The Diskery is quite simply one of the world's newest and most advanced music sales and distribution systems ever devised. The Diskery was founded by independent record producer and collector Derek McDonald after he experienced frustrations with distribution and sales of his works. Many distributors wanted to charge money with no guarantee of satisfaction or sale (or even payment). Many retailers didn't even return his telephone calls, and the cost of advertising was too great. He was also frustrated at the general lack of supply, knowledge or pricing practices seen at many traditional retail outlets and distribution houses. He founded a system where individuals and companies work together to achieve one goal - the exposure of great music by informed staff, fair prices and convenience. He would soon after incorporate The Diskery system into his company, Emperor Multimedia Corporation, a company world renowned for its mature, standardized and honest business practices. Like the trade unions of the 20th century believed, there is power in numbers! At The Diskery the bands and labels would be encouraged to work together for mutual support and sales. The system would be structured as merely a conduit, a structure which they utilize to bring their music to the listener. This "structure" would have the following goals:
It sounds like pie in the sky but today The Diskery is an on-line sales and distribution catalogue that features artists and labels from around the world. It boasts one of the most advanced sales networks in the world that is small now but rapidly growing. This network allows customers to buy music on-line but also purchase the same music via special order through their local retailer in their home town using their own currency. This retailer can be ANY local retailer who applies to be in the network; national chain stores and small indie shops have signed onto the system. There are no service fees charged to either the retailer or the artist!
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The Diskery is not a sales site per se. It is just a catalogue. It's a part of a distribution system operated by Emperor Multimedia Corporation and operates under the control of their EMD distribution division. With The Diskery, one gets the freedom of shopping for music without the crowds, the parking problems AND get music most retailers don't want to carry. Customers get the convenience of doing this without leaving their chairs and have the security and trust associated with buying from their favourite music shop as they have a choice of buying on-line or go to their regular retailer. Not only can one shop at local retailers but, those retailers that are on-line and registered with The Diskery have the option of making their inventory available to the customer through their web site(s) connected by hotlink to The Diskery. Affiliations with other on-line catalogues like GEMM, also have such links and search engines thus expanding the customer's purchase power from one site to many. Finally, one stop shopping that's convenient and fast! 11 Million titles are available either directly or indirectly from The Diskery giving customers access to more titles than any of the major E-commerce music sites combined and more than any regular retailer. Eventually, with this system, music fans will no longer have to hunt from store to store to find an elusive recording they heard ONCE on the radio. Conversely, the artist will no longer have to deal with the store purchasing managers and distributors who, most likely, will turn them down due to lack of interest or shelf space or charge them membership fees. One stop shopping for all! By shopping at The Diskery customers are supporting the artist as they get to pick what they get paid for each release they enter into our system, THEY CHOOSE not some record executive or purchasing manager. The artist ends off walking away with more than 70% of what the music costs here. The Diskery follows the rules and regulations of the RRCA and their Fair Enterprise policies. These business practice policies are some of the strictest in the world. This means that we follow business practices and procedures which better the industry in which we work. We do not do business with companies known to be bad influences and we, ourselves, enforce proper standards with those we do business with or we don't do business with them. We are the only company to ever receive this certification. The goal of the Diskery is not necessarily huge volumes in sales but instead, exposure of new talent into the marketplace which makes it an ideal venue for both big and small music makers. |
The Diskery is a division of EMD (Emperor Multimedia Distribution) a wholly owned division of Emperor Multimedia Corporation Ltd. of Oakville, Ontario, Canada.The Diskery broadcasts from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Diskery is the old fashioned word for Record Company.
The name was chosen after hearing a trivia question on the game show "Jeopardy".
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Bands and Labels sign distribution agreements with our parent company. The releases they request to be listed with us are then approved by the A&R department to ensure they are of value and quality and when they pass they are then made available here. We purchase directly from the artist or the label as much as possible to reduce the price by removing the "middle-men".
Customers browse our extensive list of releases, listen to sound clips, see pictures and learn about the artists. Once they find something they like they have the choice of purchasing it here or searching our list of retailers to purchase it from one of them via their special orders desk.
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