Muzak and PassAlong Networks Launch Music Download Store For Charity
Store's Proceeds to Benefit Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation's Music Education Programs
Franklin, Tenn. — November 19, 2007 — Students across the country will have better access to music education thanks to the fundraising capabilities of discovering new music. Media distribution developer PassAlong Networks™ and Muzak, a leading provider of business music, today announced they will partner to launch a music download store benefitting the Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation music education programs.
"We are honored to partner with Muzak to create a store dedicated to improving music education in our nation's schools," said co-founder and CEO of PassAlong Networks, Dave Jaworski. "As a music-based company this is a great way for us to give back."
Dedicated to redefining and expanding the scope of music education, the Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation will receive 100 percent of store proceeds. The Heart & Soul download store, in addition to benefiting music education, will empower consumers to discover and download new artists and songs.
As part of their partnership, Muzak will launch the Heart & Soul music download store using PassAlong's StoreBlocks™ platform. The store will include one of the industry's largest music catalogs of 3 million songs, including 2 million songs in MP3 format. The store can be found at: http://heart.muzak.com/musicstore.
About the Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation
The Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation was established in 1998 by Muzak, a leading business music and messaging provider. Muzak believes in the power of music to change lives. The Foundation's mission is to redefine and expand the scope of music education. Heart & Soul helps students turn their passion for music into real world opportunities — by providing teens with new and exciting programs focused on all aspects of the music business. To learn more about the Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation, please visit www.heart.muzak.com.
About PassAlong Networks
PassAlong Networks is a developer of digital media innovations and services designed to enhance the Connected Consumer™ ecosystem. PassAlong's B2B2C technology engine provides four key services for the digital media marketplace: StoreBlocks™ offers a variety of store–building tools to enable clients to provide their end–consumers with a library of nearly 3 million licensed songs and the powerful music referral system, Passing–and–Points™; freedomMP3™ provides interoperability for digital media files, including raw MP3 files, across multiple platforms and devices while promoting a balance of artist rights and media empowerment for both content creators and consumers; OnTour™ connects fans to detailed, accurate and relevant concert notifications; and Speakerheart™ enables artists to seamlessly upload, promote and sell their digital music. Founded in 2002, PassAlong Networks is privately held and based in Franklin, Tenn. For more information, visit http://www.passalongnetworks.com.
OnTour, StoreBlocks, freedomMP3, PassAlong, Connected Consumer, Passing-and-Points and Speakerheart are trademarks of PassAlong Networks. All other brands are trademarks of their respective owners.
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