5 Mar, 2010
“The Rock Band Network Music Store (RBN Store) has gone live with over 100 original tracks available.
Announced last July, the Rock Band Network enables artists to author their original recordings into gameplay files and sell their music as playable tracks. Artists who submit songs can choose from multiple pricing tiers for individual tracks and receive a royalty of 30 per cent of the retail selling price for every song purchased.
More than 4,000 new authors and peer reviewers have registered since the service’s open beta launched in January, according to Rock Band developer Harmonix.
The company also said that T-Mobile has signed on as a launch partner for the RBN. The mobile services provider will develop an Artist of the Month feature beginning in April 2010 to showcase new talent.
“User-generated content will be absolutely critical to the ongoing success of the genre,” Harmonix founder and CEO Alex Rigopulos told us recently. “To be clear, though, when I talk about ‘users’ in this context, I don’t necessarily mean end-users or players. I’m talking about a huge community of power-users – skilled music creators – providing their music to the audience. The launch of the Rock Band Network will be our next ‘defining moment’.”
Source: edge-online.com
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