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Re: Why Twitter Music is Totally Going to Work

illprincipe22 — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:03:35 -0000

So you have to pay for Spotify or Rdio to actually hear more than a 30 second preview on Twitter itself..at least on the "popular" page, and for spotify you have to have it open and running in your background, which it always give me errors..are there any other supported media players on the service right now..what about youtube? From my view..is it a step in the right direction..YES..is it the ultimate destination we're looking for..NO..not yet at least

Re: Indie Music Tech: JELLI, a User Controlled Voting Service for Broadcast Radio Goes Nationwide

illprincipe22 — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:54:12 -0000

Great technology, though I feel like it will not have the impact it should, staying only on traditional fm stations. Many people are being pushed away from traditional radio because of the lack of range of artists being played. This would limit Jelli's users most likely to people who already listen to the station. Also, now with sites like thesixtyone, music from indie bands is gaining increasingly more ground, and these artists are not often included in traditional fm play. How would they compensate for this? Is there any way for people to suggest music in the first place, to these stations, or are they limited to a radio-approved list? The copyright problem plaguing radio is one that can hinder this kind of technology. There needs to be a change of model that does not include these kinds of rights restrictions, in terms of fees and legal precautions, in order for this to truly realize it's potential. Why hop on a broken train?

Re: Music Distributor Fee Comparison

illprincipe22 — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:27:36 -0000

Really? How much money have you made so far, and how long have you been using it. I'm interested to see if a model that does nothing to promote your music can actually be successful.

Re: Music Distributor Fee Comparison

illprincipe22 — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:17:23 -0000

In the next couple of months a new distributer called Beat-Play will be launching their beta. It is free to post on Beat-Play and they receive only 5.5% of any sale made. They also offer a revolutionary way of promoting the music by offering a platform for fans to follow their friends or favorite bands who share a similar taste in music, and users can receive updates automatically from those people's playlists, directly to their player. If the music is good enough to be play listed, it will spread automatically and quite virally. This then opens the doors for artists to begin to make revenue based on an ad model that utilizes small unobtrusive icon sponsorships. Beat-Play will support many different kinds of revenue models including the world's first auction for music, and they promote indie artists for free in revolutionary ways to increase the chance that a sale will be made. There is simply nothing that compares out right now. You can sign up to beta test at http://MusicWithoutLabels.com and they will notify you when beta is ready..most likely March/April of this year.

Re: Get Paid for Giving Your Music Away with trueAnthem

illprincipe22 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:42:30 -0000

This sounds like its going in the right direction, but I see some problems. I am the Founder and President of a similar online distributor and promotion platform for independent artists called Beat-Play. It will be out this fall for Beta.

On the subject of streaming revenues, we offer this as well, and will have a similar model in place soon where artists can get paid by advertisers for just a stream of their song. However we leave the option open for artists to give away either a low quality version w/ or w/out a watermark, or the full quality version of their songs for streaming. On Beat-Play, artists have complete control over every aspect of their professional and creative musical careers. We are just a tool to help. I am an independent artist myself. Once an artist reaches a level of listeners that advertisers would be interested in, which has not been determined yet, they will start to get a portion of the ad revenue generated by themselves. This will also apply to videos and profile views. The percentage will be on a sliding scale according to stream plays and profile views. Also the ads will only be visual, and relatively small and unobtrusive. Eventually I see the most popular artists all being able to support themselves by ad money alone, and will be able to give their songs away for free all the time.

We however, require no contracts to be signed by our artists. Also, music is free to post, and we only get paid 5.5% when the artist sells something, so we promote them for free in a number of different and innovative ways. Go to http://MusicWithoutLabels.com for more info. About Us Video Coming in Next Few Days! I haven't even skimmed the surface of what Beat-Play is or is capable of. Check us out and sign up to Beta Test!

-Dante Cullari

Re: Songwriters, Meet Your New BFF

illprincipe22 — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:16:36 -0000

I personally, as a lyricist, have never used this tool, and I have had terrific success on my own, training my head to be its own rhyming dictionary. And I don't know if I would feel as good about my lyrics as I do now, if I were using a program to help me and inspire me. Of course some would argue that the mind effects everything including computer programs, so perhaps there wouldn't be much of a difference. I'm not sure, I have never used it. If you have or haven't, let us know what you think!

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