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Brutal Noise offers worldwide digital and physical distribution for your music through two unique distribution options. Worldwide Digital Distribution & Digital & Physical Global Distribution.

I. WORLDWIDE DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION

TO ACTIVATE YOUR ACCOUNT:
Send Brutal Noise 5 CDs and $99 per release.

• This is a one-time payment -- there are no additional renewal fees required to keep your release distributed through Brutal Noise.
  
• We offer reduced rates to artists and labels that add five or more releases to Brutal Noise at the same time. Contact us at ar@brutalnoise.com for rates.

YOU'LL RECEIVE:

• Worldwide Digital Distribution. Your songs will be made available on a track-by-track basis to millions of Digital Music Service [DMS] subscribers. Please note: Our DMS partners will offer your music for sale approximately six weeks after we've received your music.
  
  
• 50% of all revenues generated from your music. Our DMS partners pay Brutal Noise for all music sold. From that gross revenue, you will receive 50% of all revenues generated from your music, minus any costs associated with the sale (if applicable).
  
  
• Discounts on registering additional releases with Brutal Noise. Once you add your music to Brutal Noise, you can register additional releases for a discount.
  For Worldwide Digital Distribution, you can register additional releases for $69 each [$30 discount].
  For Digital & Physical Global Distribution, you can register additional releases for $109 each [$40 discount].
  
  
• Exposure and more. Here's how we will use the 5 CDs:
  
  • We will use one copy to encode your songs for use on the DMSs.
    
  • We will send one copy to All Music Guide. The All Music Guide is the world’s most comprehensive online database of CD releases.
    
  • We will send one copy to Muze. Muze supplies album artwork, soundclips and release information to various Internet music stores.
    
  • We will submit one copy to our in-house A&R team. Brutal Noise is widely recognized in the music industry as a vast source for emerging talent.
  • One CD will be filed as a backup copy for our office.

PAYMENT DETAILS

• Brutal Noise pays artists and labels quarterly in US dollars for all music sold.
  
• Artists: Payment for your sales will be processed when your release balance reaches $10. If an account balance for a specific release is less than $10, payment will be carried over until the account reaches $10.
  
• Labels: A Label is defined as any artist or label that submits five or more albums to Brutal Noise at one time. Payment for your sales will be processed when your aggregate account balance reaches $50. If your account balance is less than $50, payment will be carried over until your account reaches $50.
  
  

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II. DIGITAL & PHYSICAL GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

TO ACTIVATE YOUR ACCOUNT:
Send Brutal Noise 30 CDs and $149 per release.

• This is a one-time payment -- there are no additional renewal fees required to keep your release distributed through Brutal Noise.
  
• We offer reduced rates to artists and labels that add five or more releases to Brutal Noise at the same time. Contact us at info@brutalnoise.com for rates.

YOU’LL RECEIVE:

• Digital & Physical Global Distribution. Your songs will be made available on a track-by-track basis to millions of Digital Music Service [DMS] subscribers. Your physical CDs will be distributed to all major Online Retail Stores and Traditional Retail Stores. Please note: Our DMS partners will offer your music for sale approximately six weeks after we've received your music.
  
• 50% of all revenues generated from your music.

  DMS
  Our DMS partners pay Brutal Noise for all Orchard-affiliated music sold. From that gross revenue, you will receive 50% of all revenues generated from your music, minus any costs associated with the sale. Brutal Noise pays artists quarterly in US dollars for all music sold.

  ONLINE RETAIL
  Your music will be available for sale on the major Online Retail Stores approximately two weeks after you send us your CDs. You will receive 50% of the wholesale price that you will determine in the Application process, minus costs related to shipping and inventory management. The wholesale price is the price at which your music will be sold to Online Retail Stores.

  TRADITIONAL RETAIL
  Brutal Noise’s one-stop distribution partners will provide your release information to traditional retail accounts around the country and will make your music accessible for sale. If the retailer decides to buy your music and carry it in their store, you will receive 50% of the wholesale price that you will determine in the Application process, minus costs related to shipping and inventory management. The wholesale price is the price at which your music will be sold to the one-stop distributors.

• Discounts on registering additional releases with Brutal Noise. Once you add your music to Brutal Noise, you can register additional releases for a discount.
  For Worldwide Digital Distribution, you can register additional releases for $69 each [$30 discount].
  For Digital & Physical Global Distribution, you can register additional releases for $109 each [$40 discount].
  
  
• Exposure and more. Here’s how we will use the 30 CDs:
  
  • We will use one copy to encode your songs for use on the DMSs.
    
  • We will send one copy to All Music Guide. The All Music Guide is the world’s most comprehensive online database of CD releases. AMG also supplies various Internet stores with album artwork, soundclips and release information.
    
  • We will send one copy to Muze. Muze supplies album artwork, soundclips and release information to various Internet music stores.
    
  • We will submit one copy to our in-house A&R team. Brutal Noise is widely recognized in the music industry as a vast source for emerging talent.
    
  • One CD will be filed as a backup copy for our office.
    
  • The remaining 25 CDs will be used to fulfill orders. Brutal Noise will assign each release a unique bar code and make each release available for SoundScan, the company that tracks sales to determine the Billboard sales charts.

PAYMENT DETAILS:

• For all third-party CD retail sales, Brutal Noise accepts all music on a consignment basis and pays the artist on a net income basis. The artist will receive payment one quarter after Brutal Noise receives payment from its partners, which is often 3-6 months after the sale occurs. Some physical distributors (Baker and Taylor, Amazon for example) order music on a consignment basis, so music shipped does not always equal music sold. Once a distributor sells the music, they pay Brutal Noise, and we pay the artist.
  
• For all physical and third-party online retail sales, Brutal Noise withholds 25% of the artist's earnings as a reserve because some product may be returned and charged against Brutal Noise's account. If Brutal Noise ships more than 100 units in any given quarter, Brutal Noise reserves the right to extend the reserve amount. After two quarters, this reserve is liquidated and paid to the artist.
  
• Accounting is separated into two areas: digital track sales and third-party CD sales.
  
  
  • Artists: Payment for your sales will be processed quarterly when your release balance for third-party CD sales reaches $250 or when your release balance for digital track sales reaches $10. If your third-party CD sales balance for a specific release is less than $250, or if your digital track sales balance for a specific release is less than $10, payment will be carried over until either balance reaches its minimum requirement.
    
    
  • Labels: A Label is defined as any artist or label that submits five or more releases to Brutal Noise at one time. Payment for your sales will be processed quarterly when your account balance for third-party CD sales reaches $1000 or when your account balance for digital track sales reaches $50. If your aggregate third-party CD sales balance is less than $1000, or if your aggregate digital track sales balance is less than $50, payment will be carried over until either account balance reaches its minimum requirement.
  
  

PRODUCT MANAGEMENT

If some of your music is sold at retail, the retailer may wish to buy and stock more of your CDs. When this occurs, we will send you an email re-order request for more music, and we ask that you fulfill each order in a timely manner (two weeks or less) so that retailers do not cancel their orders.

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