Bare Naked Ladies for free!
p2pnet.net news:- Canada’s Bare Naked Ladies, already very much to the fore in the online music digital revolution as one of the Canadian Music Creators Coalition’s founding bands, has chalked up another first, but this time it’s south of the border.
Nettwerk Music’s BNL is the first major group to sign up with Amie Street.com, a new DRM-free download site started by (left to right) Elliott Breece, Josh Boltuch and Elias Roman, three Providence, Rhode Island, graduates.
The idea is to give fans and artists a break by starting sales off at rock bottom prices (like, free) and gradually increasing them to a maximum of 98 cents each when downloads of particular songs reach peak popularity.
And by nixing DRM (Digital Restrictions Management) consumer control, of course.
Amie Street says it gives 70% of the income earned in that way right back to the artist, making the potential maximum price somewhat more palatable than Big Music’s 99 cents per, most of which goes right back as well, but to the Big 4 labels.
As of tomorrow (March 6), BNL’s recently released Barenaked Ladies Are Men will be available on Amie Street.com for free ——- for a while, at least.
Artists keep 70% of proceeds after the first $5 in sales, which cover Amie Street’s storage, maintenance and bandwidth costs (if they never reach $5, no fee is charged), state Breece, Boltuch and Roman, who say they also plan to generate revenue through corporate sponsorships on the website, concerts and other events.
Key features
* REC system: The REC system drives the site’s music discovery process. The price of a song is determined by how many times it is purchased, and Amie Street pays customers for discovering and recommending great music. For example, if a user ‘RECs’ a song when it costs 0 cents, and the song grows to 98 cents, the user receives 98 cents for RECing that song. Members are able to see who REC’d a song and can find other users who have similar music taste so they can find more music they will like, allowing niche communities to flourish on Amie Street, and ultimately showcasing the music that is relevant and compelling on a global scale.
* Amie Street community members are rewarded for making song recommendations in order to encourage them to discover new music and to help drive exposure for the artists.
* Users can purchase music from free to 98 cents, listen to music for free via streaming, and share recommendations with other indie music fans.
* Amie Street takes no ownership of a artistââ¬â¢s music, nor does it ask that they sell exclusively on the site.
* All songs are DRM-free in MP3.
* The community aspect of the site allows users to find like-minded users that will help them discover and purchase music of their particular taste.
Stay tuned.
(Cheers, Kate and Ray)
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March 5th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
Good one, although it would have been better if the fees were scaled so smaller bands got more and famous bands got less. But that would be hard to implement, I guess.
March 6th, 2007 at 8:06 am
Sounds good to me! Although, when I clicked your link for Amiestreet, their servers couldn’t accomodate my web request!
March 6th, 2007 at 11:12 am
Righrt now it says “Hi, we’re currently upgrading for increased traffic. Sorry for the inconvenience. We’ll be back up in a second. We miss you already.”