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Check out the articles below (fin): • Yle.fi: Reilun kaupan musiikkipalvelu teki ison diilin (http://yle.fi/uutiset/viihde/2010/07/reilun_kaupan_musiikkipalvelu_teki_ison_diilin_1814754.html?origin=rss) • Voice.fi: Suomalainen nettimusiikkipalvelu solmi merkittävän sopimuksen suurten levy-yhtiöiden kanssa (http://voice.fi/index.php?mw=equal%20dreams&option=com_sbsarticle&tmpl=blog&cid=17555&cat=1) • Kauppalehti.fi: Suomalaisyritys teki sopimuksen Spotifyn hovitoimittajan kanssa (http://www.kauppalehti.fi/5/i/yritykset/yritysuutiset/?oid=2010073367) • Tietoviikko: Suomalaispalvelu ahmii kaiken maailman musiikin (http://www.tietoviikko.fi/kaikki_uutiset/article472327.ece) • Digitoday: Equal Dreams lisäsi kuusi miljoonaa biisiä (http://www.digitoday.fi/viihde/2010/07/07/equal-dreams-lisasi-kuusi-miljoonaa-biisia/20109443/66) • MikroPC: Suomalaispalvelu tarjoaa nyt miljoonia musiikkikappaleita (http://www.mikropc.net/kaikki_uutiset/article472496.ece) • Metallimusiikki.net: Equal Dreams -musiikkipalveluun tulee kaikki maailman musiikki! (http://www.metallimusiikki.net/metallimusiikki/equal-dreams-musiikkipalveluun-kaikki-musiikki) • Palasokeri.com: Equal Dreams -musiikkipalveluun tulee kaikki maailman musiikki (http://www.palasokeri.com/artikkeli/97919) • Afterdawn: Suomalainen musiikkikauppa laajeni 6 miljoonalla biisillä (http://fin.afterdawn.com/uutiset/artikkeli.cfm/2010/07/07/suomalainen_musiikkikauppa_laajeni_6_miljoonalla_biisilla) http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg92 http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg92 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:03:57 +0000 Equal Dreams has entered into a co-operation agreement with 7digital Ltd, a digital content provider, bringing us all the music from all major record labels (Universal, SonyMusic, EMI and Warner) plus a great number of independent labels as well. The deal covers Finland, Germany and Sweden . "Having major labels catalogues in our service is an important step in our goal to build the worldwide network of musicians. Now all the music professionals can create and customize their own profile pages in our service in just a few minutes, pick their music from the catalogue and enhance their music sales", Kimmo Kärkkäinen, CEO of Equal Dreams explains. “We are delighted to be partnering with Equal Dreams in their new music marketplace,” says Ben Drury, CEO of 7digital. “It is very satisfying to see 7digital’s open application programming interface (API) used to create music services that not only take new and exciting approaches to music discovery, but in the case of Equal Dreams the ambition to do good through the Equal Aid charitable donation.” http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg88 http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg88 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:10:33 +0000 While the rest of the world is enjoying their summer holidays, we at Equal Dreams decided to work even harder and update the service. Due to our bigger update, there will be an interruption in the service on Thursday the 1st July. The service will be closed 1 hour at the longest. We gladly invite you to check out the service right after the break! http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg82 http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg82 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:22:43 +0000 Equal Dreams have moved to a new office. Our new address is: Equal Dreams Kappelitie 6 B 02200 Espoo, Finland http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg79 http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg79 Wed, 05 May 2010 09:47:33 +0000 One of the most known Finnish independent labels, even internationally seen, Rockadillo Records releases its catalogue in Equal Dreams. Rockadillo’s wide set of domestic artists include among others Wimme, Piirpauke, Trio Töykeät, Kimmo Pohjonen and RinneRadio. Rockadillo started its publishing in the 80’s and runs a catalogue mainly around jazz, world, experimental and electronic music but the range also includes Finnish rock legends as Dave Lindholm and Gasoline Girls & Petrol Boys. Check out Rockadillo Records music! (http://en.equaldreams.com/rockadillo) http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg74 http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg74 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:14:24 +0000 New widgets on profiles Twitter widget - Keep your friends and fans updated! Twitter widget is an easy and fast way to spread the latest news! Location widget - Add your location to this widget and you will also appear in the world map on browse profiles. Video widget - Add videos from Youtube or Vimeo now to your profile page. Like all the different profile widgets, these three can be found and dragged & dropped into your profile from the edit bar in the bottom of the profile page (when logged in). http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg71 http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg71 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:09:08 +0000 The profile customizing contest has