We created another organization in early 2008 called "The Christian Independent Alliance." The CIAlliance is a staff department of "Artists in Christian Testimony, Intl." The CIA/ACT provides a vehicle for independent artists to raise tax deductible funding for their music missions. For more info, visit the CHRISTIAN INDEPENDENT ALLIANCE WEBSITE. Involvement with CIA/ACT starts with membership to Indieheaven, so join today and let's get going with our missions! Let's be independent... together!
When you join Indieheaven, you immediately benefit from being associated with an organization who is making a difference in Christian music. Plus, the fact that we are NOT a social networking site means FEWER artist profiles for surfers to weed through, PLUS, our roster is filled with SERIOUS artists who see value not only in our mission, but their own mission as well. That is HUGE! That IS the Indieheaven difference!
ALL INDIES... ALL THE TIME!! Other so called "indie" sites usually feature signed artists out front and put the indies in an obscure section of their site. Not so on INDIEHEAVEN! Our members are FRONT AND CENTER! We LOVE independent artists and we REALLY LOVE our Indieheaven Members! We are much more than a social network profile site. When you join Indieheaven, you get a team of experienced and knowledable people who want to see YOU SUCCEED and are accesible to you! All it takes is for you to join us and let us know how to serve you!
Take a close look at our website..Look at an artist page..See the quality of the design? We're a certified WEB 2.0 SITE utilizing the latest technology to deliver your content with 100% reliability! We're in our 11th year of NON-STOP FULL TIME service! We know what we are doing, and we are well established and connected in the CCM music industry. We're based in Franklin, TN where all the major players in CCM are based. There's a reason for that! Being online for so long also means more visitors to our site, more opportunities that come in for everyone, and more credibility, which is something indie artists need!
Many of our members are using Indieheaven as their main artist site and redirecting to their Indieheaven profile. Why? Because the tools we offer are superior to what most designers can code and design. Check out how one of our members utilizes a custom E-CARD we designed for them. Click www.scarletsnow.com. These E-Cards are available to ALL of our Indieheaven members.
IndieHeaven is 100% client side, which means YOU can update your own news, bio info, calendar, upload pictures, MP3 files (add as many songs as you like! Most social networking sites limit you to 4 or 5 songs), video, sell your music (and get ALL of the money!), get bookings for shows (commission free!), get fan mail, and join a community of like minded artists who are helping one another succeed by sharing information available nowhere else on the www!
Plus, we fill orders for CD sales from our warehouse, like CD Baby (our payout is much higher, 100% vs. $4.00 per CD over on CD Baby, and there is no per CD listing fee. CD Baby charges $35 to list 1 CD per page. If you have more than one CD released, it's another $35! One of our members have 10 CD projects listed on their IH Profile! That would have cost them $350 on CD Baby just to list them!). We also have digital downloads, like i-tunes (You dont need to wait 3 months to get into i-tunes, IF you are accepted..and we pay alot more than 60 cents a song, you get 100% of the GROSS RETAIL PRICE). Also, another HUGE BENEFIT is YOU get YOUR customer Information even if a SINGLE SONG is ordered! No other download sales service provides this VITAL INFORMATION! You can use your customer info to contact them, thank them, and build a LIFE LONG FAN and CUSTOMER!
What's the BEST Feature on Indieheaven?
When you join Indieheaven, you have a staff who is connected to many relationships that can benefit your career. I know most indies have a MySpace, FaceBook or other socal networking profile, but let's face it, the guys running them could care less about you. WE DO! You get basic management when you join Indieheaven. Now, that doesn't mean we run your career, but we help you as you need it. We don't have the time to manage a single indie artist, but we can help hundreds, and we are! Indieheaven is way more than social networking, way more than a profile, way more than selling music!
Another excellent feature is THE INDIEHEAVEN NETWORK. We have artists helping one another record projects, they are sharing gigs and touring together, we are praying for one another. Our community is like none other on the internet. We genuinely care about one another! As a member of Indieheaven, you get FULL ACCESS to our IH NETWORK!
