Willowtip signs new distribution deal - upcoming release schedule

[tipton]

Willowtip Records is extremely happy to announce that they have signed an exlusive distribution contract with Caroline/EMI Distribution for North America. Home to other labels such as Century Media Records, Nuclear Blast Records, Season Of Mist, and Candlelight Records, Caroline is one of the elite distributors in music today, and shouldl help to make Willowtip products available in a wider amount of stores.

The following Willowtip releases are scheduled for the remainder of 2008:

October 28, 2008
KILL THE CLIENT - Cleptocracy
MARUTA - In Narcosis
PHOBIA - 22 Random Acts Of Violence

November 11, 2008
AS EDEN BURNS - The Great Celestial Delusion
TERMINAL FUNCTION - Measuring The Abstract

November 25, 2008
CROWPATH - One With Filth
SEVERED SAVIOR - Servile Insurrection

figured it was easier to post this so people know when discs will be in stores, etc and i doubt many people read the news on our website.

[Coma]

Sign a deal with blogspot yet? :]

[Shred The Ganja]

will you be getting any copies of the new cynic album from season of mist?

[LesserAnimal]

will you be getting any copies of the new cynic album from season of mist?

Great question.

... And the new Enslaved album from Nuclear Blast?

[Woody]

when are you guys gonna have only the SS shirt by itself availabe to order?

[tipton]

the labels we can get stuff from isn't going to change, so getting season of mist or nuclear blast stuff in will be rare.

SS shirts by themselves won't happen till after the cd is out.

[Subjugate]

SS shirts by themselves won't happen till after the cd is out.

just curious, why is that? Is it just how it pans out, or is there a specific reason for that?

[VilEffigy]

Sweet. More stuff to order.

[Archaeon]

*insert question not relating to thread, but to tipton about something that doesn't matter here*

[OrbOfUncreation]

*insert question not relating to thread, but to tipton about something that doesn't matter here*

Seriously, people don't even read the topic anymore but take every chance to vent their mouth on pointless arguments.

Congrats to Willowtip, this is how business is done!

[Chilidem]

Seriously, people don't even read the topic anymore but take every chance to vent their mouth on pointless arguments.

:emot-argh

[Stupefaction]

Willowtip will be distibuting every album ever released in 10 years. That would be awesome.

[tipton]

Willowtip will be distibuting every album ever released in 10 years. That would be awesome.

i wish.... but i get the impression that many here don't understand or know how important this announcement is. this has nothing to do with distribution and what items we carry in our distro. this has to do with us moving up and signing a pretty major distribution deal with a large company that sells our discs to stores in north america. when you are a label in most cases you have a distributor that exclusively sells your product aka all stores buy the discs from them, this is what this press release relates to.

why not sell just shirts for preorders? for one its alot easier to not fuck up when you are packing a TON of orders and trying to get them out fast if you can just put a shirt and cd in every package and not worry if one pack gets a cd one doesn't, etc. secondly, i want people to BUY the cd and this is at least some motivation not to download it i hope. if thats what you choose to do, whatever but my goal is to get people to buy cd's in some way and for some getting the disc at a cheaper price in the package deal does that.

[Stupefaction]

i wish.... but i get the impression that many here don't understand or know how important this announcement is. this has nothing to do with distribution and what items we carry in our distro. this has to do with us moving up and signing a pretty major distribution deal with a large company that sells our discs to stores in north america. when you are a label in most cases you have a distributor that exclusively sells your product aka all stores buy the discs from them, this is what this press release relates to.

Oh, I was confused. OK, than Willowtip artist's CDs will be sold in stores around the globe on every street corner.

Nah, I give up. Ignore me.

[Brutal Bands]

i wish.... but i get the impression that many here don't understand or know how important this announcement is. this has nothing to do with distribution and what items we carry in our distro. this has to do with us moving up and signing a pretty major distribution deal with a large company that sells our discs to stores in north america. when you are a label in most cases you have a distributor that exclusively sells your product aka all stores buy the discs from them, this is what this press release relates to.

why not sell just shirts for preorders? for one its alot easier to not fuck up when you are packing a TON of orders and trying to get them out fast if you can just put a shirt and cd in every package and not worry if one pack gets a cd one doesn't, etc. secondly, i want people to BUY the cd and this is at least some motivation not to download it i hope. if thats what you choose to do, whatever but my goal is to get people to buy cd's in some way and for some getting the disc at a cheaper price in the package deal does that.

Congrats on the distribution deal. Now, can I please have your freed up slot on Lumberjack? :emot-blin

[Abrogar]

sign me, you niggers

[F0RBIDDEN]

Congrats, that's awesome news! Definitely earned it bro, Willowtip is the ultimate.

[Coma]

I don't buy CDs, and I wouldn't buy them in stores anyway, so I don't really care.

Just finalize the Magruder and Defeatist contracts.

[LesserAnimal]

*insert question not relating to thread, but to tipton about something that doesn't matter here*

How does this even matter? I asked him if he's going to be carrying the Enslaved because I want to buy it from a distro I like...

Obviously this forum is always on topic. How dare I stray so very far from the point of the thread : ( : ( : ( : (

[tipton]

scott i think if he ask lumberjack they will take you on now.

coma - defeatist and magruder are all but done, just finalizing things. defeatist vinyl cd release will come out in early december

[LesserAnimal]

Aren't Unique Leader and Crash distributed through Caroline as well?

I didn't realize they were a top dog, but Disgorge is, or at least used to be carried at the FYE in Lancaster.

[tipton]

it will take too much typing and most won't understand nor should they care about it either. but for indie labels the best distributors that most labels use are RED, Caroline, ADA, Lumberjack/Mordam. As with anything alot of it depends on your contract. We were with lumberjack before, lumberjack is whom Unique Leader is still with they are the only metal label there now that we left basically. I'm not sure if crash is even a label anymore.

[LesserAnimal]

They had really bad service and promotion - I hope they're finished.

[nigelwho]

Tipton is so pro, glad you are moving up.

[Javi]

thats great news, congratulations.

[Brutal Bands]

scott i think if he ask lumberjack they will take you on now.

Just looking at our current US contract, we still have another year to go before could consider moving on to Lumberjack or anywhere else.

[Javi]

who distrubutes your stuff?

[Teufel]

Are Circle Of Dead Children still on Willowtip? I heard something about them working on a new album.

[tipton]

Are Circle Of Dead Children still on Willowtip? I heard something about them working on a new album.

yep...they will be recording the new full length before the end of the year. new drummer is amazing... i know its cliche but i seriously think this will be their best ever with great production too.

[Brutal Bands]

who distrubutes your stuff?

In the US, Cargo Music.

[Teufel]

yep...they will be recording the new full length before the end of the year. new drummer is amazing... i know its cliche but i seriously think this will be their best ever with great production too.

Awesome! Can't wait til it comes out!