Syncopate

Syncopate is building relationships through music. We believe music is about playing and promoting shows; touring; recording and publishing amazing records; and creating new relationships. It’s not about uploading here, uploading there, replying to a message here, approving a comment there. Syncopate is the one place to reach out and be reached on the web.

About Syncopate

Syncopate has a vision to create the tools that artists, bands, musicians, labels, studios, venues and promoters need today to be efficient and consistent with promoting your music and message.

To put it simply, Syncopate is built to make your life easier on the web. Geared towards the music industry, we are building the tools you need to reach your audiences in multiple networks. We believe in making our service as easy to use as possible.

The Syncopate Manifesto

Syncopate is building relationships through music. We believe music is about playing and promoting shows; touring; recording and publishing amazing records; and creating new relationships. It’s not about uploading here, uploading there, replying to a message here, approving a comment there. Syncopate is the one place to reach out and be reached around the web.

  1. We love music, that’s our driving motivation.
  2. We’ve been in bands, promoted shows, run labels and venues, and been fans throughout our lives. We’re building the tools we wish we’d had.
  3. We’ll always provide our core services for free (as in beer, and as in freedom).
  4. We’re not a silo and we will not abuse our users or their content.
  5. We’ll take all the opportunities we can to freely promote our users.
  6. We’ll make every effort to keep the “noise” out of our site so the music can be heard.
  7. We won’t try to confuse or trick our users with jargon and legalize. We’ll talk to you as friends.
  8. We don’t just want to create a community, we want to be active in it. We’ll be there at shows, launch parties, wherever we can help spread good music.
  9. We want your online presence to be a boost to your career and at the same time not be a burden to your life.
  10. We believe all you need is love. And some good geek friends to handle your tech.

Features

We offer these core services as a completely free service to you. Whether you are an artist, record label, music venue, concert promoter or recording studio, Syncopate is a great solution to publish content throughout the web and connect with listeners.

General Features

  • Create and manage multiple profiles
  • Update news and publish to users
  • Manage concerts, tours and festivals (with integrated Google Map directions)
  • High resolution profile photos and image galleries
  • Upload and manage media
  • Relevant listener uploaded photos and videos automatically appear on your profile
  • Find and connect with other artists, labels, venues, promoters and studios
  • Band member or staff bios
  • Send messages to subscribed listeners
  • Link to your other web presences on your profile
  • Optional contact form for letting listeners get in touch with you
  • Verified profiles ensure that you are not lost in a sea of noise
  • Flexible content licensing options including full copyright and all Creative Commons licenses

For Artists

  • Upload and manage your songs
  • Create and manage your discography
  • Connect with new listeners
  • Be featured on our music charts and our home page
  • Band and member bios

For Record Labels

  • Manage your artists’ profiles
  • Get a concert calendar for all your artists
  • Automatically generated catalog listing

For Music Venues

  • Easily add and edit events for your venue
  • Integrated Google Map directions on your profile

For Concert Promoters

  • Concert calendar for all of your events
  • Manage festivals and tours
  • Festivals and tours have multiple venue support
  • Get one schedule page for listeners to easily see every event in a given tour or festival

For Recording Studios

  • Automatic portfolio of your work that artists have uploaded
  • Be listed in our studio directory for artists to find you

Latest News

We are currently in public beta right now. We are looking for artists, bands and musicians to test our core features. If you are interested in helping us out, sign up right now for free at http://beta.syncopate.me.

We will keep you updated with all of our latest developments and when we roll out new features.

Upcoming Features

Over the coming months will be working hard to extend our services. Some of the things we have planned are:

  • Push content to other sites like Myspace, PureVolume, Twitter and Facebook
  • Sync your artist profile from Myspace when you create it
  • Mobile friendly admin interface
  • Profile customization including editing your color scheme and profile background
  • Easy to use song player with playlist management and song file protection
  • Option to allow users to download specific songs
  • Full public API for third-party developers
  • Native applications for all popular smartphone platforms
  • Recommend new music to listeners based on their previous plays and likes
  • Fan club profiles
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Syncopate is a service for artists, labels, studios, venues and promoters. It is a way to connect with your audiences throughout the web. Joining is easy, simple and free. Give it a try now!