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:::::::::::: Starting 1rst April MAE represented by Zebralution in the iTunes stores at an improved quality (256kb). The MAE Partner Zebralution and his technical team has been preparing for this step for a considerable time, so that the delivery of new releases already fits the iTunes specifications for the new service. Parts of the older back catalogue are now being redelivered in the new format. How much time the transformation into higher quality will take and when all releases will be available as 256kb files, lies in the hands of the Apple technical staff in Cupertino.

By the way: a special feature of the new deal is the possibility for all US iPhone owners to purchase self created ringtones from the iTunes Plus repertoire and upload those on their iPhone. This is part of the agreement and can’t be separately enabled or disabled. :::::::::::

::::::::::::: NEW MAE Shop`s for Distribution: A number of new shops and portals have been added to our distribution net since the last newsletter. A complete shop list is attached, but here we would nevertheless like to briefly introduce a few of the important new shops: - Kazzong, Germany (product type: full track) - Music Bay/ Merkaba Project, Russia (product type: full track) - Tracktacker/ DAREDO GmbH, Germany (product type: full track :::::::::::::::

:::::::::::::::: Shop update: A number of new shops and portals have been added to our distribution net since the last newsletter. A complete shop list is attached, but here we would nevertheless like to briefly introduce a few of the important new shops:- nuloop.com, France (product type: full track)

- DigitalOne, Switzerland (product type: full track) - Urban Amplified, UK (product type: full track)

- Daredo, Germany (product type: full track) ::::::::::::::::

:::::::::::::::: IFPI Digital Music Report 2008: The IFPI Digital Music Report for 2008 underlines the steady growth of the digital music market and the growing importance of digital music distribution. In the US 30 % of all music recordings have been sold through digital retailers in 2007. In the UK 77,6 million tracks have been sold online or mobile in the last year; a 47 % growth compared to 2006. In Germany the digital market increased by 38 %. And in South Korea digital sales even overtook physical sales in 2007, covering 60 % of the whole music market. Amongst others, the increasing figures are based on the technical development. The rapidly rising number of broadband lines (350 million, up 23 % on 2006), the establishment of cell phones with integrated music player and the steadily growing turnover of portable devices led to a launch of hundreds of digital music services (from less than 50 in 2003, to more than 500 services in 2007). 1,7 billion legal tracks have been downloaded at these services in 2007 – a growth of 53 % on 2006. In less than three years the worldwide digital share of all recorded music climbed from 2 % in 2004, to around 15 % in 2007. Source: www.ifpi.org ::::::::::::::::

:::::::::::::::: Chart registration of download only singles: As reported in a previous newsletter, sales of download only products count for the German media control single-chart since July 2007. This affects all music which is solely distributed through the internet and has no physical counterpart. In this connection it’s important, that you inform us about the download exclusivity when providing us with the metadata of a relevant single release (implying marketing and promo efforts, that aim at a chart entry). Hereupon we care for the chart registration, which has to be done 10 days ahead of the release date, latest. ::::::::::::::::

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The MAE-Team:

Anisha Cay: singer, interpret: Co-founder of MusicArtEmotions. After contracts with Koch/Universal and performances on TV for millions of people she decided to follow her idea and to create something for artists that won't fit the mainstream.

Anisha Cay decided quite early not to pursue her musical career but to study marketing.

Despite all that she still does projects which are all beautiful and completely Anisha Cay. With luck one can see her at one of her rare performances or concerts which are all more than ordinary.

Lennart Cole, author & artist: co-founder of MusicArtEmotions. Quite late in his life he came to do what he always wanted: to write a book, take singing lessons in Jazz and Classic and lived for a few years solely the life of an artist.

He enjoyed this to the full but it's a hard profession to live from.

During this period he already worked hard on the founding of MAE and is the strategic head of MAE. In the real world he worked as IT-manager for almost 14 years throughout Europe. Today he works part time in the IT-sector to finance MAE and to further MAE.

Thomas Martini, called Fanfini: IT is his world. Some call him magician, others Fanfini which he ows to an IT-related incident. He realises all the crazy ideas the founders of MAE come up with. Who thinks that he would despair on that doesn't know him. It's always a new challenge for him.

The MAE-DAY will become a real challenge for him and his team and ask a lot of them. We are absolute sure that it will be PHANPHASTIC or fanfinisch and great.

Achim Schmidt, Mr. Dreamwork-Music: In 2005 he wrote the soundtrack for the ZDF show "Jäger verlorener Schätze" (Raiders of lost treasures), he's a professional musician since 1996, plays drums for 25 years and plays also guitarre and keybord. Since 2002 he solely dedicates his energy to compose at his small but fine studio.

Real sounding drum-programms, arrangement-Bearbeitungen??, composing of songs (productions of artists), soundtracks (movie, TV, commercials), vocal recordings (audiobooks, etc.) or, if there's an emergency regarding detailled dubbing, dubbing nastering....Achim will do it with lot of love to music and her maker. What he doesn't like: "just do it...."

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