Announcing uPlaya’s New Subscription Options

uPlaya Artists,

As many of you know, uPlaya recently launched new subscription options for artists who are looking to further personalize their uPlaya experience. We realize that it can be a bit confusing, so we wanted to take a moment to go over them very briefly, and if you have additional questions, please let us know.

Which uPlaya Account is Right For Me?

This is determined by your personal career goals. Is your music recorded and ready for the masses? If you are ready to launch a strategic marketing campaign, one of the uPlaya Premium Subscriptions is best for you. The Premium Subscriptions offer more digital marketing applications, including the ability to place your song in uPlaya's music discovery games for iPhone and Facebook (one of which was recently reviewed in Billboard). The Premium digital marketing applications also have more functionality, such as the ability to stream clips of your songs and increased statistics feedback.  Are you still working on your latest album and need feedback on its potential along the way? The Premium Plus Subscription is the best option for you because it will allow you to receive Hit Song Science feedback for lots of songs at once. This way you can compare different versions of songs and see which songs to include in that album or in your next live show.

Types of uPlaya Memberships

uPlaya Standard Account (free)

Artists of all genres and styles can visit www.uPlaya.com and receive analysis and promotion of two MP3 uploads FREE. Once you have received the Hit Song Science scores for your songs, you will also receive an Album widget that can be distributed through social networks, blogs and sent to fans through emails. You will also receive the basic uPlaya Press Kit, which presents information about you and your music in a professional electronic format. (Learn more about Marketing Widgets and the UPK.)

The uPlaya Premium Memberships

Premium Members will have more functionality built in to their widgets and press kit and will also have access to additional promotional features. There are two types of Premium Memberships:

1.    PREMIUM Membership: 2 additional song uploads, 2 contest tickets and the benefits listed below for six months for $25

2.    PREMIUM PLUS Membership: 15 additional song uploads, 15 contest tickets and the benefits listed below for six months for $90

Benefits of Premium Membership:

• More song uploads in addition to the first 2 free uploads. That’s a total of 4 songs with Premium Membership and 17 songs with Premium Plus Membership.

• The song uploads come with Hit Song Science™ analysis (immediate response), and an Album widget and other marketing widgets you can use to market your music globally

• Any high-scoring songs receive Auddy Awards, which can be easily shared online to help promote you on all major social networks

• Choose four songs to stream live samples of on your uPlaya Press Kit (UPK), as well as access to other press kit extras

• Your songs may appear in our interactive applications, such as the uPlaya Facebook Applications and the music discovery games. Check out the Facebook games right now

• Deepen relationships with fans through customizable tools, like fan newsletters, that enable you to communicate and engage fans. “Become a Fan” buttons are now on all of your promotional tools.

• uPlaya now has a suite of interactive tools and dashboard for music consumers to discover your music, so be sure to tell all of your fans and friends to sign up as one of your fans!

• Gather more information about how people are reacting to your music online with uPlaya’s new and improved statistics dashboard. Check your stats daily to see how many people have seen your promotional materials and clicked the “Like” button, the “Info” button, the “Buy” button, and the “Become a Fan” button on all of your marketing tools, including promotional widgets, press kit and games.

• Your music is eligible to be placed in the uPlaya Music Blogger Portal that features music bloggers reviewing and writing about music

• Your music may be discovered by our Sync partners who need music for films, commercials and advertising pieces

• Your music is up for review by the uPlaya Team for LOTS of possible promotions, including the Featured Artist Page on uPlaya.com, the uPlaya Blog editorial series, the “Up-and-Coming Artist of the Week” promotion on uPlaya’s Facebook page, the uPlaya Twitter feed, and the uPlaya Newsletter. Some of the promotions just mentioned will also be syndicated to our bookmarking sites, including Delicious, StumbleUpon and Digg.  The more music you have uploaded, the more content for us to fall in love with, so upload your own favorites today!

• You better your chances of being approached by uPlaya for a digital distribution deal because more of your music and content will be in the Music Universe to be evaluated and discovered

• Receive contest tickets for 15 of your uploaded songs, which can be entered into Music Universe Contests and Talent Searches with uPlaya partners. Past contest partners include MTV, Yallwire, AllHipHop, Urban Latino, and American Songwriter. For a list of the current uPlaya Contests, click here. (see applicable terms and conditions of each contest for more details)

Thanks again for your interest in uPlaya. If you have any questions or concerns about these membership options or about anything related to the uPlaya service, please do not hesitate to let us know at info@uPlaya.com or by leaving your comments below in this blog.

* If you are considering an upgrade, don't miss out on the special, limited-time offer from uPlaya where you can get analysis and promotion for 15 additional songs by upgrading before January 31st! Learn more here. *