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Magnatune: We are not evil.

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cjr888

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Magnatune: We are not evil.
« on: 4 Jan 2004, 12:08 am »
Thought I'd make people aware of an interesting label called Magnatune  - www.magantune.com.  Interesting concept.   I will quote their summary on the main page which describes things short and sweet:

    We call it "try before you buy."  Its the shareware model applied to music.

    Listen to hundreds of MP3'd albums from our artists.  Or try our genre-based radio stations.

    If you like what you hear, buy our music online for as little as $5 an album or license our music for commercial use.

    Artists get a full 50% of the purchase price.  And unlike most record labels, our artists keep the rights to their music.

    Founded by musicians, for musicians.

    No major label connections.

    We are not evil.[/list:u]
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IanATC

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« Reply #1 on: 4 Jan 2004, 02:44 pm »
I have listened to some of the streams.  There is a lot of good material there.  I have been browsing the new age, jazz and world sections especially.
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bob82274

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« Reply #2 on: 4 Jan 2004, 08:14 pm »
It reminds me a lot of the now defunct MP3.com but the artists make more money here.  I'v liked the stuff I have heard and its nice that they offer an internet radio station.  The one thing that I wish they did was to actually offer physical copies of the CDs.  I just have a hard time paying for just data.  I like getting the linear notes, the album cover, a case and all that other stuff when I purchase a CD.
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nathanm

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« Reply #3 on: 4 Jan 2004, 09:38 pm »
I thought it was pretty cool.  A step in the right direction at least.  The streams sound fairly good.  

Hopefully the future will offer a combination of internet and conventional technologies.  There should be no reason not to offer both a physical CD and a download option.  The thought of losing the whole packaging art form seems tragic to me personally, hopefully we won't have a generation of kids who don't know what an album cover is.  I also think CD packaging needs to step up to the plate; stochastic screening, hand made papers, hexachrome perhaps - give people a good reason to own something besides a 99 cent disk file.  And if it were me I'd go even further and offer either vinyl or a CD in a 12" sleeve. :D

This 50/50 business model looks good for less "popular" artists to get exposure for their recordings, for better or worse.  Also the site design is simple, not as crammed with clutter.  Nice.  Now all it needs is more bands.

(you might wanna fix the typo in the URL link cjr)
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