With 30 years of experience in the Dance Music Industry in the US we are qualified
to advise and assist you with virtually any aspect of Dance marketing and promotion.
The list below will give you an idea of some of the areas where we can be of assistance:
Hiring remixers for existing tracks
We have several re-mixers that we work with directly that have excellent track
records with major labels and artists and will do a mix at a very reasonable price.
In addition to the mixers we work with directly, we also work with several management
companies that handle some of the biggest names in the business. If you have specific
mixers that you are interested in we will find them and negotiate a price for you
and you can work directly with them.
CD duplication
We do CD duplication and labeling through DSW including
24 hour turnaround with a variety of packaging and insert options. We generally
advise the use of high quality archival pockets and recommend that clients not use
jewel cases due to the expense, breakage issues and the fact the DJs throw them
away anyway. We can put together a high quality package with front and back UV coated
full color inserts and ship them to pools or mail them out in about 3 business days.
Promotional Distribution to Key Record Pools
At this time we maintain the reporting list of pools for both the DJ Times
Crossover Dance Chart and the FMQB pool chart. Right now that is 14 pools
covering major markets across the country including New York, Boston, DC,
Chicago, LA, San Francisco, Seattle, Atlanta, Miami, Baltimore and others. Those
pools represent between 400 and 500 Dance DJs working in several hundred clubs
in those markets as well as a significant number of radio and satellite mixers. If you'd like
to see why we recommend pool service, click here.
All of the Pool Directors on our list are required to report charts every two weeks
to be used in DJ Times and FMQB as well provide personal comments on each project
we send out. If for any reason they don't fulfill those requirements they are replaced
on the list. At this time we require 450 CDs for the national service. Our fee is
$1,000.00 per release which includes all outbound shipping charges from our office,
initial contact and prep with the directors, a report back to the label with all
comments, at least two follow-up reports and copies of DJ Times if and when the
product charts. Shipping is handled directly from our warehouse. That allows us
to insure that the mailing list, quantities etc, are up to the minute when we ship,
and the list is always being adjusted slightly. Trying to organize and verify a
pool list is a daunting task and labels use us because our list consists of established,
reporting pools with track records. Compared to the large lists that can be compiled
from the web, our list gives much better, targeted coverage and will save enough
in time and wasted to cover our fee.
Placement on key CD services
We have a long standing relationship with all of the key DJ only audio CD services
and remix services in the US including Promo Only, ERG, X-Mix and Ultimix. Their
CDs and pressings go to Key DJs, Radio Personnel and Satellite Programmers around
the country. There is never a guarantee of getting your material accepted on these
services, but we can get the material to the right people that program the discs
and make the decisions.
Placement on key Video services
We also have a long standing relationship with all major DVD video services.
Their DVDs go to key nightclubs and retail outlets around the country. Once again,
there is never a guarantee of getting your material accepted on these services,
but we know the right people that make the decisions.
Negotiations and planning for Winter Music Conference and DJ Times Expo events
At DME we have worked closely with conference organizers, Bill Kelly and Lou
Possenti of WMC and Jim Tremayne at DJ Times for years. We can assist you with registration,
rooms, hospitality suites and catering, showcases and advise you regarding events
around the conference.
Hiring for Billboard Dance Chart Promotion, Radio Mix Show Promotion, and National
Dance Radio Promotion
We have a long standing relationship with some of the best promotion teams in
the business for working Billboard, Radio Mix Show DJs, and National Dance Radio.
When the time comes to hire these teams DME can help in the evaluation and selection
of the companies needed to do the job and best suited to the specific project.
Billboard mailings
All of our mailings are done through Dixie Sound Works.
We routinely do mailouts to the entire Billboard Dance Club Play reporting panel.
Key radio mailings (with client supplied list)
Radio mailings are usually done in conjunction with a specific promoter who
will supply us with their specific mix show or radio list.