Watch for upcoming Virtual Venue Tours this summer with: String Cheese Incident, Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band, Los Lobos, Joe Satriani. Michael Franti "Power to the Peaceful", Sound Tribe Sector Nine, Camper Van Beethoven, Thomas Dolby, Live Earth sessions and more!

In the coming year, The Virtual Venues Network will broadcast hundreds of performances to an international subscriber network of nightclubs, college campuses and theatres. VVN provides subscribers with receivers, projection equipment, screens and all promotional materials while the venue provides the sound system, staff, food, beverage and merchandise sales.

VVN installs our patented ClubLync™ rack-mounted receivers at each participating venue, which allows the legal reselling of live and pre-recorded public performances from major markets and venues around the globe. Subscriber venues are granted a single download-and-play authority after the completion of the live performance. These events are exclusive property of the artist and VVN and are not available to the public at home, online or mobile! You are reselling proprietary content, directly from the artist or IP holder that the consumer can only witness at participating VVN venues!

Subscriber venues keep 33% of all ticket sales and 100% of the food & beverage sales!

How to join the Virtual Venues Network in eight easy steps...

1. Register online at www.virtualvenues.net and schedule an installation at your venue.
2. Lease a ClubLync™ receiver for $99.95 per month and patch into the house sound system.
3. Check out "upcoming events" on our website for scheduled broadcasts and choose the event that you can sell in your market.
4. Download ad mats, poster slicks and promotional materials and begin advertising the date.
5. Book local artists onstage before or after the main event.
6. Night of show, just enter your password, press PLAY on your ClubLync™ and turn up the volume!
7. Sell tickets, merchandise, food and drinks.
8. Count money.

The Virtual Venues Network places the artists live show onto hundreds of stages at night clubs, theatres and college campuses, captures an admission at every venue and allows the artist to retain complete control of their intellectual property.

Best of all, everyone gets paid! The artist and management teams, presenters, ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, Harry Fox agencies, network staff and local non-profits share in the financial benefit of a brand new paradigm within the entertainment industry. One that involves artist and audience directly and embraces the local community.

The Virtual Venues Network is an alliance of night clubs, theatres and campus facilities that are outfitted with large movie screens on-stage, digital light projectors, broadband capability and our ClubLync™ rack-mounted hardware at each house sound mix position. The ClubLync™ enables the legal distribution of exclusive, in-demand content that is then resold to a predetermined fan base in each participating market. VVN targets secondary and tertiary markets for network subscribers, penetrating demographics that are difficult to reach and highly desirable for both the artists and the record label. You choose the markets you want to open up from our venue list. You choose the markets you want to block. The artist and venue share the revenue from every ticket sold at each participating venue and once the performance is complete, the artist retains ownership of the intellectual property forever!

This year, performing artists will sell hundreds of thousands of tickets, filling stadiums and selling out outdoor music festivals in major cities around the globe.

Are these artists coming to your small town this year?
With the help of the Virtual Venues Network... yes they are!

The Virtual Venues Network introduces a brand new artist-to-audience distribution platform with a global reach and a social conscience that will revolutionize the concert industry, bringing national touring companies, speakers and live performances to secondary markets and onto small town nightclub stages everywhere!

The Virtual Venues Network captures and licenses big-ticket events and then streams them, one time, over the Internet and via satellite to an exclusive network of night clubs, sports bars, college campus and theatres, delivering in-demand, on demand content to pre-existing gathering places that already thrive in cities everywhere.

Each participating venue broadcasts life size and in high definition to giant screens on local stages, with digital board-fed audio pumping through the house sound system, providing a dynamic, new fan experience for about the price of a movie. Virtual Venues Network retains no intellectual property and represents the artist at every turn, providing new market penetration, merchandise and promotional opportunities and a revenue share of every ticket sold at each participating venue with both the artist and local presenter.

For more information about joining VVN, click on the appropriate Venues or Artists links below.

If you'd like to see VVN shows in your town contact your favorite local club / bar / etc and have them give us a call.

Q: How do VVN concerts differ from what I can watch on-line? VVN places premium content, high-resolution video and digital audio on-stage and life size into favorite gathering places around the globe. Shows are one-time events that can only be experienced at participating venues via our proprietary ClubLync™ receivers.

Q: Can I join the network at home or watch the shows online? No. VVN is a patent-pending reseller program only available to nightclubs, colleges and theatres.

Q: How do I find a local participating venue? You will be able to enter your zip code on the home page

Q: How much are tickets? Prices range from $8 to $12, depending on the act and local market.

Q: Can I buy tickets online and is there a service charge? Local VVN venue websites click through to www.virtualvenues.net. There is a $2 service charge for tickets purchased online and it is donated to a charity of your choice via a pull down menu at the point of purchase.

Q: Are the artists paid? Yes, artists and venues share in every ticket sold.

Q: What happens to the recording afterwards? Typically, VVN events are available to subscribing venues for 7 days following the event. After that time the artist may place it back into the VVN archive for rebroadcast at a later date or repurpose and make it available in multiple formats.

Q: What about piracy? The VVN network is a collective of artists and venues, working together to support a new format in entertainment that is affordable to their fans and directly involves the artist in the revenue. VVN subscribers endeavor to combat piracy with auto-delete software, proprietary hardware, branded output and strict contracts with each venue granting single play authority.

Q: Do you provide screens and projectors too? VVN is a reseller for life size screens and digital light projectors and leasing is available.

Q: How big are the screens? Screens are custom fitted to each venue ranging from 9 X 12 ft to larger than life size.

Q: How's the picture quality? VVN's events are captured in high resolution and employ cutting edge delivery services to assure the highest display resolution possible in each venue.

