In which Dubber and Steve talk about their newfound wealth, experiments with pricing and the economics and sociology of music (and other things) online. Mentioned in this podcast: Steve’s New Album: Believe in Peace Dubber’s new book: Music in the Digital Age Dubber’s blog post: Why my book is free – and why it costs [...]
Categories: Podcast
I had an email from a musician today who said he was struggling a little with the idea of giving away mp3s. It’s a really common issue, and so I thought I’d share my response. 1) You’re not giving away music, you’re giving away RECORDINGS of your music; 2) Don’t try to make money from [...]
Jamendo is a site on which artists can give their music away to audiences for free, under a Creative Commons licence (which can, of course, include prohibitions against people using that music in a commercial context elsewhere). Fans can make a donation if they wish, but there is no requirement to do so. Fans get [...]
Categories: Consumption,Copyright,Distribution,Promotion
Tagged: Copyright, creative commons, download, Legal
A while back, I gave some thought to the question “How can I sell my music online?” and concluded that a good mix seemed to be getting it as many places as you possibly can using a digital aggregator like CD Baby or maybe a no-frills option like TuneCore – while simultaneously making it available [...]
Categories: Retail
