FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ArtistForce Announces Free Edition of ArtistForce.com Platform
$10,000 Reward for Artist who Books the Most Shows
AUSTIN/ October 9th, 2009 – ArtistForce proudly introduces a free edition of the ArtistForce.com live entertainment business platform, which will allow artists, venues, promoters, and talent buyers the unique opportunity to explore and utilize the valuable resources available through the ArtistForce.com platform, at no cost to the individual user. The free edition of ArtistForce.com offers artists the invaluable opportunity to connect with up to five different industry resources per month and will make it possible for users to receive messages, negotiate booking inquiries, and use the ArtistForce widget, without paying any fees whatsoever. Entertainment buyers will receive unrestricted ArtistForce.com access at no cost, so that they can review talent, negotiate performance offers in real time, manage event expenses, generate documents, manage contacts and connect in the only private business network exclusive to live entertainment at no cost.
ArtistForce is offering an extremely generous reward to the artist who best utilizes these free tools, thus providing incentive for potential users, while at the same time proving ArtistForce’s inherent belief in the services it offers. The artist who books the most paid shows using any free or paid edition of ArtistForce, between October 9, 2009 and February 14, 2010, will be presented with a check for $10,000 in Austin during the company’s participation in South By Southwest 2010, where the winning artist will also be given the tremendous opportunity to perform live at an ArtistForce-sponsored event.
“We are energized about the opportunity that every edition of ArtistForce.com provides for artists and entertainment buyers to reduce friction in their business relationships, develop a solid live entertainment strategy, learn the dynamics of the live business and book shows.” said Jonathan Romley, Founder and CEO of ArtistForce. With the release of these new editions, ArtistForce continues to lead the way in the new business of live entertainment.
“ArtistForce.com is such an evolutionary program. Not only does it produce opportunities for the band to play both better paying and producing gigs but it also shows you how to think more as an independent artist should rather than wasting time shooting in the dark or guessing.” explained Mike Wood of the Austin band Book of Sounds, a participant in the ArtistForce free edition pilot program.
ArtistForce.com provides a total web-based business solution for indie artists and live entertainment professionals, offering patent-pending real time performance offer negotiation, expense management, settlement, status tracking, document generation, contact management, and industry news, to its users. The only private business network exclusive to live entertainment, ArtistForce delivers streamlined efficiency and an unparalleled number of choices, connection, and control, by centralizing the live entertainment industry’s day-to-day business. Paving the way for new relationships and creating opportunities for emerging artists and industry professionals all over the globe, ArtistForce continues to revolutionize the way live entertainment does business.
Founded in 2006 by Jonathan Romley, ArtistForce.com is the first web-based relationship management platform and marketplace for live entertainment. Designed as the next generation technology platform for live industry business professionals and entertainers, ArtistForce solutions has allowed indie artists to act as their own booking representatives; made it possible for managers to easily interface and collaborate with agents and talent; allowed music festivals to manage hundreds of artist relationships and has given promoters the ability to find real time artist and venue availability to book shows.
Website: http://www.artistforce.com/
Use ArtistForce.com to book Mike Wood and Book of Sounds: http://www.artistforce.com/bookofsounds
Contact: Joel Lindenberg for ArtistForce
+1-323-375-4831 – pr(at)artistforce.com