Re: death of mp3 save your music!

[Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel...>]

Avi-
There are lots of 'mom & pop' sites out there which provide exposure to
artists. What was great about mp3.com was the 'brand recognition'- a huge
site where the whole world would go to check out unheard music.
Not to discourage your own goals in setting up a site- best of luck with it
if you go through with it. But mp3 in it's prime was a huge global clearing
house for unknown artists.
                                    EK



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Avi Rosenblatt" <jesavro (at) emailuser(dot)net>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: death of mp3 save your music!


> If there is enough demand, I could set up and maintain a site similar
> to mp3.com to provide exposure for artists. I'm familiar with
> developing sites involving media like that and would only ask for
> minimum financial support to cover the costs of maintaining the
> site(such as hosting and bandwidth). If anyone is interested let me
> know off the list.
>
> -Avi
>
> On Nov 26, 2003, at 4:46 PM, Eliezer Kaplan wrote:
>
> > Personally, it helped get me going after many years of inactivity. It
> > was a
> > safe place to put some music on public display and test the waters.
> > Even
> > though my mp3.com site has been inactive (in the sense of 'no
> > changes') for
> > many months I still get hits & I still have that bit of extra exposure.
> > I have many other means of getting my stuff 'out there' these days but
> > IMO
> > that (mostly) free forum will be missed.
> >
> > Off topic a bit- if any list members in the Chicago area are into
> > experimental music I'll be playing some tonight at Buddy, 1542 N
> > Milwaukee-
> > fun begins at 9 PM. E-mail me for further details if you want 'em.
> >
> >                                 Ellie
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Seth Austen" <klezmusic (at) earthlink(dot)net>
> > To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 3:17 PM
> > Subject: Re: death of mp3 save your music!
> >
> >
> >> on 11/26/03 1:32 PM, Klezcorner (at) aol(dot)com at Klezcorner (at) 
> >> aol(dot)com wrote:
> >>
> >>> Gee, maybe people will now pay for CDs so that the recording
> >>> companies,
> >>> artist, composers, and even the lowly music shop can eek out a
> >>> living.
> >>
> >> I believe the majority of the artists on mp3.com were independents and
> > there
> >> was some sort of system in place where they were paid for downloads.
> >> Apparently, some musicians did quite well posting their material.
> >>
> >> Seth
> >>
> >> -- 
> >> Seth Austen
> >>
> >> http://www.sethausten.com
> >> email: seth (at) sethausten(dot)com
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

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