Music Delivery Service (MDS)

Music Delivery Service (MDS)

Radio is one of the most powerful tool's to create awareness to your music and get your music to listeners and buyers all over Germany. In 2024 over 425 radio stations exist in Germany (350 privat and 75 public radio stations), next to web radio, radio streaming services, podcast etc. Airplays is mandatory if you want to break successfully into the German market.

So what is the best way to get my song to German radio stations and why do I need the Music Delivery Service (MDS) for this?

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As Germany has a very different landscape when it comes to Radio and is not comparable to any other European country, it is really important to secure to best possible way to get your music to all those radio stations.
Also Germany don't has any national or nationwide radios and there are regional differences in terms of music tastes, type of radio statins and audiences. What might work in Berlin dosen't mean automatically, that Radio will pick up your track automatically also in Munich or Cologne. The other way around it is the same. And people stick in general to their local radio stations.
Radio Promotion is extremely important in Germany and MPN is the basic first step to reach out to German Radios!

So how do I get my music in the most best way to those round about 460 stations?

First of all, MPN (Musik Promotion Network) it is NOT just a random digital mail out system, such as Haulix, iPool, Hear The Music ... MPN is a data base and a music delivering service. Music editors need to register themself to get access to this service. MPN is the most established music delivering service in Germany and the only one, which is excepted by the ARD (public radio network) and most of all big commercial radio stations. You can reach out to over 2.500 German music editors of Radio-, Print- and Online media as well as TV Stations. All established labels, publishers, PR Agencies, Managements in Germany using MPN to get their releases out to German Radio. MPN contains all necessary meta data, artist infos and best audio music files and delivers the music next to all music editors also to the ARD music archive.

What does the Music Delivery Service (MDS) includes?
  • Up to 30 minutes of personal consultation on demand via Zoom about your goals of the MDS campaign
  • The MDS campaign is handled by one (1) professional radio plugger
  • Full integration of your music into the MPN (Musik Promotion Network) platform
  • Providing label code (LC Code), ISRC codes and EAN codes on demand
  • Mailout of your music to the MPN database, which contains round about 2.500 active music journalists
  • One time customized and personalized Pressrelease mailing to create awareness for your release
  • Adding your song to the "Steam Music Radio Airplay Hits" - Spotify Playlist
  • Mentioning of the release on our in-house social media channels
  • Overviewing statistics
  • Monitoring your airplay
  • duration of the campaign is three (3) weeks
  • Territory: Germany

The onetime fee for the Music Delivery Service (MDS) incl. all setup fees is $ 650 (US-Dollar) or 600 EUR (Euro). For payment in US-Dollar please use the PayPal button below. We accept bank transfer payment, PayPal, VISA, Eurocard & AMEX.

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For further informations about the campaign, timing, setup etc. and purchase confirmation/invoice please contact: radio-pr@steam-music.com or schedule a meeting here: meeting request