Magnatune.com
Below is the mission statement of Magnatune.
What do you think of that kind of strategy/business model?
Would you be willing to pay a reasonnable amount of money for MP3 files if the author gets his/her fair amount of it and the majors get bypassed (or at least get less)? Or do you think that MP3 should be free on P2P anyway and that artists should make money with merchandizing and concerts only? Or do you have another view?
Please comment! :)
"We call it "try before you buy." It's the shareware model applied to music.
Listen to 373 complete MP3 albums we've picked (not 30 second snippets).
We let the music sell itself, because we think that's the best way to get you excited by it.
Our selection is intentionally small: we never waste your time with mediocre music.
If you like what you hear, download an album for as little as $5 (you pick the price), or buy a real CD, or license our music for commercial use.
Artists keep half of every purchase. And unlike most record labels, our artists keep all the rights to their music.
No major label connections and no venture capital.
We are not evil."
What do you think of that kind of strategy/business model?
Would you be willing to pay a reasonnable amount of money for MP3 files if the author gets his/her fair amount of it and the majors get bypassed (or at least get less)? Or do you think that MP3 should be free on P2P anyway and that artists should make money with merchandizing and concerts only? Or do you have another view?
Please comment! :)
"We call it "try before you buy." It's the shareware model applied to music.
Listen to 373 complete MP3 albums we've picked (not 30 second snippets).
We let the music sell itself, because we think that's the best way to get you excited by it.
Our selection is intentionally small: we never waste your time with mediocre music.
If you like what you hear, download an album for as little as $5 (you pick the price), or buy a real CD, or license our music for commercial use.
Artists keep half of every purchase. And unlike most record labels, our artists keep all the rights to their music.
No major label connections and no venture capital.
We are not evil."
Labels: Fun
posted by Bambitroll at
15:37
5 Comments:
I think the magnatune model is good and fair. And I would be willing to pay to support my favorite artists! Unless they really make too much money already :)
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Bambitroll, at 20/7/05 16:01
dear Cousin
somehow I think I inspired you for this idea of blog, maybe because you chose the same "blog host" than me, I mean blogspot.com , and maybe also because Mei Lin started her blog after she read mine ...
Sooooo I am really glad I am the first one to let a post on your blog, I gonna try to add yours in my "recommended blogs", try to speak about politics but stay a bit impartial and objective, write also just about how you feel, it is sometimes the most important !
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Geoffroy et Myriam, at 20/7/05 16:02
Where's the RSS feed for your blog?
By
Anonymous, at 20/7/05 16:29
Here it is:
http://bambitroll.blogspot.com/atom.xml
I also added a little XML icon on the main page, pointing to it :)
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Bambitroll, at 20/7/05 16:50
Hopeless with such poor content ..
Until you have a mass move to this way to deliver music, idem est having it branded by the majors (or group of majors, or company funded by majors ..) it is to die soon.
Flying Duck
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Anonymous, at 20/7/05 18:54
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