ended and Equal Dreams is excited to announce the winner of the contest - Varissuo (http://www.equaldreams.com/varissuo)! Varissuo will get two days in HIP Studios (Helsinki) with a studio technician. Congratulations to the band and good luck in the studio! http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg67 http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg67 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:17:54 +0000 Equal Dreams is organizing a charity concert together with Finnish Central Association for Mental Health (http://www.mtkl.fi/in_english/), Holy Feather Productions (http://www.holyfeather.com/) and Gloria Kultural Arena (http://nk.hel.fi/gloria/index.php). Welcome to the Medication Keeps Me Going charity concert Gloria Cultural Arena (Helsinki) on Tuesday 24th of November 7pm - 10pm On stage the host of the evening Elastinen with Parannus, Ra, Wolver and Belle Who Free entrance! http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg63 http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg63 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:35:44 +0000 Equal Dreams is happy to announce the new charity partner Finnish Central Association for Mental Health (http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/charity.html?organization=mtkl) (in finnish Mielenterveyden keskusliitto)! Artists and music lovers can support their work for mental health care for children and youth through Equal Aid -function. What is Equal Aid? (http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/charities.html) http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg59 http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg59 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:58:25 +0000 Equal Dreams is exhibiting at the Helsinki Music Fair (http://www.sevent.fi/musiikkimessut/) (22. - 25. of Oct., stand 4b8) and at the international Womex’09 (http://womex.com/) fair in Copenhagen (28. Oct. - 1. Nov., stand B3-129). Furthermore, Equal Dreams CEO Kimmo Kärkkäinen appears as speaker at Musiikki & Media 2009 (http://www.musiikkimedia.fi/48), in Tampere on the 24th of October. We invite you to join us at the fairs, learn more about our future development plans and bring your own ideas along. http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg56 http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg56 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:47:38 +0000 The Club evening at Korjaamo, Helsinki is a part of Amnesty International's campaign "Demand Dignity" which in Finland runs under "Kuuluu Kaikille". Kuuluu Kaikille -klubi with Deep Insight, Paleface and Kauko Röyhkä starts in Vaunusali at 9 pm. Come and join us! Tickets: 13 € (in advance) / 15 € . Buy your tickets here  (http://www.tiketti.fi/tapahtuma/5748). Concert revenue will be donated to Amnesty International. More about Kuuluu Kaikille (fi) (http://www.amnesty.fi/mita-teemme/Kuuluu-kaikille-kampanja) More about Demand Dignity (en) (http://demanddignity.amnesty.org/). http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg52 http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg52 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:03:03 +0000 Equal Dreams is happy to welcome the new charity partner SOS Children's Villages! Equal Aid (http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/charities.html) –function gives artists and music lovers an easy way to support SOS Children's Villages in their work for children who can no longer grow up with their biological families. More about SOS Children's Villages (http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/charity.html?organization=sos) http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg48 http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg48 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:43:58 +0000 The new platform has a completely new look’n’feel. The most visible part is a new user interface: as of now you can set up a complete profile for selling and promoting music in just few minutes. Inspired by the easy and fun customizing, we challenge all users to a contest. The customized profile with the most most fans will win two days in studio (Helsinki). More about the contest (http://equaldreams.com/ed/contest) We welcome you to explore our service. Equal Dreams Team is always keen on hearing your thoughts and ideas so feedback is most welcome! http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg47 http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg47 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:18:47 +0000 Equal Dreams is arranging the Mimi & Kuku charity concert in Espoo, Finland Sat. 19th of Sep. Revenues from the concert will be donated through World Vision Finland to children living in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. Mimi & Kuku is a well known Finnish children's TV program from the "Pikku Kakkonen" series. When and Where: 19th of September at 3 pm, Kannusali, Espoo. Tickets: 7 € /person. Reservation of tickets at info@equaldreams.com http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg42 http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg42 