Comments on: Musicians, Like Writers, Left Out of Online Revenues - Or Not http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/01/03/musicians-like-writers-left-out-of-online-revenues-or-not/ The latest gear, software, and techniques for electronic music production and performance Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:13:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: JC http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/01/03/musicians-like-writers-left-out-of-online-revenues-or-not/#comment-371540 JC Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:47:42 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/01/03/musicians-like-writers-left-out-of-online-revenues-or-not/#comment-371540 You spelt Thom Tom in the article. "Tom Yorke has been going around pointing out many labels" Check the picture for correct spelling ;) Cheers. You spelt Thom Tom in the article.

“Tom Yorke has been going around pointing out many labels”

Check the picture for correct spelling ;)

Cheers.

]]> By: dead_red_eyes http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/01/03/musicians-like-writers-left-out-of-online-revenues-or-not/#comment-371301 dead_red_eyes Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:34:12 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/01/03/musicians-like-writers-left-out-of-online-revenues-or-not/#comment-371301 Nice work Martin! I remember when our album was first up on iTunes, and how it was crippled with DRM ... I wasn't to happy about it at first. Soon afterwards, the iTunes Plus thing came into focus ... and sure enough, our album got the iTunes Plus treatmeant. I must say that it made me feel a lot better that there's no DRM and that the tracks are higher quality. Our label generally deals with The Orchard folks Peter ... but that doesn't mean that I'm not privy to all the stuff that's going on with them. They have a great person who's assigned to work with the label, and really loves the labels material. Which is a big bonus. She puts in a lot of work, and they do promotions and such as well ... so it's not like they're just sitting back not doing anything while raking in the money, which a lot of distributors do. They've got our album in all the right places thankfully, and are very pleasant to deal with. Plus, they pay quarterly and on time ... which is a blessing if you ask me. Nice work Martin!

I remember when our album was first up on iTunes, and how it was crippled with DRM … I wasn’t to happy about it at first. Soon afterwards, the iTunes Plus thing came into focus … and sure enough, our album got the iTunes Plus treatmeant. I must say that it made me feel a lot better that there’s no DRM and that the tracks are higher quality.

Our label generally deals with The Orchard folks Peter … but that doesn’t mean that I’m not privy to all the stuff that’s going on with them. They have a great person who’s assigned to work with the label, and really loves the labels material. Which is a big bonus. She puts in a lot of work, and they do promotions and such as well … so it’s not like they’re just sitting back not doing anything while raking in the money, which a lot of distributors do. They’ve got our album in all the right places thankfully, and are very pleasant to deal with. Plus, they pay quarterly and on time … which is a blessing if you ask me.

]]> By: Martin Kingsley http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/01/03/musicians-like-writers-left-out-of-online-revenues-or-not/#comment-371263 Martin Kingsley Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:13:32 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/01/03/musicians-like-writers-left-out-of-online-revenues-or-not/#comment-371263 Hey, that's my poster! Awesome! Glad to see you crazy boys and girls liked it! Yay for Creative Commons! Good article, too. Y'know, just by the by. Hey, that’s my poster! Awesome! Glad to see you crazy boys and girls liked it! Yay for Creative Commons!

Good article, too. Y’know, just by the by.

]]> By: Greg http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/01/03/musicians-like-writers-left-out-of-online-revenues-or-not/#comment-371095 Greg Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:08:35 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/01/03/musicians-like-writers-left-out-of-online-revenues-or-not/#comment-371095 I like bleep.com for it's lovely design, lack of DRM, and FLAC availability. The higher price point seems more reasonable to support smaller artists, as well. I wonder how hard it is to get one's music on there? I like bleep.com for it’s lovely design, lack of DRM, and FLAC availability.
The higher price point seems more reasonable to support smaller artists, as well.
I wonder how hard it is to get one’s music on there?

