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Friday, January 30, 2009
Scottish accents for president!
...Maybe not in this lifetime. So we'll take what we can get and leave you with the first Pod Sketch from the Iconic Glasgow indie-label Chemikal Underground Records. Just try not to wet your pants while listening.
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
A word from our Directors
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
IRIS DISTRIBUTION SEES STRONG GROWTH AND PROFITABILITY IN 2008
Outlook Bright for 2009
SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA – January 15, 2009
IRIS Distribution, a leading digital media distributor with global reach, announced a banner year including significant new label signings, international retail growth, and an expansion into brand marketing.
“We’re ecstatic about our growth in 2008,” said IRIS Chief Executive Officer, Matt Laszuk (left). “After delivering solid profitability in the second half of the year, we’re proud to be the stable and reliable choice for digital distribution and marketing. “
IRIS brought in significant new business in 2008 including agreements with prominent record labels including: Alleviated, Jake Records, M_nus, Pal Joey, Made For Success, Mothership, +1, and Starborne; direct to artist deals with She Wants Revenge, Lou Reed, Dave Stewart, Larry Heard, Claude Von Stroke, and Lawson Rollins as well as brand partnerships with Electrolux and Scion/Toyota. These agreements compliment existing relationships with artists including Joe Bonamassa, Ben Taylor, Le Tigre, Monolake, and Joshua Collins; world-class brands, Memorex and Chandon and high-profile labels such as Ninja Tune, Megaforce, K Records, Duck Down, Gemini Sun, Palmetto, Kranky and Chemikal Underground.
BlinkerActive, IRIS’ dedicated marketing division, found success with a new kind of client as agencies like DDB and Beyond Marketing sought to tap the power of music for their brand campaigns. The marketing power-house continued to build label and artist brands including Chemikal Underground, Bad Brains, Dave Stewart and Scion. For Infinita records artist Lawson Rollins, an innovative video campaign netted over 1.5 million views.
“Over the past six years, we’ve not only seen the rapid shift in the way fans acquire music, but also a change in the fundamental nature of the industry,” said IRIS Chief Marketing Officer, Bryn Boughton. “As the market continues to define and re-define itself, IRIS is uniquely positioned to strengthen and advance the independent community. We feel fortunate to be at a point in history when independent music is more valued and available than ever before.”
“We consider ourselves fortunate to have a partner like IRIS who understand our roster and the ethos behind the label,” said Stewart Henderson of Chemikal Underground Records. “It can be a bewildering and inaccessible marketplace at times and we trust their judgment implicitly when it comes to representing our best interests.”
Starborne President, Jim Schlichting shared his thoughts, “Starborne Productions researched our options for over two years. With a large catalog of over 1,200 recordings in our digital library we needed a distribution company with both reach and marketing savvy as well as someone who had a secure business. IRIS was the right match for us!”
About IRIS Distribution:
Founded in 2003, IRIS has emerged as a leader in the digital distribution and marketing of prominent independent music and video catalogs. IRIS provides a comprehensive suite of technical, marketing, and legal services, helping clients navigate the ever-changing digital marketplace. The company also provides support though BlinkerActive, it’s dedicated marketing division. IRIS boasts a strong roster of leading independent labels from all genres and distributes to over 450 digital outlets around the world
For More Information Please Contact:
Bryn Boughton
Chief Marketing Officer
San Francisco & New York
111 New Montgomery St. Suite 301
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 495 1545 main line
(415) 704 3327 fax
IRISdistribution.com
IRIS DISTRIBUTION SEES STRONG GROWTH AND PROFITABILITY IN 2008
Outlook Bright for 2009
SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA – January 15, 2009
IRIS Distribution, a leading digital media distributor with global reach, announced a banner year including significant new label signings, international retail growth, and an expansion into brand marketing.
“We’re ecstatic about our growth in 2008,” said IRIS Chief Executive Officer, Matt Laszuk (left). “After delivering solid profitability in the second half of the year, we’re proud to be the stable and reliable choice for digital distribution and marketing. “IRIS brought in significant new business in 2008 including agreements with prominent record labels including: Alleviated, Jake Records, M_nus, Pal Joey, Made For Success, Mothership, +1, and Starborne; direct to artist deals with She Wants Revenge, Lou Reed, Dave Stewart, Larry Heard, Claude Von Stroke, and Lawson Rollins as well as brand partnerships with Electrolux and Scion/Toyota. These agreements compliment existing relationships with artists including Joe Bonamassa, Ben Taylor, Le Tigre, Monolake, and Joshua Collins; world-class brands, Memorex and Chandon and high-profile labels such as Ninja Tune, Megaforce, K Records, Duck Down, Gemini Sun, Palmetto, Kranky and Chemikal Underground.
BlinkerActive, IRIS’ dedicated marketing division, found success with a new kind of client as agencies like DDB and Beyond Marketing sought to tap the power of music for their brand campaigns. The marketing power-house continued to build label and artist brands including Chemikal Underground, Bad Brains, Dave Stewart and Scion. For Infinita records artist Lawson Rollins, an innovative video campaign netted over 1.5 million views.