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:43:55 +0000 Send a song Do you want to surprise your friend with music? Now you can buy and send music as a gift on Equal Dreams. Just fill in your friends e-mail address or username on Equal Dreams when purchasing the music and you are about to make someone's day. The receiver of the gift gets an e-mail with a download link. Company blog Equal Dreams is in midst of developing a new user interface that we call Equal Dreams 2.0. We want to share our thoughts and above all give you a chance to participate in the process. Therefore we have opened a company blog (http://equaldreams.com/ed/blog.html) to keep you posted. Check it out! http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg39 http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg39 Thu, 07 May 2009 05:47:02 +0000 Equal Dreams is happy to announce a new charity partner The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation (Suomen luonnonsuojeluliitto). Using the Equal Aid –function artists and music lovers can join in the new campaign of Conservation of forests. Click here to read more about The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation Click here to read more about Equal Aid (http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/help/discoveredaid.html) (http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/charity.html?organization=sll) http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg34 http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg34 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:37:11 +0000 Equal Dreams with its new features has been picked up in media, check out some of the articles here: • Sue.fi, January 09th 2009 (fin) (http://www.sue.fi/uutiset/equal-dreams-laajenee-ja-uudistuu) • ArcticStartup, January 6th 2009 (en) (http://www.arcticstartup.com/equal-dreams-connects-musicians-and-audience/) http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg31 http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg31 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:16:31 +0000 This is what's new on Equal Dreams: Join your favourite artists fan club on Equal Dreams! By joining the fan club you will get news about the artist's actions, such as a new album release or profile update. To join a fan club, just click the link "Join the fan club" on the artist pages. You will find the news feed and a list of the fan clubs you've joined in "Fan clubs" channel on your personal homepage. We have also added the possibility for artists and labels to sell their music as download coupons in various occasions for example at their concerts. The download coupon system is an excellent way to promote music. Coupons include a code with which the fans can download music in the Equal Dreams service by using the link "Redeem a coupon" on the left navigation bar. If you would like to sell music download coupons please contact us for more information. http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg28 http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg28 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:43:46 +0000 The start page has got a total makeover. The familiar channels such as New release, People recommend, Random pick and Equal Aid pick can still be found on the start page, now as a column on the right side. Beside these, we’ve added a whole new channel where anyone can contribute a thought or idea, promote his/her favourite band/album/song and share opinions on start page. The users get to choose what’s shown on this page by voting the posts. Are you about to make some new music and want to publish it? Or is your favourite artist about to make a new album? The new version of Equal Share is really something worth checking out! Now the artist and fans have all the more chance to cooperate. Artists/record labels have a possibility to ask their supporters questions, ideas, wishes and so on. The artists also get to attach a special offer (merchandise) to their Equal Share order. http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg27 http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg27 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:17:30 +0000 The sweepstake that was taken place in November is now over. Everyone who recommended music on their profile participated in the sweepstake. The prices are 3 iPod Nano players and 10 tickets to Egotrippis concert held in Tavastia, Helsinki. iPod players go to following usernames: nikojatapsa, crt.remic ja tapioylinen The concert tickets go to following usernames: johnit, qla, wolf_bomber, mr.vonderbaum ja sakari Thank you for participating and congratulations to all winners !!! http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg24 http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg24 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:16:17 +0000 YleX Tänään - radio show made an interesting program about crowdfunding possibilities in music business. Kimmo Kärkkäinen, CEO of Equal Dreams was invited to be a part of the show and talk about Equal Share. Listen to the show by clicking the link below: • YleX Tänään (fin) (http://ylex.yle.fi/audiot/viltteri/levyt-ulos-fanirahoituksella) http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg21 