]]> By: Adrian Anders http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/01/03/musicians-like-writers-left-out-of-online-revenues-or-not/#comment-371036 Adrian Anders Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:47:58 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/01/03/musicians-like-writers-left-out-of-online-revenues-or-not/#comment-371036 Still hoping that Amazon's MP3 store becomes the holy grail of online music stores. If they give unsigned artists and independant labels greater access to their store, and develop a better web 2.0 social interface to find similar artists they might have a shot at taking down iTunes at least on the long-tail/music lover side of the business. Still hoping that Amazon’s MP3 store becomes the holy grail of online music stores. If they give unsigned artists and independant labels greater access to their store, and develop a better web 2.0 social interface to find similar artists they might have a shot at taking down iTunes at least on the long-tail/music lover side of the business.

]]> By: Peter Kirn http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/01/03/musicians-like-writers-left-out-of-online-revenues-or-not/#comment-371011 Peter Kirn Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:59:25 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/01/03/musicians-like-writers-left-out-of-online-revenues-or-not/#comment-371011 Steve, you know, I agree ... at the same time, though, part of this seems to me like critical mass. I'd LOVE to be able to buy music from artists directly, but so often I just get linked back to iTunes. (No thanks!) If enough artists start doing it, I think more people will be in the habit of going artist-direct. And the artists who do have really strong relationships with their fans do very well at this, there's no question, so for them, this work ... which is why if you're less known, having the *right* label to help you out can be really huge. So these tools as they improve should also help labels get better at sales distribution, and those smaller labels will likewise do better with online stores that are more niche-focused. It's all just puzzle pieces, and I think the whole market is still very young. @dead_red_eyes -- I'm hearing great stuff about The Orchard, too! Steve, you know, I agree … at the same time, though, part of this seems to me like critical mass. I’d LOVE to be able to buy music from artists directly, but so often I just get linked back to iTunes. (No thanks!) If enough artists start doing it, I think more people will be in the habit of going artist-direct. And the artists who do have really strong relationships with their fans do very well at this, there’s no question, so for them, this work … which is why if you’re less known, having the *right* label to help you out can be really huge. So these tools as they improve should also help labels get better at sales distribution, and those smaller labels will likewise do better with online stores that are more niche-focused. It’s all just puzzle pieces, and I think the whole market is still very young.

@dead_red_eyes — I’m hearing great stuff about The Orchard, too!

]]> By: Creature http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/01/03/musicians-like-writers-left-out-of-online-revenues-or-not/#comment-370978 Creature Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:30:02 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/01/03/musicians-like-writers-left-out-of-online-revenues-or-not/#comment-370978 you can also use something like https://www.payloadz.com/default.asp to sells music downloads from your website. Of course, thats the easy part. The hard part is getting people to your site and to stay on it for long enough ;-) Steve you can also use something like https://www.payloadz.com/default.asp to sells music downloads from your website. Of course, thats the easy part. The hard part is getting people to your site and to stay on it for long enough ;-)

Steve

]]> By: dead_red_eyes http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/01/03/musicians-like-writers-left-out-of-online-revenues-or-not/#comment-370947 dead_red_eyes Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:40:13 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/01/03/musicians-like-writers-left-out-of-online-revenues-or-not/#comment-370947 I'm very happy with the way The Orchard is handling our stuff at the moment. :) I’m very happy with the way The Orchard is handling our stuff at the moment.

:)

]]> By: Steve http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/01/03/musicians-like-writers-left-out-of-online-revenues-or-not/#comment-370923 Steve Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:44:10 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/01/03/musicians-like-writers-left-out-of-online-revenues-or-not/#comment-370923 That web store app looks excellent. I was just thinking yesterday about some way to sell audio reliably and simply from my web site. This might be exactly what I was looking for. Thanks, Brad (an Peter for pointing it out). That web store app looks excellent. I was just thinking yesterday about some way to sell audio reliably and simply from my web site. This might be exactly what I was looking for. Thanks, Brad (an Peter for pointing it out).

]]> By: Peter Kirn http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/01/03/musicians-like-writers-left-out-of-online-revenues-or-not/#comment-370902 Peter Kirn Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:53:03 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/01/03/musicians-like-writers-left-out-of-online-revenues-or-not/#comment-370902 Awesome! Though I think S3 would probably remain my top pick for storage. Love me my S3. Awesome! Though I think S3 would probably remain my top pick for storage. Love me my S3.

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