virusonic: aeos records goes viral

Virusonic is an innovative viral music marketing system that rewards you for 'word-of-mouth' referrals. Once you've registered, login and use your unique Referral Link to invite other users, and when they join you'll earn 'ÆΘs' (reward points) that can be used to 'purchase' the music (i.e. get it for free).

Why give music away?

• Because times are tough...
• Because I believe in my music, and I want people to hear it
• ... and I believe that if people hear it they will like it and want to put it on their iPods (or whatever) and listen to it some more, and eventually they will become 'fans' – which are a good thing for an artist to have.

OK, so why not just give it away flat out, no strings attached?

• Because I do think my music has value, and it wouldn't be fair to thousands of people who have already paid for it
• Because I want people to have an incentive for sharing it, and an easy way to do it
• ... and what better incentive than the music itself?

So if our sample tracks catch your ear and you'd like to hear more, just sign up, and then use the 'Share' button (top right) to post or email your Referral Link to friends, colleagues, blogs or social networking sites. I've even provided a handy widget so you can post the audio player wherever you like, with your referral link already built in!

Then for every person 'out there' who follows your link to the site and signs up for the same deal, you will earn points you can use to buy full-length, DRM-free, unrestricted audio tracks. Currently a completed referral earns 25 ÆΘs; most tracks cost 10 ÆΘs, most albums 100. You can also earn ÆΘs by writing reviews of albums or tracks - a track review is worth 5 ÆΘs, an album review 10 (subject to moderation; ÆΘs are awarded on review approval).

Of course, if you like the music a lot and want to get it right away, you can buy albums or tracks the old-fashioned way (we accept PayPal as well as major credit cards, through our authorized reseller 2Checkout.com).