Dublin, Ireland (Top40 Charts/ Hitlantis Official Website) -
Embassy of Silence, one of the first and most popular bands on Hitlantis, which last autumn launched a new era in online music community services, concluded a recording contract with
Supernova after only a few months of working with Hitlantis.
CEO Marcus Tilgmann says that the recording contract for the Irish band Embassy of Silence, discovered through the Hitlantis.com music community, testifies to the efficacy of Hitlantis' business model.
"And also to the fact that there has been a real need for this kind of community opening up completely new prospects for the music business, and for the most innovative user interface in the world. We have filled a vacuum," says Tilgmann.
At the same time, he is delighted at the international attention gained by the Hitlantis.com portal and in particular at the thousands upon thousands of artists involved.
Success came fast
Everyone at Hitlantis is also proud and glad of the success of the band that was the first to achieve a recording contract, after only four months' co-operation.
Early this year, Embassy of Silence, a success on Hitlantis, too, concluded a recording contract with the new Supernova ley company, operating in Sweden under Bonnier Amigo Music Group.
The band says that it is clear that Hitlantis helped it to obtain both a contract and fans. Hitlantis also arranged appearances for the band, as it embarks on its successful career.
"This is only the beginning. We are expecting more recording contracts with Universal. The Hitlantis model as a global platform for bands has demonstrated its efficacy in the first months already," says CEO Tilgmann.
Revolutionising the world of music
Hitlantis makes the general public aware of as yet unknown music and puts it in the limelight. Musicians and artists owning the rights to their own music can upload their music for free on Hitlantis.
On Hitlantis, bands find new fans and can win appearances in their home towns or at Europe's biggest festivals.
Tilgmann notes that most of the attention attracted by the company comes from the graphical implementation of the user interface, which has already revolutionised the world of music on the internet.
"Hitlantis is also able to bring a quite new approach and solution to the crisis in the music business," Tilgmann says.
Hitlantis is a new international music community opened at the beginning of 2010. The service brings together music makers and consumers in both the virtual and real worlds by offering users the chance, for example, to vote their favourites for live gigs. The user-friendly online music store Hitlantis passes on to bands as much as 90 per cent of the revenue from music sold.
