"With aacPlus and the Internet
Surround Music Project, we can now bring that same audience the latest
in 5. "With MPEG aacPlus encoders from
Coding Technologies and the launch of the Internet Surround Music
Project, these artists are now being given tools they need and the
venue they have been looking for to air their surround projects
online.tuner2. McBride, a master manager/promoter, was
recently ranked number 33 out of 100 Most Powerful people in music and
represents many of today's top world-wide recording artists including Avril
Lavigne, Sarah McLachlan, Barenaked Ladies, and Dido.

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The second is to encourage more artists to produce
content in surround sound by running contests where artist submissions
are judged and awarded prizes based on quality, originality, and
popularity. As a result, aacPlus delivers streaming
and downloadable 5.
"It is a privilege for us to support Nettwerk globally as their digital
distribution and marketing partner, and have them support us within the
important Canadian music market. The Orchard supplies its catalogue of more than 800,000 tracks to
all of the leading legal digital music retailers and mobile operators
throughout the world.kazmark@morris-king.

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"With the release of SONAR 4 Producer Edition, musicians,
engineers, and producers have been empowered with a new level of
creative surround editing and mixing tools," commented Carl Jacobson,
Marketing Director for Cakewalk. BOSTON, "Is that an AM radio?" "Why no
it's my cellphone., launched 1Q 2005 by 18-year-old Ben
Guild, opened its first service this week, dubbed "mobile17", pioneering
innovative new features to cellphone users that, before, were unheard of; most
notably its "mobile podcasting" ability, allowing anyone to transfer pre-
recorded Internet radio broadcasts made for Apple's iPod ("podcasts") to their
mobile phone as a series of ringtones, absolutely free. The
Orchard catalogue also includes music from multi-platinum acts such as Green
Day, Coldplay, and Ray Charles from their early years, before they were signed
to major labels, and breaking bands like The Hold Steady and Bedouin
Soundclash.

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The Internet Surround Music Project has already started an
Internet forum at www.com.com. "By increasing the amount of surround
content being created by artists and distributing that content on the
Internet using MPEG aacPlus, the demand for surround music will
increase, even beyond the PC. Parametric Stereo enhances the codec efficiency a
second time for low-bit-rate stereo signals. This level of
efficiency fundamentally enables new applications in the markets of
mobile and digital broadcast. In addition, Nettwerk will serve as The Orchard 's
new regional partner for Canada, assisting in sourcing artists and labels to
take advantage of The Orchard's unmatched distribution reach and marketing
capabilities. As the
largest but also the best digital distributor and marketer in the business,
The Orchard is a logical choice to represent Nettwerk globally, and we are
pleased to serve as their partner for Canada.

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Internet Surround Music Project to Promote the Creation and Distribution of Multichannel Music Online

Recognizing the dynamic that radio has traditionally driven demand
for new music formats by providing broad exposure , the Internet
Surround Music project has a twofold purpose. Artists who register will receive free MPEG aacPlus
encoder software from Coding Technologies to encode their content for
electronic submission to Tuner2."
"I hope that this project will open new doors for musicians and
artists who are interested in creating music for surround
environments. The service also
allows users to grab new "podcasts" on-the-go using their mobile phone's web
browser, a service first of its kind . Listeners have complete control over
when they hear the recording, and are able to pause, rewind , and skip-through
the audio as desired.

Media Contacts:
For The Orchard: For Nettwerk:
Andy Morris / Justin Kazmark Danielle Romeo
The Morris + King Company Nettwerk Music Group
(212) 561-7465 / (212) 561-7466 (310) 855-0643
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com Join
in an Effort to Publish More Surround Music Online Using MPEG
aacPlus Format

Coding Technologies, the leader in audio compression for Internet,
mobile , and broadcast, today announced the formation of the Internet
Surround Music Project with these additional charter members:

America Online's Winamp(R) media player

Cakewalk

Recording artist Richard Devine

Jazz Mutant

Minnetonka Software

Nasseri Music Business Solutions

Native Instruments

Steinberg

Recording artist Amon Tobin

Tuner2. The company is headquartered in New York and London,
with operations in Tokyo, Buenos Aires, Tel Aviv, Hong Kong , Vancouver,
Kolkata, Johannesburg, Moscow and Melbourne, and local representatives in
Paris, Milan , Berlin, Barcelona, Lausanne, Ramallah, Nairobi, and Sao Paulo. Nettwerk has several offices located around the world
including offices in New York, Los Angeles and London; with our main office
right next to Granville Island in Vancouver, B.

