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Doing the deal

Once your music has been accepted by Magnatune, here are the steps to finalizing things. We need 4 things from you:

  1. The agreement and the attachment
  2. W9 or W8 (U.S. tax form)
  3. A cd of your music (unless you already sent us one).
  4. Album artwork, photo, biographical, PR info.
Here are the details:
    2. Tax Form
    • Fill out a one-page USA government form. If you are a USA tax payer, this is a W-9 form. If you are not a USA tax payer, this is a W8-BEN form (for help, see our W8-BEN EXAMPLE).
    • Fax both the distribution agreement and the US government form to us at (510) 217-6374 (USA) or email a scan or postal mail it.

    3. CD
    • Make a ZIP file of the WAV files from your album, and upload it to us.

    • or postal-mail one copy of your CD to:

      Magnatune (attn: Teresa)
      2342 Shattuck Ave, Suite 524
      Berkeley, CA 94704
      USA

    4. Artwork, photo, bio info, etc.
    • Email us your track listing, album artwork, as well as your PR materials (photographs, bios, etc). You can send them as email attachments, or indicate URL links to your site, or upload to ftp://ftp.magnatune.com/incoming/.
You're done! We'll be in communication with you when your page is ready for your review. If you have any questions, feel free to email John.