Music Arsenal Blog

Just wanted to give everyone a quick heads up on the new version of Music Arsenal and our progress. The private beta is going great and we'll be opening up some more invites very soon so make sure you signup.

We have over 1000 hand gathered, quality contacts in the Music Arsenal directory now. There are a variety of magazines, blogs, record stores, college radio stations and more. This directory is growing very fast so check back often for updates.

We're also working on redesigning a couple of the contact pages to make them easier to navigate as well as adding functionality for advanced searches and mailing label printing.

Thanks to everyone for your suggestions so far, you've helped us a lot!

After months of design, coding and development we're pleased to announce we're beginning a beta period of the new Music Arsenal application.

To signup, just fill out the Beta Signup Form.

There's a new version of Music Arsenal you say?

Yes! There is! We've rewritten Music Arsenal from the bottom up to be easier to use and easier on the eyes. Our new version also doesn't focus on just record labels. The application is also useful to artists and anyone interested in music.

What's new in this version?

• Shared Contacts - Users can now access and add information to the Universal Music Arsenal database. This way if you're a newly formed artist or company you'll have access to quality contact information at your fingertips. While this is brand new right now, we plan on this feature growing quickly.
• Easier Everything - We've rethought and redesigned the application with ease of use in mind. We've also consolidated many areas of the application for better flow.

What's coming up?
Well we're not done yet and we have a lot of features rolling out in the near future.

• User Messaging - Users will be able to message other users of Music Arsenal to quickly build relationships.
• Scene Reports - Easily find out all you need to know about a city or market where you're looking to tour or promote a product.
• Lots More - There are several other big features of the all new Music Arsenal which we'll be rolling out in the very near future.

Keep an eye on this blog for developments!

I wanted to give the readers a quick update that we've recently added some new functionality to Music Arsenal which allows you to import contacts from an Excel file. We know it was tedious when you had a big list to hand type everything back into Music Arsenal so we've automated everything and make data population quicker and easier!

If you click on the 'Data Import' link on the left navigation you'll be taken to a page with instructions on how to upload then import your contacts. Now, instead of adding a couple hundred contacts to Music Arsenal over a day or two, it will only take you seconds! E-mail me at jimmy (at) musicarsenal.com and let us know what you think!

Music Arsenal has teamed up with Advanced Alternative Media and Brooklyn Vegan to bring you a great South By Southwest day party.

Here's the details:
The Scoot Inn - 1308 E. 4th Street
Thursday, March 15th - 12-6pm

Mew
Matt and Kim
O'Death
Rock Plaza Central
Rob Crow
Hella
Best Fwends
Golden Bear
New Violators
Cloud Cult
Brothers and Sisters
The Finchies
Fucked Up
The Twilight Sad

Two Stages, Twice the Fun!

The party with is free with no badge required. We'll be there all day and if you want to talk to us e-mail me at jimmy@musicarsenal.com.

Music Arsenal will be attending South By Southwest again this year. We'll be out in full force scouring the town for the latest and greatest as well as at the Music Arsenal sponsored day party which we'll be giving details on in the next few days.

If you'd like to meet with us to discuss Music Arsenal, or anything else for that matter, give us a call at 800-231-9273 or e-mail me at jimmy@musicarsenal.com.