The Unsigned Music Network
Founded in 2001, UMN is new music company dedicated to empowering independent artists in their efforts to build successful and sustaining careers. The company operates UMN.com , which acts as a powerful distribution and marketing hub offering scalable tools and services designed to enable independent artists to better market their music and build careers. UMN’s mission represents an entirely new approach to the traditional record label process as it directly bridges unsigned/indie artists with opportunities offered by corporate America.
Bridging the Gap
UMN leverages its depth and breath of music to create promotional and revenue opportunities traditionally closed to indie artists through tours, sponsorships and licensing. Artists who are part of the network are able to leverage the increased exposure afforded by higher profile sponsors and audience awareness to continue to grow their careers. Sponsors are given access to a vast array of music content created by untapped artists that offer an edgy/hip endorsement for their brand
Online Community Discovering and Promoting New Music
UMN.com’s distribution network is designed to foster the growth of like-minded music fans who are actively looking to discover and promote the best music on the network making it easy for partners to choose music and artists with proven popularity.
Tools and Services
Through varying subscription levels UMN provides independent artists with back end tools and services that create promotional and revenue opportunities traditionally closed to indie artist. In addition to more traditional back end services, UMN.COM provides artists with the ability to earn additional revenue if they chose to opt in to the company's music publishing/licensing program.
UMN.com’s various subscription levels offer:
Artist home pages and URL
Ability to upload songs
Ability to offer songs to stream or for download
Email fan list management tools
Web page statistics
Access to UMN’s licensing & publishing group
Band booking services
Benefits for Artists
UMN understands that building a solid and loyal fan base is a key ingredient to reaching a mass audience and provides each artist with communication tools to easily enable them to promote their music through varying levels of participation.
UMN.com allows for artists:
easily communicate with their fans
control their image, sound and long term career goals
control their own copyrights
opt-in to the company's music publishing/licensing program
attract sponsorship, promotional, licensing and merchandising opportunities to advance their careers
Create on-demand CD service
leverage the name, reputation and traffic of UMN.COM to further their careers
Benefits for Partners
UMN.com’s community discovers great new music available on the network that has proven appeal
access to a great depth of music content created by untapped artists that offer an edgy/hip endorsement for their brand.