FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: BETA Records and SoundWave360 Offer Artists First-Ever Premium Upgrade to MP3 Music Files Higher Quality Sound at a Nominal Fee for all 70,000 BETA Artists Using SoundWave360's Dimensional Digital Mastering LOS ANGELES, Calif., July 30, 2008 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- BETA Records (betarecords.com), the expanding international network and community of music artists and fans, will partner with Surroundphones Holdings Inc. (SoundWave360), enabling artists to upgrade MP3 music files with a proprietary process giving their music more analog sound, cleaner dynamics, higher signal-to-noise ratio and more depth in playback, particularly in the portable headphone environment. "We know that recording professionals are pleased at the idea of higher quality MP3 files and that this new SoundWave360 breakthrough will help every BETA Records artist stand out in the music marketplace," notes Chris Honetschlaeger, BETA President. The SoundWave360 process uses mastering techniques with a series of processes created by Founder and Chairman, Paul Gilman. "We are proud to be offering this service to BETA Records' artists as we see them as being the leaders in the next model for the music business." SoundWave360 CEO Raymond McGlamery comments, "Having been in the business of music at WMG and a number of other labels, I have seen the need for this type of community for several years. BETA Records has a focus unlike other social networks coupled with new technologies that allow artists and fans to truly support each other creating new avenues for publicity and revenue. This is a dream partnership for us to show off our technology and give artists a leg up who need one." About BETA Records BETA Records is a hybrid community that actively finds, produces, and showcases unsigned artists to the music industry and distributes content to fans via digital channels. BETA offers each artist a dedicated page (www.betarecords.com) to profile personal information, stream and/or download music, blog and email with fans, and much more. About SoundWave360 Soundwave360 is a new groundbreaking and patented audio technology by which any audio source can be processed and given dimension and clarity for distribution by any model. SoundWave360 can be applied to any audio component, be it audio only, video, audio books, film and television. The parent company, Surroundphones Holdings Inc., is a privately held company. *(LOGO Link 72dpi: Send2Press.com/mediaboom/08-0730-BETArecs_72dpi.jpg) All trademarks acknowledged. Send2Press(R) is the originating wire service for this story. NEWS SOURCE: BETA Records # # # //RELEASE END// MEDIA ONLY CONTACT(S): [ contact info not for publication online or in print ] Scott G BETA Records +1-818-223-8486 scottg @ betarecords.com //Note to editors: additional BETA news and RSS: http://send2press.com/newswire/BETA_Records.shtml ......... Plain Text Copy, and Story Permalink: http://www.Send2Press.com/mediadrome/2008-07-0730-006.txt Release PDF: http://www.Send2Press.com/mediadrome/news_2008-07-0730-006.pdf Get our full-text news via RSS: http://www.Send2Press.com/RSS2/rss.xml ......... Text provided by news source (and/or the source's authorized agency), who is solely responsible for accuracy and legality of content transmitted. ......... This news story from Send2Press Newswire may be redistributed and re-posted in part or in whole by members of the media. Copr. (c) Send2Press, a unit of Neotrope(R). For news aggregation sites, blogs, and bureaus, you must retain Send2Press as the original wire service source. You may capture and self-host images linked to in above release, but do NOT stream from our server. ......... The original version of this release was issued on behalf of the above organization (the "news source"), by Send2Press(R) Newswire, a unit of Neotrope(R). http://www.Send2Press.com. ......... July 2008 Press Release / B-NAT / IND: MUSIC ENT BUS WEB REC / REF: Music Industry Newswire(TM) + California Newswire(R) / ytv =