Dmusic is proud to announce the new DM Affiliates Program's first partnership with Zzounds.com. Zzounds.com promises to beat any advertized price and if you see a lower one within 30 days of a purchase, they will refund you the difference!

I personally have been using Zzounds.com for the past four years and have nothing but praise for their service and great prices.

This affiliates program is being launched in conjunction with some upcoming gear reviews brought to you by yours truly, Van (aka furiousBall, aka that guy with all the pictures of his kids on his DM page). I want to make this column useful for the artists of DM, so if you are thinking about buying a piece of equipment and want someone to go test it out, I'm your guy. If you are looking to purchase something from Zzounds.com, let me know, I'll drop the link on the Affiliates Box, thus donating money to DM! (and getting you the best price for your gear too).

So where do I find the Affiliates Thingy?
Left-hand column on the Gear Up, News, Music, and Business sections of DM.

Why the heck are you announcing this?
Oh yeah, I forgot all about that...I am now the Director of Business Affairs here at Dmusic.com.

Director of Business Affairs? What the heck kind of title is that?
It's nebulous, I know, but I'm going to be doing alot around here - Advertizing, Gear Reviews, running the CD Store (if anyone remembers I complained about the store alot in the forums, enough to take it over), handling customer feedback (i.e. people sending in complaints, ideas, bugs, other stuff), and assisting the DM coders line-up projects to make all the above happen.

Everyone, please give Van (furiousBall) your support and appreciation for taking on the job! I have first hand knowledge that just answering the "customer feedback" is gonna be a full-time bear to wrestle. (I do the same thing for Boycott-Riaa ...it is quite a bit of work, and there is much LESS in my inbox than Van has in his on any given day.)

Kick some a** and take names Van!

Just bought my vocal mic from Zzounds less than a month ago (audio-technica AT3035). Fantastic service and great price.

Nice work on this partnership thing, it's a perfect match.

And good luck, Van, with your new responsibilities. I'll be sure to send in complaints three times a day.

Is this being set up as a multilevel marketing business where we will be able to become affiliates and make some money for ourselves and dMusic?

Yes, this is a pyramid scheme. : pyramid :

Well anyone can become an affiliate of Zzounds, all you have to do is sign-up. But the thinking here is defray some of our operating costs in another avenue instead of like say, raising subscription levels. If any artists would like to put DM-Zzounds.com affiliate links on their website as a form of donating to DM, let me know.