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Kerchoonz Social Network and Streaming Service Signs Key Independent Labels: 4AD, Matador, Rough Trade, XL Recordings
July 2009 Social Networking and music streaming site Kerchoonz announced an agreement with Europe's largest independent music label group,Beggars Group. The deal will allow users of Kerchoonz free access to around 20,000 tracks from Beggars' significant catalogue. Beggars Group represents the labels XL Recordings, Rough Trade, Matador, and 4AD and whose acts include a diverse selection of award winning artists such as Bon Iver, Jarvis Cocker, Vampire Weekend, British Sea Power, Cat Power, TV On The Radio andGrammy Award Winning 'Adele' to name but a few. The agreement with the label group represents a major boost to Kerchoonz growing catalogue of top-notch independent music. The Beggars Group catalogue will be available on demand and for free through Kerchoonz ad-funded model that allows labels and musicians to be paid for their media streams. The deal includes music from all labels and artists. Fans will be able to stream and build music playlists and interact with the artist's through the Kerchoonz.com social networking portal. "This deal will allow us to provide an even broader selection of great independent music for all music lovers." says Indiana Gregg, co-founder of Kerchoonz. "We are honored to be working with the Beggars Group and look forward to doing our part to help grow their digital business." "It really is a pleasure to welcome the Beggars Group to Kerchoonz," says Ian Morrow, director, "The depth of talent and quality in their repetoire and commitment to the independent music scene, really is second to none." "We're committed to making our catalogue available through as wide a range of services as possible" says Simon Wheeler, director of Beggars, "Kerchoonz was constructed with artists rights in mind and they are exactly the kind of company which the industry should support" About Kerchoonz Kerchoonz, founded by Indiana Gregg and Ian Morrow in 2008, is a forward thinking, multi-media company conceived to help level the playing field for artistic people through the democratizing power of the internet and freedom of choice for the artists and the public. Kerchoonz.com is a social networking platform that allows free exchange of music, art, ideas and entertainment. It enables fans to search and discover new music, play games, meet people, watch and upload video, keep up with news, post blogs, and a whole lot more. It is an ad-funded model that allows artists and musicians to be paid for their audio and video streams. About Beggars: In 2009, the labels that form the group are 4AD, Matador Records, Rough Trade Records and XLRecordings. Artists currently working with the above labels include Adele,Anthony & The Johnsons, Atlas Sound, Basement Jaxx, Beck, Belle &Sebastian, Beirut, Blonde Redhead, Bon Iver, The Breeders, Cat Power, JarvisCocker, Dizzee Rascal, The Hold Steady, Jay Reatard, Mogwai, M.I.A., My Morning Jacket, The National, The Raconteurs, Scott Walker, Sigur Rós, The Strokes,Stereolab, Super Furry Animals, Thom Yorke, TV on the Radio, Vampire Weekend,Voxtrot, The White Stripes and Yo La Tengo.