Another excellent feature is our radio show, which is being broadcast on many land based and internet stations around the world! Check out our show, we feature music mainly from our Indieheaven members. Click Here. This is great exposure and builds our crediblity!
Has anyone ever been signed to a record deal off of Indieheaven?
Yes, we've had more than a few, for some, they have pursued that path and seen success. For others, they are quite content being an indie artist. It's up to YOU what path the Lord has for you. We can help regardless of your focus! We're not anti-industy, we're ARTIST FRIENDLY!
What is the cost to join Indieheaven?
Your membership could be free! For many of our members, it is! It's really up to YOU to determine your membership support. I will explain how we work it. When you join us, you sign up for 1 month of service at $19.95. Every 30 days, we'll reconcile your account to determine your membership support for the next 30 days. Depending on your activity, your monthly membership will be different. We deduct sales of music, banner clickthrough income, referral income, and add premium listing fees if you participate in our premium listing program in our search engine (you do not have to participate). Bottom line is this.. we love sending our members money! And we're the ONLY music site we know of where it's members can MAKE income by using the site and helping to promote it!
Money Back Guarantee!
We are so confident that you will find value in your membership that we offer you this promise. If you remain a member for at least 3 months and see no value, we will refund 100% of your membership support! All we ask is that you do your part to fill out your profile, sell your music through us, and engage us and others on our Indieheaven Community Network. We know if you use Indieheaven, Indieheaven will be a valuable tool in your indie toolkit!
Write it off!
You can write off all membership dues as an expense, and claim it 100% on your taxes! Why not invest it into yourself than give it to Uncle Sam? He's busy bailing out badly run companies these days!
Why aren't you free to join?
Our services and tools are well worth the membership support. Is free the best value? We used to be a free site, and we found artists did not make use of our service. When we asked for support, hundreds joined and are making use of our tools and community. Indieheaven has value to artists who understand the importance of investing in their mission and sowing into something they like and believe in. Indieheaven is much more than just a listing on a site.
Think of Indieheaven as a country club for indies. We've spent alot of money creating a great club, we have the best course, mainstream or Christian, and those who join us play our course and participate in club activities. Indieheaven is a site that is on the move!
Think about your own music mission. I am sure you would like to earn an income from the time and effort you put into your mission. Some have a real hangup about anything Christian asking for payment to use a service. I ask them.. what planet are they living on? You will see below that we provide ways for our members to earn a reduced rate, or even make income, and our payout for sales of music is the highest found period.. 100 PERCENT! You can't get any higher than that!
Best yet..No long term contracts, we are month to month folks! (We do have a 12 month membership that offers many extra benefits, including a featured artist spot on our front page, free unlimited digital distribution, and a 1 hour phone consulation from yours truly) Join us, check us out, if you're not satisfied, you are free to go and not lose your shirt, it's not like you are buying a car, right?? Plus, would you rather drive a run down car someone gave you for free, or drive in a Cadillac that you can get for the price of a Yugo? (remember those?)
Hold on..I can earn free membership or MAKE MONEY by using Indieheaven?
You betcha! We offer many ways for our members to earn income. We have a referral program. If you refer another artist to Indieheaven and they join us, we will drop $5.00 CASH right into your Indieheaven account right away! And, every month that member remains with us, you continue to earn $5.00 per month! You can make $60 per artist, per year! Plus, if you sell your music through us, you get 100% of the gross sale of your music! Sell a CD for $15 and get $15, sell a single for .99 and get .99!!
We also have a banner program, where artists copy and paste their custom banner code on their personal website, or other sites they may have. When people click on the banner, you make 3 or 5 cents per clickthrough depending on where you direct people to. Some artists earn free membership from placing our banners around the www! Some we send checks to! Our members can also earn a free month of membership when they review 12 other members songs, post them on our INDIEHEAVEN NETWORK in a 30 day period. Pretty cool!
Is there a long term commitment to join?
