Evanescence Artist Sandbox
Evanescence have returned and are soaring to new heights with their third self titled studio album. Released in late 2011, Evanescence debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and four other Billboard charts (Rock, Digital, Alternative, and Hard Rock) and re-established the band's place in rock history as Billboard's number 71 ranked Best Artist of the Decade.
Formed in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1995 by electrifying front woman Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody, the band released their first full-length album, Fallen in 2003. Fallen sold more than 17 million copies worldwide and earned the band two Grammy Awards. One live and two studio albums later and the band has amassed 24 million album sales, a suite of further awards, and a colossal and loyal global fanbase.
Evanescence are seeking apps to engage and capitalise on their loyal core following and new fans alike. Amy and the band are offering their full audiovisual catalogue to inspire you - including their live album and DVD Anywhere But Home, high resolution artwork, behind the scenes footage and interviews, unique graphics tools, and more.
Read the developer pack.
Available Assets
- 13 audio albums, multi-track and radio singles including deluxe editions of the new self titled album and the live Anywhere But Home release.
- 24 official videos, including all stunning official music videos, 12 live videos from their Anywhere But Home live DVD, plus the official promo and lyrics video for latest single What You Want.
- 6 promotional videos, including a documentary on the making of What You Want, behind the scenes studio and photo shoot footage, and a track by track interview with frontwoman Amy Lee. Each promotional video comes with dozens of video stills.
- High resolution album and single artwork for all releases.
- 3 sets of promotional photographs including in-studio photos and official photo sessions.
- Graphics including high res posters and logos.
- Biographies, interview transcripts, and press releases news press releases detailing the history of the band.
Rights & Responsibilities
Working with the Evanescence Artist Sandbox provides a developer access to unique content, but this access comes with some rights and responsibilities.
As a developer you are free to use this content to hone and test your ideas, but the content may not be used in any commercial or real world application without permission from EMI and its partners. There is an approval process that must be adhered to for any application or service. Please do not invest your time building an application or service without first understanding this approval process. For more information, see the FAQ.
Access to Sandbox
To gain access to each sandbox, you must request it from The Echo Nest. After requesting access, we will contact you both to ensure that we have valid contact information, and to ensure that you understand the rights and responsibilities of using this data.
You will need to agree that you will not redistribute any assets you are granted access to. You will not be allowed to use these assets, in either commercial or non-commercial fashion, other than to develop prototypes, mockups and betas to be reviewed and approved by The Echo Nest and EMI.
Once access has been granted, you will receive a special key that can be used to retrieve the Sandbox assets described above.
This key grants access for prototyping use only.
Once you have access to the sandbox, you can review the API documentation, make calls to view the contents of the sandbox, and begin building your application concepts. We have an EMI Sandbox Developer Guide that will help you understand the API.
Approval Process for Application Development
Before you begin developing in earnest, you must provide a Product Brief describing the particular product you'd like to build. It is incumbent on you to provide this before spending too much time; application concepts will need to be reviewed by The Echo Nest, EMI, and in some cases by the artist themselves. This review and approval must happen before a product can be brought to market.
To sign up for a sandbox, you must first register for an Echo Nest API key.
To begin the approval process, please apply for access to the appropriate sandbox. You should then prepare a proposal, and submit it to emi-proposals@echonest.com.
Please keep your proposal to no more than 2 pages of 10 point text.
In your proposal, you need to detail:
- Sandbox/artist
- Description of application or service
- Specific content to be used
- Proposed platform(s)
- Target market (age, demographics, geographic-location, etc)
- Business model, and proposed price point if applicable
- List any similar applications or services already available/your competition
- The Echo Nest APIs to be used
- Other APIs to be used
- Estimated build time
EMI and The Echo Nest will need to review application concepts, betas, and final launch. Once your application is approved, EMI will be the publisher; you will need to make your source code available to EMI for review.
Commercialization
Applications or services that are created using EMI content should be commercial in that they should provide revenues for the partners involved; this includes you as a developer, along with The Echo Nest, EMI and other rights holders. This is the way you will be paid for your work. The business model is up to you, but make sure it is viable.