http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg21 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:40:12 +0000 We are happy to have noticed that Equal Dreams and the first Equal Share has intrigued the media. Check out some of the articles in finnish media: • Yle Pop 13.11.2008 (http://pop.yle.fi/artikkelit/2008-11-11/equal-share-panee-yhteisot-soutuhommiin) • Iltalehti.fi 10.11.2008 (http://www.iltalehti.fi/popstars/200811108569714_ps.shtml) http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg20 http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg20 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:01:42 +0000 Great news! The first Equal Share is released. The Fogo Postos debut album "Sacrificio De La Primavera" (http://www.equaldreams.com/thefogoposto) is out now! Congratulations The Fogo Posto and of course the supporters who made it happen! http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg16 http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg16 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:05:01 +0000 The yearly Musiikki & Media music fair was taken place from 23rd till 25th of October in Tampere, Finland. The fair is a long established #1 event in the industry in Finland. Kimmo Kärkkäinen, CEO of Equal Dreams, was invited to give a speech under the topic; EQUAL DREAMS – NEW SOLUTIONS IN MUSIC SALES* A presentation of company services, its background and how it serves music professionals (artists and labels) as well as music consumers. *A translation from the Finnish original http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg13 http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg13 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:38:05 +0000 We want to meet the Equal Dreams users needs and expectations as often as we possible can, and that is why we constantly develop the Equal Dreams service. We proudly present our newest features: Equal Dreams now also in German and Swedish We are happy to inform our German and Swedish users that now they can use the Equal Dreams service with their native tongues. For our German and Swedish users: If you wish to change your default language to German or Swedish, you can do that by going to “Edit Profile”, where you find your personal settings at “Personal”. On this page you can change the language by choosing it on the list of languages. Save the change by clicking the “Save” –button. The language will be automatically changed the next time you log in. Equal Dreams Forum The time has come to share your thoughts, discuss with other users and join Equal Dreams forum. Have you been in an awesome concert and want to share your experience with other fans? Talk about Equal Share projects maybe? Go to forum and tell us all about it! You find the forum on the left navigation bar, on top of the genres. Equal Dreams Team is always keen on hearing your thoughts and ideas so feedback is most welcome! http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg11 http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg11 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:16:33 +0000 Equal Dreams has been picked up in Finnish media, check out some of the articles here: • Markkinointi & Mainonta 13.10.2008 (http://www.marmai.fi/uutiset/article146928.ece?s=r&wtm=Markkinointi_Mainonta/-13102008) • Noise.fi 10.10.2008 (http://www.noise.fi/uutiset/index.php?keyword=Equal%20Dreams) • Stimulus Lokakuu 7 – 2008 (http://www.kyy.fi/stimulus/indexi.php?lehti=0508&juttu=3) • City-lehti, nro 18/2008 (http://www.city.fi/artikkeli/Osta+oma+b%E4ndi/2800/) http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg8 http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg8 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:04:30 +0000 Equal Dreams has some new exciting features for the users. As you probably noticed, on our start page we have a new channel for our users to share their music recommendations. Users appearing on the "People recommend" list on the Equal Dreams start page are randomly picked. Anyone can promote his or her favourite artist! Now you can also use PayPal when purchasing music on Equal Dreams. With PayPal you can easily transfer funds from your bank account to your PayPal account and shop online. Learn more about PayPal here (http://www.paypal.com). We have launched our service now also in Finnish. For our Finnish users: If you wish to change your default language to Finnish, you can do that by going to “Edit Profile”, where you find your personal settings at “Personal”. On this page you can change the language by choosing “Finnish” on the list of languages. Save the change by clicking the “Save” –button. The language will automatically be Finnish the next time you log in. Hope you enjoy our new features! http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg6 http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg6 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:51:13 +0000 The Fogo Posto (http://www.equaldreams.com/thefogoposto) is going to release their album Sacrificio De La Primavera with 12 songs before 20th of December since the project is now