BandPage and Disciple Media Partner to Bring Artist-Apps to One Billion Music Fans

BandPage and Disciple Media Partner to Bring Artist-Apps to One Billion Music Fans

LONDON, July 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --



First of its kind partnership uses big data to engage super fans globally 



Disciple Media [http://www.disciplemedia.com ], the music technology company, has
today announced a partnership with BandPage [https://www.bandpage.com ], the central
profile which musicians use to engage and sell to hundreds of millions of fans around the
globe, to target musician-specific mobile apps to their super fans. From this partnership,
artists which sign up with Disciple will benefit from BandPage's wide portfolio of
partnerships and behavioural targeting capability reaching over a billion music fans
across multiple platforms including Spotify [https://www.spotify.com/uk ], Shazam
[http://www.shazam.com ], Rhapsody [http://www.rhapsody.com ], VEVO [http://www.vevo.com ],
Napster [http:///www.napster.co.uk ], iHeartRadio [http://www.iheart.com ], Rdio
[http://www.rdio.com/home/en-us ], Xbox Music [http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/Music ],
LyricFind [http://www.lyricfind.com ] and more.



Disciple Media and BandPage will be together creating innovative marketing campaigns
involving artists themselves, and targeting their "super fans" based on user interaction
and behaviour on various music platforms. Through this partnership, fans can now learn
more about artists like Luke Bryan [http://www.lukebryan.com ], Rufus Wainwright
[http://www.rufuswainwright.com ] and Simon Posford through bespoke mobile platforms from
Disciple Media. Campaigns will include targeted notifications through BandPage's recently
announced data partnership with Rhapsody as well as other targeted communications such as
audio ads directly from musicians to their fans, targeted emails and more.



"We're delighted to be partnering with such a forward thinking company. We're
particularly excited that we are the first mobile platform to be distributed through
BandPage.  We're looking forward to working together and creating new initiatives with
them and their commercial partners. Thanks to the partnership we have with BandPage,
artists who sign up to Disciple will benefit from BandPage's amazing distribution
portfolio targeting over a billion music fans across the world," explains Leanne Sharman,
COO at Disciple Media.



BandPage, on a mission
[http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/6583265/bandpage-looks-to-bring-billions-of-sales-to-industry-starting-with-rhapsody ]
to leverage audience listening behaviours to help
musicians generate billions in new revenue, will be working together with Disciple Media
to analyse artist audience data and in turn to establish behavioural patterns, tailoring
rewards and VIP offers based upon the findings.



"From our work with over 500,000 musicians, we have seen that rich experiential offers
that help fans connect to their favourite musicians are the single greatest untapped
revenue opportunity in the music business today," said Doug Scott, Vice President of
Marketing and Artist Relations at BandPage. "Every musician should have these types of
offers in their BandPage Store and the mobile products produced by musicians using
Disciple Media's platform create excellent and highly relevant offers to target to their
biggest fans." 



This unique partnership between BandPage and Disciple Media signals the start of more
collaborations and partnerships between young, successful and entrepreneurial companies,
to provide better for both fans and artists alike. The partnership is live as of today and
is the first of its kind. For more information, visit DiscipleMedia.com
[http://www.disciplemedia.com ].



About Disciple Media 



Disciple Media is a music technology company that creates and powers next generation
channels for influencers and creators. The company was founded in 2013 by Benji Vaughan -
musician, record producer and entrepreneur. Benji's own artist experience and his tech
vision led him to develop what he knew was clearly missing in the market - a next
generation mobile App to monetise content. Fast forward to 2015 and our mobile platform is
truly built by talent for talent, focusing on delivering optimal 'in the moment' fan
experiences, whilst giving talent a bespoke, intuitive interface enabling easy fan
engagement, revenue creation and data analytics.



About BandPage 



BandPage is the central profile that more than 500,000 musicians use to engage and
sell to over a billion fans across the largest music services in the world. The BandPage
Platform and Marketplace powers musicians' content and stores across Spotify, Rhapsody,
iHeartRadio, Shazam, Google, VEVO, Live Nation, Xbox Music, LyricFind, Rdio, StubHub and
more. Musicians can set up their BandPage Profile for free, which includes their music,
tour dates, photos, bios, videos and store at: http://www.BandPage.com.



About Benji Vaughan 



Successful musician, producer and entrepreneur, Benjamin Vaughan is the CEO of
Disciple Media. Benji has worked with a number of world-renowned brands prior to founding
Disciple Media in 2013.



About Leanne Sharman 



Former Warner Music Group and Napster's first UK executive, Leanne Sharman is Disciple
Media's COO and is leading the company's strategic partnerships and talent deals.




 
Media contacts: 
Battenhall 
Email: disciple@battenhall.net 
Phone: +44-207-887-2641 
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BandPage 
Email: doug@bandpage.com 
Phone: +1-415-377-8185 


 



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