14 DAY TRIAL // iLike has announced an initiative to build custom iPhone apps for leading artists across all music genres. The company has confirmed a suite of new features for musicians, including a turnkey system for artists looking to have iPhone applications specifically tailored to their taste, as well as integration with Twitter, YouTube, and MySpace.
“There’s enormous value in connecting artists directly with their fans, and with today’s announcements we’ve redefined the game,” Ali Partovi, CEO of iLike, said. “In an increasingly fragmented media landscape, artists need to reach fans across a dizzying spectrum of social networks, web destinations, and mobile devices, and iLike gives them simple, yet powerful tools to do it all from one place.”
“Twitter is helping people discover and share what's happening right now in all aspects of their lives,” Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, added. “iLike enriches a growing ecosystem by making it easy to find and follow our favorite artists on Twitter—and for them to form a deeper connection with us.”
According to iLike, the newly announced content syndication destinations include (highlights):
YouTube – sync YouTube channels and iLike accounts; every video an artist posts to iLike will be automatically posted to their YouTube channel, and vice versa;
MySpace Concert Listings – lets artists enhance the concert listings on their MySpace pages, via a widget that adds prominent buy-links and allows fans to “RSVP” to a concert and see who else is going; artists can also configure their iLike Artist Dashboard so that any blog, bulletin, or video they post at iLike is also posted on their MySpace page; Artist iPhone Apps – a turnkey system to enable any artist to rapidly create and distribute their own iPhone app featuring the artist’s concert dates, photos, blogs, bulletins, and videos; a self-service system allows artists to customize the look and feel of their app and submit it to the iTunes App Store.
The official iLike report also mentions that the social music discovery service additionally features a new Premium Artists Stats section, providing artists with detailed reports on fan interactions with their content and messages. Interested parties can learn more about the service here.