NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ TuneCore) - TuneCore has released the '34 Stars' compilation, which is available for free download on iTunes starting today. The album is made up exclusively of TuneCore customers, including Public Enemy, The Dandy Warhols, Steve Vai, Izzy Stadlin (of Guns n' Roses), recent Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductee Bill Medley (of The Righteous Brothers), Ray Manzarek (of The Doors) and 28 more artists.
Music fans will be able to get a code to download the album starting today at: http://www.tunecore.com/freealbum
In a massive promotional undertaking, '34 Stars' is a partnership between TuneCore, iTunes, PayPal, Musicians Friend, Guitar Center, Yamaha and Obedia.com. Each partner will work to promote the playlist and distribute the codes.
In addition to thousands of rising artists, many established artists are also utilizing and embracing the new model created by TuneCore:
"TuneCore is your gear to begin to play the game." - Chuck D
"With G 'n R I would be onstage in front of 20,000 or 30,000 people playing our songs, but at the same time I would have this piece of work that I'm just dying to get out. [TuneCore] is a way for me to get the music out there; there are zero people between me, my music and the fans." - Izzy Stradlin
"TuneCore just could be the future. Looks like a clear road from me to my listener." -Bill Medley
'34 Stars' Track listing
1. Public Enemy - Harder Than You Think (remix)
2. The Dandy Warhols - Best Friend
3. Steve Vai - Juice
4. Izzy Stradlin - Bomb
5. Kelly - Let Me Borrow That Top
6. Ray Manzarek & Bal - Shinjuku Nights
7. Harry and the Potters - The Human Hosepipe
8. A Place to Bury Strangers - To Fix The Gash In Your Head
9. Bowerbirds - In Our Talons
10. Oh No! Oh My! - Walk in the park
11. Suzy Bogguss - Everything
12. Brazos - Mary Jo - A City Just as Tall
13. Marillion - Somewhere Else
14. Arizona - Splintering
15. Die Romantik - Tik Tok
16. Pink Nasty - Take it Back
17. Tacks, The Boy Disaster - Man with a Plan
18. The Gay Blades - O Shot
19. Over the Rhine - Latter Days
20. Care Bears on Fire - Everybody Else
21. Peter and the Wolf - Better Days
22. Boy/Girl - The Shakes
23. La Laque - A Part - La Laque
24. Belaire - Back into the Wall
25. White Denim - Mess Your Hair Up - Let's Talk About It
26. ArkAngel - Higher-ArkAngel-X-Mix
27. The Milwaukees - Highway to the Sun
28. Spectre - Living End
29. The Forward - Smoking is Sexy
30. The Cryptkeeper Five - Incorruptible: The Death of Hope II
31. In the Fur - In the Fur
32. Krash Buzz Nine - Better
33. Maureen McCormick - Oh Boy
34. Bill Medley - Beautiful
TuneCore.com, the new music delivery and distribution service has changed the 100-year-old rules and model of the music business. It is a low, flat fee service that delivers anyone's music to iTunes, eMusic, Rhapsody and many other major download sites while taking no rights and no revenue from the sale of the music. TuneCore's fees are simply based upon the number songs delivered and the number of digital retailers it will be delivered to. With Nielsen SoundScan already reporting almost 200 million digital units sold this year (and those are just the ones they are counting), it is no wonder that artists are building careers, selling significant volumes of music and generating more revenue than most "signed" artists while keeping their rights utilizing the new model created by TuneCore.