“Over the past six years, we’ve not only seen the rapid shift in the way fans acquire music, but also a change in the fundamental nature of the industry,” said IRIS Chief Marketing Officer, Bryn Boughton. “As the market continues to define and re-define itself, IRIS is uniquely positioned to strengthen and advance the independent community. We feel fortunate to be at a point in history when independent music is more valued and available than ever before.”
“We consider ourselves fortunate to have a partner like IRIS who understand our roster and the ethos behind the label,” said Stewart Henderson of Chemikal Underground Records. “It can be a bewildering and inaccessible marketplace at times and we trust their judgment implicitly when it comes to representing our best interests.”
Starborne President, Jim Schlichting shared his thoughts, “Starborne Productions researched our options for over two years. With a large catalog of over 1,200 recordings in our digital library we needed a distribution company with both reach and marketing savvy as well as someone who had a secure business. IRIS was the right match for us!”
About IRIS Distribution:
Founded in 2003, IRIS has emerged as a leader in the digital distribution and marketing of prominent independent music and video catalogs. IRIS provides a comprehensive suite of technical, marketing, and legal services, helping clients navigate the ever-changing digital marketplace. The company also provides support though BlinkerActive, it’s dedicated marketing division. IRIS boasts a strong roster of leading independent labels from all genres and distributes to over 450 digital outlets around the world
For More Information Please Contact:
Bryn Boughton
Chief Marketing Officer
San Francisco & New York
111 New Montgomery St. Suite 301
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 495 1545 main line
(415) 704 3327 fax
IRISdistribution.com
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009
SXSW Respite Room
You have RSVPed to the Respite Room
The details are below for your reference:
Thursday, Friday and Saturday March 19-21 2009
5:30 - 730 pm
411 E. 6th Street Unit F (Corner of 6th and Trinity)
Austin, Texas
Friday door prizes provided by IRIS and BlinkerActive (7pm drawing)
Share Hor'dourves, Beverages and Intriguing Conversation While You Revive in Our Posh Loft
Brought to you by IRIS + BlinkerActive + Authentic Records
The details are below for your reference:
Thursday, Friday and Saturday March 19-21 2009
5:30 - 730 pm
411 E. 6th Street Unit F (Corner of 6th and Trinity)
Austin, Texas
Friday door prizes provided by IRIS and BlinkerActive (7pm drawing)
Share Hor'dourves, Beverages and Intriguing Conversation While You Revive in Our Posh Loft
Brought to you by IRIS + BlinkerActive + Authentic Records
See you in Austin!
Thanks for RSVPing! We look forward to getting out of the fray and tipping back a few cold ones with you.
Top 25 great drinking quotes from OnMyList.com
Beer, the cause of and solution to, all life's problems.
Homer Simpson
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy.
Dorothy Parker.
All right, brain, I don't like you and you don't like me - so let's just do this and I'll get back to killing you with beer.
Homer Simpson
I drink to make other people interesting.
George Jean Nathan.
Work is the curse of the drinking classes
Oscar Wilde. Another master of putting words together in ways that stick true.
I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day.
Frank Sinatra
The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get
Joe Walsh
Not everyone who drinks is a poet. Some of us drink because we're not poets
Arthur, played by Dudley Moore.
Reality is an illusion that occurs due to the lack of alcohol.
Anonymous
They talk of my drinking but never my thirst.
Scottish saying.
I never eat breakfast on an empty stomach.
WC Fields
An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.
Earnest Hemingway
You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.
Frank Zappa
Beer makes you feel the way you ought to feel without beer.
Henry Lawson
This is one of the disadvantages of wine; it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.
Samuel Johnson
I spent a lot of my money on booze, birds, and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
George Best
There can't be good living where there is not good drinking.
Ben Franklin
Why is there so much wine left at the end of my money?
Milan Maximovich
Do not allow children to mix drinks. It is unseemly and they use too much vermouth.
Steve Allen. Love the glasses!
The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass.
Martin Mull
OnMyList.com
Top 25 great drinking quotes from OnMyList.com
Beer, the cause of and solution to, all life's problems.
Homer Simpson
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy.
Dorothy Parker.
All right, brain, I don't like you and you don't like me - so let's just do this and I'll get back to killing you with beer.
Homer Simpson
I drink to make other people interesting.
George Jean Nathan.
Work is the curse of the drinking classes
Oscar Wilde. Another master of putting words together in ways that stick true.
I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day.
Frank Sinatra
The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get
Joe Walsh
Not everyone who drinks is a poet. Some of us drink because we're not poets
Arthur, played by Dudley Moore.
Reality is an illusion that occurs due to the lack of alcohol.
Anonymous
They talk of my drinking but never my thirst.
Scottish saying.
I never eat breakfast on an empty stomach.
WC Fields
An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.
Earnest Hemingway
You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.
Frank Zappa
Beer makes you feel the way you ought to feel without beer.
Henry Lawson
This is one of the disadvantages of wine; it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.
Samuel Johnson
I spent a lot of my money on booze, birds, and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
George Best
There can't be good living where there is not good drinking.
Ben Franklin
Why is there so much wine left at the end of my money?
Milan Maximovich
Do not allow children to mix drinks. It is unseemly and they use too much vermouth.
Steve Allen. Love the glasses!
The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass.
Martin Mull
OnMyList.com
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