital Launches US-Focused A&R Team; Signs Global Distribution and Promotion Agreement with Anoop Desai

June, 24th 2010 19:29

Go to www.zimbalam.com to  try the new Zimbalam CRM system and Social Media Player with Integrated Stores (only one approved on Facebook).

We are proud to announce that Believe Digital has not only established an A&R team for the US market, but that the team is already on a roll, signing a distribution and promotion agreement with former American Idol contestant Anoop Desai.  Under terms of the agreement, Desai’s record “All Is Fair” will be distributed across Believe Digital’s Zimbalam network, receiving coverage in 350 stores including Amazon, eMusic, Napster, Real, and hundreds more worldwide.  Zimbalam will also provide marketing support to Desai through the network’s host of promotional tools and real-time CRM capabilities.

Desai will benefit from a personal A&R manager at Believe Digital, who will provide valuable advice and support on strategy, marketing and promotion investment and who can ensure he is receiving the greatest exposure while maximizing monetization opportunities.  Desai’s  album debuted in the “top new artist album” section at #65 and #177 overall in the digital album category at Soundscan.

At Believe Digital, our goal is to provide independent artists with a powerful marketing tool set and global reach rivaling those of the largest record labels. We are proud to reach this agreement with Anoop Desai, and we view it as a testament to the promotional opportunities and revenue potential offered by the Zimbalam network on a global basis.

With the recent launch of the US version of Zimbalam, Believe Digital’s A&R team will monitor and offer additional promotion services to other top performing independent artists on the network.

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How Zimbalam’s Real-time CRM System and Social Network Player Makes More Money for Independent Artists

June, 16th 2010 20:27

Go to www.zimbalam.com to  try the new Zimbalam CRM system and Social Media Player with Integrated Stores (only one approved on Facebook).

Zimbalam is very pleased to announced that the new Zimbalam Backstage real-time CRM system and fully intergrated Zimbalam player and Facebook Widget are now live for all users (we previously did post about the CRM system).   The integrated distribution and marketing system gives artists a huge advantage in selling music by integrating personalized purchase links in the player (Zimbalam automatically suggests the best music online store in the player based on the listener’s location).

The Zimbalam Backstage CRM system provides data into what is working best for streaming and purchase referrals.  Real-time sales data from participating stores like iTunes gives the ability to understand the daily, weekly and monthly progression of sales and precisely analyze day-to-day earnings each quarter.   

Artists can also customize the Zimbalam player to create an album like experience with the entire discography available in a single player.  The player also acts as a marketing widget for viral distribution on social networks.  There’s also a special Zimbalam Facebook widget player is also the only Facebook player featuring direct purchase links to the major online stores.  

Other player features including the following

  • Fast loading times to quickly capture fans attention
  • Displaying the best local store for the listener based on their location (via the IP address)
  • One player for the entire discography – display of the artist’s entire discography in one place eliminates the need to embed different players for each individual release
  • Customizable look and feel to deliver album like personalization: Artists can select from a wide variety of built-in background images and colors
  • Optimized for live updates from artists online feeds including YouTube, Twitter feeds, MySpace, Facebook and more

Check out the new player…

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Brand new Zimbalam Backstage interface

April, 23rd 2010 11:46

We are excited to be able to offer you a brand new Zimbalam Backstage interface.
The new interface benefits from a new design and a number of new features, designed to make Zimbalam simpler, more intuitive and more enjoyable to use.

The new interface will allow you:

  1. To create, edit and upload your releases with a few clicks thanks to the new ‘Manage my releases’ tab.
  2. To create and customize the Zimbalam widgets more easily and share them on your social networking sites. (MySpace, Facebook, blogs etc.)
  3. To understand the daily, weekly and monthly progression of your sales and analyse your day to day earnings very precisely following each quarter
  4. To easily enter all of your information in one place (Banking details, personal information, languages etc.)

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Save 80% on distribution during March with our SXSW promotion!

March, 26th 2010 18:54




Take advantage of America’s biggest music industry extravaganza, SXSW, with a great deal from Zimbalam this March.

Didn’t get a chance to show off your stuff at this year’s SXSW conference? You can still take advantage of the buzz surrounding the event with our SXSW promotion; we are offering all users the chance to release their music for 80% off the normal price until the end of the month, so don’t hang around, release your music today!




Using our special promo code, you can release a single for just $3.99 and an EP or album for just $5.99! a saving of over 80% on the standard prices of $19.99 and $29.99 respectively!


To take advantage of this fantastic offer, simply enter the code SXSW at the validation stage, but hurry, the code is only valid until the 31st of March.


There are no extra or hidden fees, just the standard annual fee, which is applicable from year 2 of your contract and you will earn 100% of all royalties, just as with the standard contract, so what are you waiting for? Upload your release today!

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Zimbalam in the New York Times

March, 25th 2010 13:18






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Make More From Your Music, With Zimbalam You Now Earn 100% of the royalties from your sales!

March, 24th 2010 19:02

Zimbalam is now paying artists 100% of the royalties from each release distributed with us.

Even more importantly, it won’t cost you any more to put a release out with Zimbalam!

We are still charging just $19.99 to distribute a single and $29.99 for an EP or album release. But instead of giving us a percentage of each sale we have added a new annual subscription charge of $9.99 for a single or $19.98 for an EP or album which will be deducted from your royalties.

