AllofMP3.com to Be Shut Down > I wish

I wish

The problem with that is that I don't want to have to remember (or find and guess whether I can trust) a dozen different websites to get my music. Plus, bands likely don't want to get into the messy details of hosting their own sites and selling their own stuff.

Consumers and bands would rather just trust an overarching site to host and sell the music. Something like eMusic.com (only with more "big name" artists).

not to mention that when they sign those contracts to get all that money, most artists have to sign away their distribution rights, and thereafter have no control over their music.
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actually, CDBaby.com is probably the closest thing to that reality that there is.

Tons of independent artists, setting basically their own price, for cd's. They also distribute to ALL of the LEGAL (internet music) services out there, which in turn pay the artist back directly after they make $20 or so. Some sites pay out more, some less, but they're all verified legit, and guess what.. this site we're discussing here was NOT one of them

And yes, for now, I'm hosting my band's music for free on our own site. If anyone really asked, I'm sure I could make FLAC available too. Done that for another friend's band's last album, and people do actually download them...

As for charging a buck a song? No way. I'd be fine with letting iTunes do that, or Rhapsody for $.89, or eMusic for $.25, but I'd rather people have that choice themselves. If we simply signed up w/CDBaby, then they do most of that legwork...
then all I'd have to do is put a link to them, to eMusic, and then one to Rhapsody/itunes/etc. (where you could also listen to the song for free on Rhapsody's "25" plan) and let people figure it out themselves which is the best deal........
a song for a quarter, with NO Digital RESTRICTIONS manglement, or a dollar, at worse bitrate, with whatever flavor of Restriction.....

it's no wonder that eMusic.com actually does so well, and that truly independent artists see the benefit of going with CDBaby. ..which I hope to do someday...

heck, whatever, I for one am glad they're getting shut down. It does no good for our economy, or our artists.

one look at this:
»finance.yahoo.com/currency/conve···=Convert

and you can see that they make bank on people willing to spend anything on them. Sure they have overhead, but without proper compensation, they're making mostly profit in an illegal manner. It doesn't take a rocket-surgeon to figure that out.

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