Q: How's the sound? Multi-track, digital audio captured at the source event is mastered and delivered directly to each house sound system, where individual audio technicians mix and effect the audio on the spot, for the best sound possible in the room.

Q: What about licensing? VVN's legal department works directly with ASCAP, BMI, SESAC and the Harry Fox Agency to identify all relevant royalties due registrars.

Q: I'm an independent promoter, can I join the VVN network? Yes you can. VVN grants territories to independent promoters in most markets. Contact VVN's venue division to what's possible in your market.

Michael Horne - Founder & CEO
Michael is a seasoned entrepreneur with over twenty five years of direct music industry experience. He has produced over 3,000 concerts while serving in numerous capacities as presenter, club owner, financier, talent buyer and performer. Michael has developed countless long-standing relationships within the industry and an in-depth understanding of musical genres and demographics.

Jon Luini - Co-Founder & CTO
Jon has been a pioneer in the Internet music space since 1993, when he co-founded the paradigm-shifting Internet Underground Music Archive (IUMA). Since 1999, Jon's company, Chime Interactive, has provided consulting, production and technology services to artists, managers, tour agencies, and labels (including Joe Satriani, Madonna, My Chemical Romance, Radiohead, Sheryl Crow, Los Lobos, Monterey Peninsula Artists, High Road Touring, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, AOL, Red Light Management, Warner Brothers).

Chris Stevens - Chairman
Chris is a serial entrepreneur and acknowledged leader in the consumer electronics industry. Most recently, he was Vice President and General Manager of the Networked Entertainment Business Unit of Cisco-Linksys, focusing on network delivery of content to homes. Chris served as President of Harman/Kardon, leading its transition to digital technology, restoring profitability, and growing the company from $45M to $145 in sales. Chris is also Co-Founder and Director of iControl Networks, an internet-enabled home monitoring and control company.

Arthur Rosato - Video Director
Arthur is currently the video director for the three biggest music festivals in the U.S.; the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, The Essence Festival and Bonnaroo. Although known primarily as a video director and producer, he has played a myriad of important rolls from musician to production manager. He has worked in the studio and toured with such artists as Bob Dylan, Santana, George Harrison, Counting Crows, Bruce Springsteen, and many others. Arthur is bringing that wisdom, skill, and talent to the production staff of VVN.

Nic Garnett - Licensing and Legal Affairs
Nic Garnett is a leading international authority on the licensing and management of IP rights in media content. Nic spent many years as the head of IFPI, the global trade association of the record labels. In that role, Nic led efforts by the recording industry to enforce its members' IP rights worldwide, both legally and through new technologies. He has advised many major companies and organizations on the management and protection of IP rights, especially in the digital environment. Nic's former clients include Sony Music, AOL, the World Intellectual Property Organization and the UK Government.

Kelli Richards - Business Development
Kelli is a veteran in the traditional music industry as an A&R exec (EMI), and as a sought after talent producer, having produced a wide range of concerts, award shows, and celebrity fundraiser events over the past two decades. Kelli led music and entertainment initiatives at Apple for over a decade before launching her own company, The All Access Group, a digital music and media consultancy. She is the co-author of two books, including the acclaimed "The Art of Digital Music", and is renowned globally as an expert and speaker on digital media and music convergence.

Linden Livoni - Engineering and Operations
Linden Livoni brings over 25 years of engineering and operations experience to VVN with extensive knowledge in managing high-technology systems and product development programs from concept through manufacturing. Prior to VVN, Linden held executive management positions in several well know companies including PowerFile, Lumisys/Kodak, RVision, Greyhawk Systems, and Diasonics.

Elizabeth Crowell - Finance and Administration
Liz brings extensive business and finance experience in a broad range of industries, including digital music and software development. Her work experience includes service at the Federal Reserve Bank in Washington DC and the Union Bank of Switzerland in Hong Kong.

Terry McBride
CEO and one of three founders of the Nettwerk Music Group, which includes Nettwerk Productions (Canada's largest independent record label), Nettwerk Management (artist, DJ and producer management), Nettwerk One (publishing), and Artwerks (graphic and fashion design). Most recently, Terry's attentions have focused on advances in digital technology, intellectual property rights and the future of music distribution.

Mike Luba
Mike Luba is a Founding Partner of artist management and booking company Madison House, Inc. The company, which started in 1996 as a boutique booking agency in Athens, Georgia, today has offices in Boulder, Colorado and New York, New York, and boasts a client roster of over 35 successful clients. Luba also sits on the board for Colorado not-for-profit Conscious Alliance and Our Future Now.

Steve Macfadyen
VP, Operations, Concerts & Amphitheathers - House of Blues

Phil Wiser
Phil Wiser is in an industry leading media and technology entrepreneur. Wiser was a key pioneer in the creation of the online digital music industry as an entrepreneur. He has also spearheaded the creation and growth of billion dollar digital media businesses at Sony as a corporate executive. He is also an angel investor, advisor and board member with multiple emerging and established companies.

Most recently, Wiser co-founded and is currently, chairman and president of Building-B. Building B is backed by leading venture partners and strategic partners. The company is currently still operating in stealth mode. Wiser also co-founded Liquid Audio, a pioneering company of the online music market. At Liquid Audio, Phil created the first commercial internet music distribution platform and led the creation of key technologies that now enable the digital music marketplace.

Prior to founding Building B, Wiser also recently served as chief technology officer of Sony Corporation of America (SCA). In this role, Wiser led SCA's overall digital media business and technology strategy and was responsible for coordinating these efforts across Sony's content and electronics companies. Wiser also lead the digital businesses at Sony Music from 2001-2004 as the leader of their digital media group. He forged the ground breaking deals with iTunes and pioneered the mobile music space during his tenure at Sony Music.

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