1. Content Management: There is a web based content system that makes it very easy to post and edit pages. One can post HTML generated in products like Front Page without having to know any programming. This feature will let you easily update your concert schedule, discography, and biographies.



2. E-Commerce: We provide very sophisticated e-commerce; some of the highlights: specials, category management, loyalty programs, wholesale, membership specials, and sharing products to multiple stores (great for building community).



3. Membership: personal pages for fans, online membership database, specialized marketing such as sending e-mail to those who ordered a certain amount within a certain time frame, the ability for individuals to upload projects, and discussion board replies.



4. E-Mail: We have one of the most sophisticated e-mail management systems for small businesses. We can collect and sort e-mails into multiple categories, add, delete, reorganize, and store HTML newsletters within a database for easy marketing campaigns; all of this can be managed via the web.



5. Integration: The e-commerce, community, and content are linked so that, for example, while one is browsing an article on guitars, links to guitar products are available as well as discussions on that topic.



6. Web Based Management: These sites are VERY easy for a novice to use. Everything is web based and intuitive. We are constantly responding to our clients so that the community is constantly benefiting from all of its members.



7. Security: Our system uses both SSL and a sophisticated login management system so that different types of members have different types of access.



8. Easy Customization: We have developed a proprietary way of separating the code from the design so that customization can be done quickly without great cost.



9. Polls: We have an easy to use Polling feature to add interest to a site.



10. Inexpensive Resources: Semkhor has a strong infrastructure overseas where development and maintenance is inexpensive and many resources can be brought to bear on any project at a price that is affordable to independent bands.

MasterDisk also provides other great features services to help independent bands develop and manage their careers:

1. CD Replication: We can produce small runs of your album at low cost. We can prepare your files so that they are ready to be streamed, can be replicated, and purchased online.



2. Premiums: We have relationships with companies that can turn your art and logo into pens, hats, shirts, and posters.



3. Graphic Design: We can use our powerful graphic computers to design your album jacket, website, cards, posters, or anything else you need to brand your band. We can prepare all artwork so that it can be used in multiple ways from one design.



4. DVD Encoding/Streaming Video: We can create a beautiful DVD with interviews, clips from concerts, and anything else you want. These DVDs are great both for fans and to send out as part of your press kits. As we prepare your DVD we can also prepare the video for streaming broadcast.