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com,
delivering the content both on-demand and in aggregated "radio"
streams. The
possibilities seem endless, so I feel it is important to get involved
with as many projects that push for support of surround sound music. Overall, The Orchard's catalogue encompasses music from thousands
of record labels spanning 73 countries and every music genre.com

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com for artists to publish 5.1 surround music while increasing the reach of artists. You have so many options, and now have the ability
and technology to add multi-dimensional qualities to sound, that make
the musical listening experience even more interesting," said
recording artist Richard Devine ."
Artists are encouraged to visit www.
"mobile17" also enables consumers to create their own ringtones and
graphics from their music and photos (again, free of charge), and now offers a
service for bands, artists, and distributors to sell and profit by offering
mobile content online.com

Orchard To Represent Nettwerk Artists Globally Across Digital Retail and
Mobile Outlets; Nettwerk Also To Serve As Orchard's Distribution and Marketing
Partner for Canada

NEW YORK, and VANCOUVER, The Orchard, the world's
leading digital distributor and marketer of independent music, today announced
a sweeping partnership agreement with Nettwerk Music Group to distribute and
market music from Nettwerk's recorded music division across digital retail and
mobile operators worldwide.com
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music and will run contests to encourage aspiring artists. I think the surround sound format is an exciting new way
to hear music now. SBR is a unique bandwidth extension
technique, which enables audio codecs to deliver the same quality at
half the bit rate.

Nettwerk is a multi-dimensional management company , record label and
publishing business helmed by industry pioneer Terry McBride, Nettwerk's chief
executive and founder of Nettwerk. Nettwerk is a company that has consistently
been at the forefront of creativity and innovation, pushing a recalcitrant
industry towards needed change.com romeo@nettwerk.

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It is also a great pleasure to work closely
with Terry, whose values and vision we share," said Greg Scholl, chief
executive of The Orchard and managing director of Dimensional Associates, the
company that owns The Orchard, eMusic and Dimensional Music Publishing. We also believe Nettwerk will
derive great value across all aspects of our business by being a part of the
unprecedented global partner team The Orchard has assembled," said McBride.

About Nettwerk
Nettwerk Music Group is Canada's leading privately owned record label and
artist management company.

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Student-Produced Service Dubbed 'mobile17' Pioneers Impressive New Features for Mobile Phone Users

" smashEMPIRE, Inc.

For more information contact:
pc@smashempire.

About The Orchard
The Orchard is the leading distributor and marketer of independent music
in the world, representing thousands of labels spanning 73 countries and every
music genre.

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"Our goal in creating the Internet Surround Music Project is to
increase awareness of the benefits of surround music for both artists
and consumers," said David Frerichs, Vice President and US General
Manager for Coding Technologies. "This will particularly be
interesting for music in the electronic /glitch/techno genre where all
the layers and sounds can be manipulated at pinpoint accuracy.

About MPEG aacPlus

Already standardized by MPEG, DVD Forum, and 3GPP, aacPlus is AAC
coupled with Coding Technologies' SBR (Spectral Band Replication) and
Parametric Stereo technologies. Both SBR and Parametric
Stereo are backward and forward compatible methods to enhance the
efficiency of any audio codec.
The Orchard's Label Services group represents an unprecedented digital
catalogue of the best independent music from around the world, including
landmark indie rock and punk from SST (Black Flag, Minutemen) and Lookout!
Records (The Donnas, Ted Leo), classic hip-hop from Delicious Vinyl (Tone Loc,
Young MC) and Nature Sounds (MF Doom, Immortal Technique), world-renowned
classical music from Analekta and Qualiton, Bollywood hits from Saregama (Asha
Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar) and other top Indian labels, and much more. Nettwerk is responsible for managing some of
Canada's biggest artists like Sarah McLachlan, Avril Lavigne, Barenaked Ladies
and many others.

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The Internet Surround Music
Project will host that content and run the contests on Tuner2."
"Our Winamp audience is on the leading edge of adoption, for both
technology and music," said Scott Brown, Director of Media Systems
Development for America Online.

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Music Writers/Business Editors/Technology Writers

LOS ANGELES----Coding Technologies:

-- America Online, Cakewalk, Coding Technologies , Richard Devine,
Jazz Mutant, Nasseri Music Business Solutions, Minnetonka,
Native Instruments , Steinberg, Amon Tobin, and Tuner2.tuner2. The first is to provide
a way for artists to get their multichannel music heard by publishing
it on the Internet.
With the specific goal of making artists aware of the opportunity
in surround music, the group will outreach to musicians and encourage
them to submit their multichannel music to contests hosted at
Tuner2.com for more
information on the Internet Surround Music Project and to register for
the latest contest and to have their music published .1 multichannel audio at 128 Kbps, near transparent
stereo at 32 Kbps, excellent quality stereo at 24 Kbps, and great
quality for mixed content down to 16 Kbps and below.
Podcasting has erupted into a very popular form of personal broadcast over
the Internet over the past two years.

The Orchard Announces Global Distribution Partnership With Industry Pioneer Nettwerk Music Group

The Orchard 's
Retail Services group works closely with all of the leading digital retailers
and mobile operators worldwide to market and sell its catalogue and also,
assist them as a close merchandising partner with respect to independent music
more generally.
"We believe The Orchard represents a vision consistent with our view of
where the music business is headed and will play a key role in the direction
of the industry as the inevitable shift to digital sales continues.C.morris@morris-king.com

Other Orchard inquiries:
info@theorchard.