Released on = January 5, 2007, 6:53 am

Press Release Author = Omaha Burnlounge

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = After 1 billion downloads Apple has something to truly be
proud of. But that pride may be short lived, as Burnlounge attempts to gain some of
Itunes precious market share.

Press Release Body = (Omaha) - - After 1 billion downloads Apple has something to
truly be proud of. But that pride may be short lived, as Burnlounge attempts to gain
some of Itunes precious market share.

At the outset - going to one of over the 25,000 individually owned Burnlounge
websites is much like Itunes- click on tracks and artists, listen to music, and hit
the \"buy\" button.

Burnlounge.com has a philosophy - or so its seems - to stay away from the glitz and
glam of the multi million dollar ad campaign Apple has bombarded us with over the
last few years. The idea is to \"give back\" to the members of the \'network' that it
is creating. The revenue that would normally be spent on advertising is shared among
the site owners in terms of a 50cent profit share per album sold- and a finders fee
for those that bring other members into the Burnlounge family. 50 cents may not seem
much - but compare that to some royalties that artists are awarded from their
respective record labels - Burnlounge retailers share per sale could actually beat
the signed musician.

This network is composed of music fans, musicians, dj\'s , singers, and rappers as
they all take the plunge into maintaing and owning their own digital download site.
For all of the mentioned, a very minor cash outlay gives you the ability to do
something you probably would never get with Itunes- that is the ability to change
the top 10 albums / tracks on your home page. The slick interface provided by
Loudeye (a company Microsoft is invested into) is fully customizable giving you the
ability to choose tracks to sell to your friends, family, and the rest of the world.


If, you happen to be a musician, you are given the option of sending a cd of your
tracks to Burnlounge corporate headquarters and according to several representatives
of the company within 3-4 weeks you will be able to sell your tracks at a negotiable
50-75 cents.

The price for your own site.. it starts at $29.99 for the basic site , which allows
you to sell your own music and receive your share of your download revenue up to a
maximum of $440 - the music mogul package which allows you to create groups of music
retailers - and when your group of retailers sell music- you get paid from their
sales. A pyramid? Hardly - this is multi level marketing with an excellent product
for sale that actually sells itself. Everyone knows what music is. The sales pitch
quite frankly is this: \"Do you like music?\"- how simple could that be?

So why should Apple look out? - Well, this is just the type of viral excitement that
has built such businesses as My Space, Flickr, and Youtube. Added to this is the
fact that Burnlounge will be offering movie downloads, concert tickets, tour
merchandise, mp3 players and a whole slew of other gadgets you can sell.


OMAHA\'S BURNLOUNGE KICKOFF PARTY
IceHouse Live
10920 Emmett Street
Thursday, January 11th
6:00-7:00 Cocktail hour
7:00 BurnLounge Presentation
Special Guest Rob DeBoer from South Carolina & Robby Welles from Los Angeles

Questions? Visit www.omahaburnlounge.com

Press Kit http://www.omahaburnlounge.com/BurnLounge%20PK.pdf


Web Site = http://www.omahaburnlounge.com

Contact Details = Traci Boyle
Omaha, NE
402-630-7542
tboyle@omahaburnlounge.com