Amalgam Digital
| Amalgam Digital | |
|---|---|
East Boston, Massachusetts | |
| Official website | amalgamdigital |
Amalgam Digital is an
History
Based in East Boston, the Amalgam Digital label is distributed exclusively by Amalgam Entertainment
Joe Budden's album released by the label,
In late 2012, Brooklyn-based artist Dillon Cooper teamed up Amalgam Digital with plans to release his first official mixtape in June 2013.[5]
Online store
Founded in 2007, the AmalgamDigital.com store made promotional, distributional, and public relations services available to aspiring independent artists who registered as vendors at AmalgamDigital.com. This also enabled them to sell music, videos, podcasts, and other material through the online store. On August 21, 2008, AmalgamDigital.com launched its first Amalgam TV live webcast, which featured Joe Budden's last studio session for his sophomore LP on Amalgam Digital, Padded Room. Over 80,000 visitors viewed the webcast, throughout which Budden interacted with fans and answered questions in real time via a live chat room.[6]
References
- ^ "Lil B Inks Deal with Amalgam, Preps Albums". December 30, 2010.
- ^ https://www.billboard.com/artist/joe-budden/chart-history/
- ^ "XXLmag.com - » Amalgam Digital Partners with E1 Music". Archived from the original on August 21, 2009. Retrieved August 31, 2009.
- ^ "Independent Albums of 2009 | PHOTOS | Music". BET. Archived from the original on August 3, 2009. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
- ^ http://www.thesource.com/articles/261450/[permanent dead link]
- ^ http://wordonthestreetsmag.com/joe-budden-and-amalgam-digital-to-release-the-great-escape/[permanent dead link]
Further reading
- Chris Faraone. "Music: Next's Big Thing" (subscription), Boston Herald, September 18, 2007. Mirrored at allbusiness.com.
- Chris Faraone. "Music: Budden gets in ‘Mood’ to rap at East Boston label" (subscription), Boston Herald, March 5, 2008.
- Mariel Concepcion. "Pump It Up: Labels Look To Boost Hip-Hop Album Sales", Billboard, March 8, 2008. Google Books link.
- Daniel Kreps. "News Ticker: Robert Plant, Digital Hip-Hop, Gnarls Barkley, Fall Out Boy", Rolling Stone, March 3, 2008.
- Evan Serpick. "Site Specific: Where Indie Hip-Hop Lives", Rolling Stone, March 31, 2008.
- Padded Room charting information @ billboard.com