Tags: Kerchoonz Deal 4AD Matador XL Recordins Rought Trade
 Listen to Women's Radio Brian Ball's interview with Indiana about the official launch of new Social Networking site Kerchoonz.com and new features like K'ching where artists and fans alike can buy and sell products and tweet & Facebook and share the products that they are buying and selling to the world. A new digital download shop for artists and the new K-box from Kerchoonz that turns surfaces into sound! listen here
Tags: Indiana Gregg Kerchoonz K'ching K-box Brian Ball Women's Radio
 Kerchoonz has been working behind the scenes to bring users a new look and some new tools which will be launched later on this week. First of all, one of the new sections to Kerchoonz is Kching! Which you will soon be able to find on http://www.kerchoonz.com/kching . Kching is a new auction and store section where all of our users will be able to sell and buy items through Kerchoonz. This means that bands and artists will be able to sell their cd's and merchandise and users will be able to buy and sell as well. So, if you have a business or even if you want to sell used things that you have around the house, you will be able to use Kching. Your items will show up on your user profile page as well as in the the general Kching store. Another new thing that we are launching this week is our integration with Facebook. From this week forward, you will be able to link your Facebook page to Kerchoonz so that you can report your activities on kerchoonz to facebook. So, if you write a blog, update your status, or post new music or videos, your facebook friends will also see the link on facebook. There is also an invite feature so that you can invite your facebook friends to come hang out with you on Kerchoonz and they will be able to use their facebook login ID to join Kerchoonz.  We are also introducing a chat and status bar at the bottom of Kerchoonz pages so that you can instantly chat with your friends and navigate around the site whilst you are talking with your buddies instantly. You can see the chat bar at the bottom of the screen grab to the left here. It won't look exactly like this though once it goes live...it will look cooler and have even more functionality. Additionally, we have done a twitter integration that will soon go live that allows you to update your twitter status both to and from twitter and your status updates will show up in both your Kerchoonz feed and your twitter feed and you will be able to tweet any media that you would like to share on twitter directly from Kerchoonz! By the way, you can follow Kerchoonz on twitter: @kerchoonzOne last thing we've done recently is K-box. We've recently unveiled an mp3 player accessory that turns surfaces into sound. It connects with any iphone, ipod, laptop, mp3 player, phone, tv, dvd player or gaming unit (as long as it has a headphone or speaker jack) and basically, it's small and portable and you can use it just about anywhere!  You just plug the K-box into your device and set the K-box on any flat surface and the K-box overtakes the surface and turns it into a loudspeaker with bass (that's right, no more tinny sounding mini-speakers, this one does 40-20khz bass and has an average spl of 95Db! So, how cool is that? You can get more info about the K-box at http://www.kerchoonz.com/kboxAnyway, so that's the new news from Kerchoonz. If you're not already a member, sign-up today! It's going to be very very cool and we're growing like a weed already!!! Love and music, Kerchoonz!
Tags: Kerchoonz Kching Gel Audio Technology Mp3 Accessories Iphone Facebook
20th May '09... Kerchoonz Announces The Arrival Of The Amazing K-Box    Introducing the amazing K-box available only from kerchoonz.com. Plug it into your laptop, phone, mp3 or portable gaming device and experience it turn surfaces into sound! Using patented 'gel-audio' technology when placed upon any solid flat surface, a wall, table or even windows, the K-box turns the surface into sound with a truly incredible bass response! - High Quality Audio - Full Bass response 40-20KHz - Compact and Portable (115x55x20mm) - Up to 20 hours battery life (recharge via USB)
Price £39.99 + £5.00 P&P (Ships Worldwide)
Tags: Kbox Kerchoonz Kbox Audio Portable Speakers Gel Audio Technology Gadge
Hi ya!
We haven't written to you for a while and thought we'd give you an update on where we're heading!
Kerchoonz is going to be introducing an on-line shop for all the bands and artists on the site where you can buy their merchandise, physical albums, mp3 downloads, and whatever else you would like to buy from them. We are also introducing an auction section where you will be able to sell your gear (similar to E-bay only cooler & less expensive!). Additionally, we will be introducing a search & discovery by genre, a very cool recommendation engine and some other technologies that will help you discover new music!
K-widgets are our fantastic new way of helping to promote your favourite bands and artists. They not only play music and videos but also have links to the bands online shops.
Spread your favourite bands kwidgets around the web and help them market their music! Check em out HERE
Kerchoonz is currently working on a Twitter & Facebook integration which means your status updates and feeds on facebook & twitter will soon publish back and forth between your favourite networking sites and makes it easy for you to publish your Kerchoonz content around the web!
Lots of Love and Please tell us your thoughts.
As Always
With Music Love,
Team Kerchoonz
http://www.kerchoonz.com
PS: Kerchoonz plans to officially launch in June so, we're doing a cool little site makeover behind the scenes too! Ready, Set, woooohoooooooo
Beta News:
Let us know if you would beinterested in a customised band iphone app by sending us a message:kerchoonz@kerchoonz.com
Kerchoonz is pleased to announce our deal with Beggars Music Group. (Radiohead, Adele, Baby Shambles, Badly Drawn Boy etc.) Watch this space, there's more music to come when we launch officially in June!
