Here are some nice things people have been saying about us and our services in the press. Click on the button links to the left to read the articles in full.
Music Ally 15/07/2010
"A new tool was used throughout: BuzzDeck. It’s a new analytics system developed largely to produce visualisations of correlations between sales and marketing activity. As Melhuish explains, it proved a useful tool in “eliminating a lot of the guesswork that used to be symptomatic of marketing campaigns, and developing a more detailed, granular understanding of the audiences”."
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Metro 15/07/2010
"...you don't have to be signed to a label before you can make your music available for download from sites such as Amazon or iTunes - you can register with a service such as AWAL. These help their artists control their musical fate and are dedicated to helping unsigned musicians distribute their music worldwide through online download and streaming services."
Billboard 02/07/2010
"BuzzDeck, an online buzz-tracking and analytics platform from London-based digital distributors AWAL, is to roll out globally, having been successfully utilized by a number of major label U.K. artists."
CMU 02/07/2010
"UK-based digital distributors AWAL have launched a new bit of software called BuzzDeck designed to enable labels and managers to better track and respond to any buzz growing for their artists or releases online."
Digital Music News 02/07/2010
"Most bands are spread across numerous networks and ecommerce outlets, not to mention Twitter, mobile apps, and their own sites. But what's a collection of connected platforms without a good bird's eye view? That is more than just a theoretical musing, it represents a critical question for bands attempting to understand their reactions and fan bases. The latest to approach that challenge is BuzzDeck."
Music Week 01/07/2010
"Digital distribution company AWAL has officially launched BuzzDeck, its online buzz-tracking platform for artists."
Guardian 07/12/2008
"Our phone is currently ringing off the hook,' said Denzyl Feigelson, founder of AWAL (Artists Without a Label), which distributes digitally and claims to represent 3,500 artists. 'We're getting calls from desperate labels who are now experiencing a very hard time. With the collapse of Pinnacle, and Woolies and EUK, it has created a domino effect. A lot of artists and labels will struggle."
The Telegraph 05/12/2008
"The likes of Arctic Monkeys, The Editors, The Klaxons and Kate Walsh have at one time or another been on the books of Artists Without A Label (AWAL), which was conceived as a flexible and strings-free solution for unsigned artists in the early stage of their development."
