Have you been using Deezer´s embeddable widget? If not, you should really check it out. For those who dont know about Deezer, they are one of the largest streaming services in the world, with over 9 million registered users. Record Union are proud to have them among our many distribution partners.

The Deezer widget enables you to embed a music player containing a selection of tracks on your homepage, myspace, blog or other online location where you can add HTML script. People viewing the site can then stream the tracks contained in the player while the artist recieves royalties from Deezer. But, even better, the player links directly to the iTunes store so that people can purchase the album. Pretty neat huh? A great adition to your homepage as it enables listeners to both listen to full song samples, and if they really like it, to quickly head over to iTunes to purchase it.

To embed the widget onto your website, you must first register a free profile with Deezer so that you can take advantage of their playlist function. Once you have created a playlist from their catalogue (say, of a selection of your own tracks, or an album) look for a button near the top right of the screen called “embed”. See below:

You will the be faced with a few options, such as language, autoplay, size etc. Once you have customized the player to how you would like it, its just a matter of copying the HTML code provided and pasting it into your website, blog etc. If you are using a Wordpress blog, the widget can be embedded in the post by pasting it into your post when you are in HTML view, else in your sidebar by adding the “text widget” and pasting the code there.

When added it should look something like this!

Record Union are excited to announce a partnership with Deezer, one of the most popular streaming services in the world.  With 9 million users and as many unique visitors a month, Deezer is a streaming giant, offering browser based on demand streaming from a vast catalogue. And now it´s time for Record Union artists to get in on the action!

The concept behind Deezer is simple: to offer free and legal on demand streaming to all kinds of music, from rock to hip hop, as well as jazz, electro and world music, while respecting artist rights and offering all a share in advertising revenue generated on the service.

Beyond a dynamic and highly developed streaming platform, Deezer boasts a range of functionality which enables users to share, listen and discover new music. These include genre categorised online radio, smart radios, an album download option, playlist sharing and a large social network of “deezernautes” actively sharing their musical tastes with friends and fellow listeners. Deezer also offers an application for the iPhone and Blackberry, which gives users the chance to enjoy over 35 web radios and their own “smart radio”, which bases its track choices on user listening preferences.

Being one of the only services of our kind to distribute music to Deezer, the Record Union team are celebrating. Our mission is to have the largest and most diverse selection of distribution partners in the world, and this is a step forward in this goal. We will soon send our full catalogue to Deezer for listing.

If any of you would not like to have your music on Deezer for some reason, please let us know before Sunday 30th August 2am Pacific time.