Kerchoonz Live:
Check out some of the Kerchoonz Live video footage HERE
Got News?
Submit Your News article links at Kerchoonz! Use Ker-Digz to submit your news links from your website or blog. Post links to reviews or your press releases HERE
New Features:
Check out Our K-Widgets!
Kerchoonz has developed widgets that allow you to spread your favourite bands and artists far and wide on sites that accept html. So, help promote your favourite music! They're in all sizes to suit most blogs and comment boards! Have a look HERE
Continuous Music Player!
Participants were filmed and recorded in front of a live studio audience. The next Kerchoonz Live sessions are scheduled for July and it's going to be bigger and better! Don't miss out! Kerchoonz has introduced a continuous music player so you can load your playlist and browse the site without missing a beat!
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Social networking site Kerchoonz.com has once again set the bar for independent music by paying artists each time fans listen to their music through its latest Kerchoonz Live Sessions. The online competition encourages artists to upload their music, get paid for their streams, and perform for a live studio audience to be broadcasted across the web (instructions below).
The site was launched in beta following a dispute between independent artist Indiana Gregg and illegal torrent website "The Pirate Bay" after the site refused to remove a link to her debut album. The Pirate Bay are currently being sued by the IFPI for inciting illegal infringement of copyright.
"Kerchoonz has been formed as an alternative to piracy" states Kerchoonz.com co-founder Ian Morrow. "We don't wish to comment on the proceedings taking place against The Pirate Bay at the moment, however, we believe that there must be an alternative to piracy that makes music lovers' happy while compensating musicians for their work. That's what Kerchoonz is all about. Kerchoonz Live Sessions' mission to help promote bands and artists who are, especially in these recessionary times, struggling to earn a living from their art."
This month, four top bands were invited to perform at the House of Rock Studios in Glasgow, UK after participating in the Kerchoonz Live December Christmas download/streams contest. The event, which was filmed before a live studio audience, will be used in a online campaign to promote and boost the winning bands:
* Donna Marie:
http://www.kerchoonz.com/donnamarie
* Helicopter Girl:
http://www.kerchoonz.com/helicoptergirl
* Darnell:
http://www.kerchoonz.com/darnell
* The Fortunate Sons:
http://www.kerchoonz.com/thefortunatesons
Bands who participate in Kerchoonz Live Sessions will benefit by receiving promotion in hard press, world-wide blog networking, professional live studio recordings and interview sessions with top journalists around the globe and cash prizes. The next session is scheduled for April 2009 and will feature top songwriting from bands and artists across the globe chosen by a panel of nine industry judges.
Artists and songwriters can participate in Kerchoonz Live Sessions in 3 easy steps:
* Join the Kerchoonz.com community,
* Upload your music to Kerchoonz
* Send a comment link with the song title that you would like to enter to: http://www.kerchoonz.com/kerchoonz
About Kerchoonz
Kerchoonz.com, currently live in beta and scheduled for official launch in June, is a revolutionary social networking site which allows musicians to upload their music and be paid for every stream and every download of their music. Bands can opt to offer their music either for free download, or simply allow it to be heard through streaming on the site with 'buy' buttons next to every track.
http://www.Kerchoonz.com
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The Kerchoonz Live sessions were recently recorded at the House of Rock recording studios in Glasgow Scotland. 4 television cameras in a state of the art recording studio filmed in front of a live studio audience! We will be posting the video on blog networks across the world to help promote these bands. http://www.kerchoonz.com/thefortunatesons http://www.kerchoonz.com/donnamarie http://www.kerchoonz.com/helicoptergirl http://www.kerchoonz.com/darnell
Four bands played and they all rocked the house! It was a fantastic night and the sound was brilliant! If you are interested in participating in future sessions, send us a message and we'll give you more information on our audition procedure! :)
Tags: Kerchoonz Live Recording Sessions Donna Marie Helicopter Girl Darnell
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