Nope, We are also a NON-EXCLUSIVE organization, meaning you can be on 100 websites if you want. Most of our members are on multiple websites, but they tell us they love Indieheaven because we care about their music mission! We do offer a 12 month membership term to our members after they join Indieheaven. They receive many perks of extended membership, including an exclusive 1 week featured artist spot on our main front page, unlimited digital distribution, and a 1 hour phone condultation from the president of Indieheaven. (thats me!)
Do I need a CD to join?
No, you do not need a produced CD to join, our members can upload single songs, music in development, or whatever you want on your profile. You are in complete control!
Who operates Indieheaven?
We like to think the Lord runs this show. Indieheaven is owned and operated by a guy who felt the time was right to help artists wherever they are at. For more info on our Indieheaven staff, click Here.
Mentor, motivate and multiply is the mission. The Indie Heaven website is the vehicle, the artists are the gas, and the Lord is the engine.
How do people preview songs?
We stream MP3 files through a custom flash player. Members can encode audio at any bit rate, but we have an 6 megabyte per song file size limit. This insures 50 megabyte .wav files are not uploaded. 6 megabytes is equal to a 6 minute song encoded at 128kbps MP3. Plenty of time to preview a song.
Do you sell CDs for artists?
We don't like to think of artists and their music as commodities. We are partners with artists in providing a convenient way of ordering through a reputable company. We are a fulfillment center for orders that come to us via consumers we drive into the site who come in by way of promotions and word of mouth, and through our kind and loyal artists.. This is just one of many services we offer artists who join our site. Bottom line is we take care of our customers, both artists and consumers.
Do you sell singles for artists?
There's that SELL word again! With our new version, members can participate in our Digital Download Program. Surfers can purchase single songs as 192kbs MP3 files with no DRM. These files will play in ANY MP3 player or i-pod.
How much do you charge to sell my music?
You can have as many CD projects listed on your profile for no charge. If you want to offer your single songs, there is a small $5.00 per song fee, because we must encode each song for sale to insure quality control. Sell just 5 singles, and you have recouped your cost!
Remember.. YOU get 100% of the GROSS sale of your music. NO ONE else offers this to independent artists. NO ONE!
Do you stock product and how much?
We require artists to send us 5 CDs to start. We'll see how it goes the first few weeks on the site and if we need more product, you'll be notified via email. We have an excellent artist administration section that is password protected for each artist where you can keep track of your orders, customer informtion, payouts
and much more.
When do I get paid?
If you participate in selling CD's, digital downloads, refer artists and place banners on other websites, you can earn income on Indieheaven! Every 30 days from the date you joined us, we'll reconcile your account. We start with our membership fee of $19.95 per month. If you have music sales, we'll deduct sales income from our membership fee. ie; if you have $15.00 worth of income for the month, you will only be charged $4.95 for the next 30 days, and your next due date will be 30 days later. If you have more than $19.95 in income in your account, we'll apply that to your membership and carry over the positive account balance for the next month. Your credit card is not charged for that month. Same goes for income generated from our banner program or referral income. We'll apply any income to your membership fee.
Conversely, if you have bid for a Premium Listing slot in our search engines, the activity will be charged against your account. It's up to you!
We pay artists when their income level reaches $25.00. We'll pay you via Paypal or send you a check. It's that easy!
How have you stayed online, non-stop for the past 11 years?
Lord knows! He always makes a way for Indieheaven to survive. When others have come and gone, Indieheaven remains. I believe He calls the equipped and equips the called. We cannot do this without artists seeing value in our mission, and having a desire to be aligned with something they believe in. There is a change coming in Christian music, we don't want to ride the wave, we ARE THE WAVE!! The more members we have the larger the wave!!
SIGN ME UP!
GREAT! To sign up for Indieheaven go to: INDIEHEAVEN SIGNUP PAGE
After you join, I will be in touch with you and we'll get started on our relationship!
Blessings, thanks for your interest in Indieheaven!
Keith Mohr
President
Indieheaven
