Your first reaction will probably be: what a dumbsh1t. Maybe so. But I am so sick of the BS by RIAA and online music stores. I just want music, unencumbered by ridiculous digital shackles.

I tried iTunes, didn’t back up my library, PC caved, lost my purchases (don’t bother telling me how to retrieve them; I’m past that now). No more purchases from iTunes for me. Or any other DRM-laden store for that matter.

Somebody is doing something about the craziness. Giving me a convenient way to purchase music and listen to it on my iPod, Sonos, PC, and wherever else I damn choose. And for that I’ll pay to play.

Keep ‘em coming, Amie Street.

I don’t know that we would fit in particularly well in corporate America We’ll do the right thing.

instead of a 70% take of proceeds, why not offer the artist a choice: take the money now, or take stock in the company?

by giving stock, the artists that helped build the company will benefit from a future equity event. and if the stock is given using a vesting model, it also gives the artist an incentive to stick around for the big payola and not leave for a big label deal.

aime is in this for profit. one has to wonder: are they truly looking to even the playing field for artists? or, have they came up with a new spin to break the itunes juggernaut for the record companies?

if aime does become a disruptor, then they will eventually be acquired by the big bad record industry. then, it’s business as usual.

aime, make sure you take care of the artists that built your company.

i wish both aimestreet.com and their artists future success. rock on!

true.

You sir, are retarded. Pray we never meet.

I so agree with you about the Riaa failed model. This site and ones like it will allow the artists to actually make a little money on their hard work. Kudos to people with the will to try new things.

Another thing to think of is that there is a lot of good music out there that doesn’t hit the mainstream. This kind of thing should really help those groups.

Elias when are you guys back up?

ummm yeah. I don’t even think I’ll respond; but, you should check out Tamago. Its pretty cool compared to Amie St. First, it ain’t a website. Its p2p software running on your computer, like Joost, and it turns it into a media store hooked up to everyone else. Kinda like a distributed iTunes, but not the same interface. What’s cool, is you get paid for distributing, and you get paid when you publish stuff….anything if it sells.

The current model that the RIAA is trying to protect is in the last gasps of it dying breaths. They are in the business of selling disc’s, little pieces of plastic. The artists are nothing more then what they put on the plastic that they sell. As more and more artistes realize they can end run the Big Label, they will become more and more desparate to change laws and try to force out the new guys.

Last, one of the big labels, I don’t remember which, is starting to remove the DRM from all their music. They are having issues with music purchased on sites like iTunes, and the user cannot play it on anything other then thier iPods.