A question most here know the answer to.
http://www.p2pnet.net/story/15327OurStage is a site which permits any musician or filmmaker to put a 15-second segment of his or her work on line, and have it exposed to the world at large (presently more than a milliion “uniques” per month) for competitive judging, commentary and feedback, the opportunity to win prizes and mentor opportunities, and other good reasons to post 15-second slices of their work product.
I asked Jessica if musicians can sell their whole songs there, too. She said sure, it’s 99 cents per download, of which the musician gets 80 cents.
So any musician could go to OurStage.com, get free exposure for his or her music, and even sell his music to the public, receiving more than 80% of the purchase price.
And anyone who likes music, can go there, listen to their heart’s content, buy something if they like it, and be sure that more than 80% of what they spend goes right into the artist’s pocket, where it belongs.
Its initiatives such as this that offer artists a real hope of making a dent in the online market with their offerings, gone from this business model are the fat cat money men who have for so long dominated the music distribution and production companies that are in reality all part of one giant organisation ripping off consumer and artist alike, I urge any budding artists to try their hand at self marketing before selling their rights in perpetuity to Cartel folks who couldnt care if any musical offering was good or bad as long as they got the lions-share cut of any revenue and the rights to control the work whether the artist got a cent or not.
