Hello! No you do not, you can be your own label and publisher.

Kevin Ebaugh
kevin@nimbit.com

Hey Jette-

Nimbit enables multiple payees on a per-product basis. For example, you could have 20% of a certain album going to your manager, or any other percentage to anyone. Then when we payout, we'll cut everyone a check.

Heck yeah man, everyone should have this bookmarked. This has been a great forum for reference. Thanks again Mike!

Agreed, or even a post for each of these companies participating in the discussion!

Not to echo Tony too much, but we can too! Check out http://www.nimbit.com/solutions/storefronts and http://www.nimbit.com/services/manufacturing/deal...

This is a great post with a bunch of great companies distributing to iTunes. One thing that Nimbit offers that others don't is the ability for the artist (and their fans) to sell from their website, Myspace, Facebook page, and wherever else they can embed Flash, while retaining all of their fans' information. Demographics on who is buying your music is key, and iTunes offers their zip code at best, and even that is at a premium.

iTunes is certainly the leader in digital music sales right now, which is why we are seeing so many places distributing to them. However, fans do not go there to discover new music or create a relationship with the artist. With our OMT, Skin, and download cards, Nimbit provides tools to sell to the fan at every impression, through every avenue. The key is reaching the fan when they are most pumped about the music and their connection the artist, and that is what Nimbit is all about.

I look forward to following this blog, good stuff. Thanks for the mention!

Kevin Ebaugh
kevin@nimbit.com