Re: death of mp3 save your music!

[Avi Rosenblatt <jesavro...>]

True. But all these sites started somewhere. They didn't just spring up 
as popular. It depends on how much effort you're willing to put into 
developing and advertising.

Avi

On Nov 27, 2003, at 12:53 AM, Eliezer Kaplan wrote:

> 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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