DT: JULY 31, 2020
 
FM: MITCH SCHNEIDER, KELLY WALSH
 
 
 

SINGLE MUSIC
HIGHLIGHTS SUCCESS OF NEW LIVESTREAM OPTION
VIA SHOPIFY
WITH
THE MARCUS KING BAND ‘FOUR OF A KIND’ LIVESTREAM SERIES

FOURTH & FINAL PERFORMANCE SET FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 3

SINGLE MUSIC, the leading music distribution toolkit for Shopify, has continued to expand boundaries with their innovative app that allows direct-to-consumer sales for artists, labels and merch companies as they recently introduced a game-changing new feature–bringing ticketed live streams into an artist’s existing store.
 

This Monday, August 3 at 8:00 P.M. CDT one of SINGLE MUSIC‘s artists–the Marcus King Band–will stream the fourth and final show from their “Four of Kind” livestream series which launched on Monday, July 13 and saw the band perform live from Nashville showcasing their new music with all proceeds going to the Recording Academy’s “MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund.” Tickets can be found HERE.

 

Rather than holding the performance over webcam as many other artists have to great success, King‘s first show brought a full-scale concert production to the digital airwaves. King drove into the performance space in a 1967 Cadillac El Dorado. After he got out of the car, he picked up his guitar, and the show began. Previous shows have featured guest appearances while allowing fans access to exclusive vintage styled t-shirts, posters and the opportunity to participate in an ongoing auction for music gear signed by the King himself.

See some examples of merch items offered below:
 


 
Via SINGLE MUSIC, artists are now able to sell tickets to and perform a live stream along with a built-in moderated fan chatroom, directly from their store. Tickets can be bundled with a merch item giving fans access to the exclusive/gated stream where artists’ can then set up a virtual ‘merch table’ offering featured merch items throughout the stream displayed under the video player such as exclusive posters or t-shirts. Just like a real show, artists’ can include partners and sponsors or raise money for a charitable cause.
 

Since launching the live stream ticketing platform this past April, SINGLE MUSIC artists have sold more than 65,000 tickets and received over $1.5mm in 100% commission-free merch and ticket bundle sales. SINGLE MUSIC has also aligned with companies offering optional add-on services including an SMS Virtual Photobooth, Virtual Meet & Greet, Vinyl Record Pressing, Call to Actions for social causes (including voter registration, petitions, etc.) and more. 

SINGLE MUSIC now has over 2,000 artists and labels currently signed up for their service including Juice WRLD, Harry Styles, LAUV, Tim McGraw and HAIM. Combined clients have delivered over 1,000,000 digital albums including 11 #1 charting records. They have also aligned themselves with many top merchandising companies such as Live Nation Merch, Absolute Merch, The Hyv, Wallflower Merch and Futureshirts.
 
SINGLE MUSIC was created by Nashville-based CEO and entrepreneur/musician Tommy Stalknecht to provide an easy way for artists and labels to sell their merch and music directly to fans while keeping a larger portion of revenues. The paradigm also offers instant reporting to Nielsen for official Billboard chart tallying and was the first Shopify app to offer BuzzAngle reporting for the Rolling Stone Charts. To further help artists achieve success, the company developed BoostLinks, a marketing tool to drive follows, subscribes and pre-saves that allows artists to create a customizable landing page that combines their physical merch with pre-adds, saves and streaming links to increase fan engagement, follows and subscribes.
 
 
Learn more about SINGLE MUSIC by visiting:
 
Shopify App Listing: https://apps.shopify.com/single
Instagram: @singlemusic
Twitter:@singlemusic_co

SRO PR Assets + Releases: http://sropr.com/portfolio/singlemusic/

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