Rather than deduct a percentage of each sale we think it is more beneficial for artists to pay a flat fee for their release and earn 100% of all the money that the release makes. As payment for the annual fee Zimbalam will keep the first $9.99 or $19.98 earned by each release respectively and, once this initial fee has been recouped, we will pay you 100% of the royalties for your release.

This is the fairest solution for artists on the market, as, rather than directly charge your bank account an annual subscription fee like our competitors, we simply deduct from your royalties. We will also not charge you extra if a particular release doesn’t sell well in a particular annual period.

You will only ever have to pay Zimbalam once for our services, any future fees or subscription charges are automatically deducted from your royalties so you don’t need to worry about being charged an arm and a leg for hidden fees and extra services without warning!

For example, if one release only sells a few copies we won’t charge you a full fee to keep it online, in fact we won’t charge your account at all, we will simply keep whatever the release has earned and put the fee back for the next year. This allows you to keep your releases online forever at no additional cost and with no financial risk on your behalf that, with another distributor, would be taken from your account by direct debit, regardless of sales.

Please see the table below for an example of how much better off an artist can be under the new deal if they sell £5,000 worth of an album release:

Sales 90% Royalty Rate

(Old Zimbalam Offer)

 100% Royalty Rate with Fee

(New Zimbalam Offer)
$5,000 $4500 $4980.02

The new deal will be launched tomorrow for new users and all releases completed as of midnight tonight will be subject to the terms of the new deal. For artists that have already distributed a release with Zimbalam, the deal will remain the same for any release(s) currently online, earning 90% of royalties.

However, anyone wishing to switch a particular release to the new deal, will be switched to the new contract from this point forward. Free of charge.

If you have any questions about the new offer please email us and we will talk you through it.

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NEW PLAYER

March, 24th 2010 18:50



The new and improved player is now available in your Zimbalam area.

Your Zimbalam area has been updated today with the new player, which has been given a design and functionality overhaul to improve the visual impact and uses of the player for your music!

The new player is the best tool to convert your audience and fanbase into digital customers and can be implemented across all web applications.



The major changes to the player are listed below:


Quicker : the new player is quicker to load and will always display the correct local store link for your fans based on the location of their IP address.

More Practical : The improved player will now display your entire discography in one place, there is no longer any need to embed different players for each individual release.

More Customizable: Pick any background image, you no longer just have the option of using your artwork and there is a huge choice of colors available to suit.

More Complete: Link your player with your social networks and the player will automatically update news, videos and more from your feeds online ; YouTube videos, Twitter feeds, MySpace, Facebook and more …

More Viral: With direct links to the major social networking tools; MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, your fans can link to keep up to date with all your 2.0 activities.

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NEW FACEBOOK PLAYERS !

March, 24th 2010 18:48

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Brand new Facebook Players are now available on your Backstage area..

Designed and built by the Zimbalam team, they are the only player currently compatible with Facebook that features direct purchase links to the major online stores!

To install the application on your profile, a very simple tutorial is available on your Zimbalam Backstage Area.

Check out an example here.

To add the application, please visit : http://apps.facebook.com/zimbalam/

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Zimbalam’s Digital Music Distribution Service Launches In North America

March, 23rd 2010 12:50

Paris, France – March 11, 2010 – Zimbalam, the largest digital music distribution and marketing network, today announced the launch of the US version of its distribution network. Zimbalam, owned by independent music distributor and service provider Believe Digital, provides artists with access to 25 of the most popular music stores such as iTunes and Spotify and unprecedented global reach through several hundred additional stores worldwide.

Zimbalam delivers transparency and marketing control to artists with real-time daily sales data, CRM tools such as email newsletters and social networking promotional widgets. Zimbalam’s widgets make global marketing easy by automatically detecting a person’s location and then promoting to the most popular music stores for that region.

To maximize artist revenues, Zimbalam simply charges an industry-low annual fee so artists can keep 100% of royalties. Zimbalam’s nominal fee is $29.99 in year one then $19.98 per year after for an EP or album. Once the fee is recouped, artists keep 100% of royalties generated from sales. After the initial year, artists are only charged if they have sold enough music to cover the low fees, essentially eliminating financial risk.

To celebrate the South by Southwest (SXSW.com) festival, Zimbalam is offering a special rate through the end of March, with distribution of the first album at a reduced rate of $5.99. Artists taking advantage of the special rate can effectively start making money after only one album is sold. Artists can take advantage of this offer by using the code SXSW when signing up at www.zimbalam.com.

“With Zimbalam, our goal is to bring the largest distribution network, the strongest marketing tool set and the greatest revenue potential, all at the lowest price point, to the US independent music community, ” said Believe Digital and Zimbalam CEO Denis Ladegaillerie. “We want to make sure that independent artists have the chance to not just realize the best business opportunities, but also to realize the opportunity to break through on a global basis.”

Bridging the gap between the independent music community and major labels, Zimbalam also gives artists with breakout potential the opportunity to benefit from the A&R team of parent company Believe Digital (www.believedigital.com). Artists with strong performance on the Zimbalam network are assigned a personal A&R manager to provide valuable advice and support on release strategy, marketing and promotion investment and to ensure they are receiving the greatest exposure while maximizing monetization opportunities.

About Zimbalam and Believe Digital

Believe Digital is the largest distributor for independent music community, based on both geographic reach and number of distribution outlets. Founded by top music executives from companies including Vivendi Universal, MP3.com, eMusic, BMG Entertainment and Sony, the company has received support from top VCs XAnge and Ventech. Internationally, Believe is supported by a staff of 70 dedicated employees in six countries across Europe (the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, Spain and Portugal) and the United States.

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