WELCOME

by Admin

Posted on December 19, 2019 at 01:21 AM

What are we?
We are something just a bit different.

We are an attempt to bring more revenue to the artists that create the music you love, while the consumer gets the music they want.

So really, for a consumer, it's not much different, but for the artist, it means they get more of the revenue they deserve.

Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in 1877, and the first radio broadcast was in 1906. It was during this period that people decided they could make a lot of money off of music.  This was, of course, at the expense of the musicians that created the music.  Record companies developed and struck deals with the radio  stations.  This put a lot of money into the pockets of the record execs and just a little going back to the artists.  (There were some execptions, there are always exceptions, but many musicians went to the grave without any money to their name.)

Fast forward to the internet!
People started uploading music and trading without either record companies, or musicians getting any money.  You know that wasn't going to last.

Streaming services were developed, and retail services.  So it was back to business as usual.

Streaming services pay a royalty for the amount of times that a song is played.  It takes roughly 330,000 streams a month for a solo artist to make a monthly minimum wage.  Multiply that by the number of members of a band, and you can see that only the service was really making money.

The retail services usually take a percentage of the sale.  Anywhere from 10 to 45%. That can add up quickly!!

What this means, is that the smaller artists can not make a viable income from their own music, but someone else can.

I decided that something should/could/would be done.

So, what we have here is a plan that allows musicians to upload their music, as much music as they want, for just a small subscription fee.  That basically reverses the process that was being used. Now the musician makes the most from their music, and for the consumer, that means that the money you spend goes to support those people that create the music you love.

There is, also, and old saying, "The best musicians never get heard".  This is mostly true.  You can listen to some AMAZING musicians online or the radio, but there are many more out there that never get signed to a record deal.  

Well, home recording equipment has never been better or more readily available than this time in history.  Now a jazz/blues player in the U.S. midwest can record at home and sell his music.  As can a rap artist in Belgium, or a country artist in Japan.  People everywhere are making music, and deserve to be heard.

Can't they just set up a website and sell their music themselves?
Of course they can, but let's use a farmer's market analogy.
You can be a huge farmer growing crops for large companies with a guaranteed income. (This is your Taylor Swift and Beyonce, and they deserve that.)
You can be a much smaller farmer or maybe someone with a plot behind your house.  Your income is not guaranteed.  You probably set up a stand on the front of your property and sell to friends, family, and people that happen to drive by.  You could also take your product to the farmer's market, rent a stall, and sell your product to more people.  The market is a place where consumers know they can get the fresh produce without having to drive all over to find stalls.

We are trying to be that market place.  A place where someone can go to find music, because they know it will be there.  A place where the artist can go, because people will be looking for their product.

We are trying something a bit new, but with elements of the old.