Dmusic.com

Infobox Website
name = DMusic.com
url = http://dmusic.com
commercial = Mixed


type = Digital Music
registration = Yes
owner = Larry Feldman (leflaw)

DMusic.com is a social community for musicians on the internet. It allows artists to share their music and promote themselves through interaction. Anyone can listen, download, send, and comment on songs for free. The community can also set up profiles with pictures, journals (blogs), personal info, and more.

DMusic differentiates between an artist and a user. Each user is able to share an artist account with other members of their band. The user is then able to interact on a personal level as well as on a more professional level.

DMusic is also a source for digital music news, reviews, information.

History

DMusic was originally created as part of a larger network of both art and music related websites along with DeviantArt.

In 1997, high school sophomore Angelo Sotira founded a company he called Dimension Music. The site originally featured links to illegal MP3s, but eventually it was transformed into a genuinely legal site. He sold it in 1999 to Michael Ovitz and his Lynx Technology Group. It became part of DMusic Network, LLC. In 2001, the company was again sold, this time to L. Feldman who presides over it today.

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Artist's PageAs a DMusic artist, artists are automatically given an artist page, which is in addition to their user page. Artist pages show artist pics and the music they have uploaded. Listeners can stream in lofi or hifi, download an artist’s music, comment on and rate the tracks, post on the artist’s forum board, read artist news, check out what events that are coming up, and see who else is viewing the artist’s page

ForumsForums centered around music, hardware or software, or anything else.

DMusic RadioDMusic has several assorted streaming radio channels with tracks from many of popular genres. For each channel, there’s also a link that takes a listener to that particular channel’s forum thread, so that a listener can read and, if a registered user, add their Radio comments and suggestions.

CopyrightDMusic assists artists to federally register copyrights for their tracks for a fee. DMusic will have the application reviewed by an attorney and submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office.

DMusic AwardsTo showcase talent and recognize great musical achievements, the DMusic Awards were started in 2005. Winners are first nominated by members of the DMusic community in their respective genres and then go for site wide votes. DMusic StoreDMusic is currently in beta tests of an online store which allows artists to sell their music through the site. It also includes works by artists of Lost Gold Records, which was acquired by DMusic in mid-2004.

Administrators

External links

* [http://www.dmusic.com/ Dmusic.com]