fully financed. Congratulations to the band and pre-orderers for making it happen! http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg5 http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg5 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:38:26 +0000 Equal Dreams is proud to present the first two Equal Share offers: The Fogo Posto is going to release their first album "Sacrificio De La Primavera" in autumn 2008 - and what makes this extra special, the album will be out exclusively on Equal Dreams! This is how the band describes their upcoming album: "It's a theme album about a mystical journey in an ancient land of Gypsies and Wizards. There's Witch burning and other unpleasant stuff happening, and The Fogo Posto (Gang of Hobos) are spell bound to punish the guilty ones. How the story ends, you will have to find out yourself..." If that does not sound captivating, we don't know what does! Behind The Fogo Posto's mysterious tales the singer/songwriter Kimmo Härmä and guitarist/composer Juhana Jansson. Working with the band also are Bjarki Kaikumo and Jaakko Vuorenmaa, both versatile and successful musicians. Härmä has previously been a background vocalist for bands such as The 69 Eyes (Paris Kills, Devils, Angels), Sentenced (Funeral Album). Lucy was Driving plays music that combines powerful melodies and raw energy of rock into a mixture that one sarcastic individual once described as "science-rock for teenagers". The band is no stranger to sarcasm but knows something about science as well: Otso, the lead singer of Lucy was Driving, is filling his free time by working on a PhD-thesis in physics. This creates a strong background for the bands overall attitude: "Think for yourself, open your eyes and see the world we live in." The other three members are Henri (guitar and backing vocals), Janne (bass), and Juho (drums). Lucy was Driving will release their debut album in the spring 2009. Their Equal Share project is for the first single from the upcoming album. We wish the best of success to both of the Equal Share pioneers! http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg4 http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg4 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:37:04 +0000 After six weeks of invitation only period, we are proud to officially turn the "Open" sign up and roll our sleeves - Equal Dreams is now formally open and running. August 1 also marks the date for the launch of our crowdfunding feature Equal Share, which will allow fans to participate in artistic projects together with musicians. More news on Equal Share will follow shortly! Several Finnish media has picked up the story of our launch, check out the stories - and follow-up discussions :) — here: * Markkinointi ja mainonta (http://www.marmai.fi/uutiset/article117391.ece) * Tutka Ajan tasalla mediasta (http://tkub015.diak.fi/artikkeli?id=2898) * Afterdawn.com (http://fin.afterdawn.com/uutiset/arkisto/14963.cfm) * Yle.fi (http://ohjelmaopas.yle.fi/artikkelit/pop/pop-blogit/nettiratsia-arttu-silvast/digitaalisen-musiikin-innovaatiot-valtaavat-syks) So, warm welcome to all musicians and music lovers - come and join us in Equal Dreams! http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg3 http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg3 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:36:33 +0000 Just a week before our official launch, Equal Dreams has attracted positive and intrigued attention in Finnish media. The following short story was published in two online news sites Digitoday and IT-viikko on July 27th: http://www.digitoday.fi/viihde/2008/07/21/uudessa-musiikkipalvelussa-artisti-on-kauppias/200818925/66 (in Finnish) We have also made friends in Portugal; independent musician Marcos Marado of Merankorii interviewed our CEO Kimmo Kärkkäinen for his blog Mind Booster Noori. Read the whole interview here: http://mindboosternoori.blogspot.com/2008/07/welcome-to-equal-dreams-fair-music.html http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg2 http://en.equaldreams.com/ed/newsroom.html#msg2 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:35:49 +0000 The fair music market Equal Dreams has launched its first version on Monday June 16, 2008. In this first phase the service is open by invitation only, with the official launch date set at August 1, 2008. Equal Dreams offers both artists and their audiences distinctive service features, which differentiate it from any other music site: * -In Equal Dreams the artists are free to price their own music, and they earn up to 88% of the sales. The ownership of the creative work remains with the artists * -Automatic Profit Division enables profit and royalty management and distribution to all concerned parties, including copyright organizations * -Equal Dreams is working together with several established charity organizations. The Equal Aid feature is a tool for charity work through music, with artists choosing causes important to them, and audiences participating with their purchases With the official launch Equal Dreams will introduce another unique feature, Equal Share, which allows artists and their fans to join forces to make new music happen.