Comments on: Strayform Tries New Indie Music Model

By: Artists Funded by Fans at Strayform.com - InsidePunk

Artists Funded by Fans at Strayform.com - InsidePunk — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:44:43 +0000

[...] camera. That got things started, but if I wasn’t able to read the reviews at KillerStartups, TechCrunch, CNET, and Fox News, I probably would have been [...]

By: Shot Or Not Chairman: Rich Martin

Shot Or Not Chairman: Rich Martin — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:44:48 +0000

It’s all in a name…

By: Shot Or Not Chairman: Rich Martin

Shot Or Not Chairman: Rich Martin — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:43:44 +0000

Hey guys I might know of another site much like those mentioned only a little sexier perhaps! {Watch out here we come!}

By: Brandt

Brandt — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:18:03 +0000

Thank you TechCrunch for the coverage, but the model is a little different than described.

The system is not one for donations. Its like you and some friends pitching together to buy a $10 CD. Each person may put in a different amount, some may put in none at all, but if the $10 is reached the CD can be purchased.

Since the creator has been paid up front, piracy is no longer an issue. So we allow it to be distributed openly under a Creative Commons license, maximizing artist name recognition and minimizing distribution costs.

Additionally, since payments are made at the time of creation consumers have a chance to be a part of the process; watch the work grow, influence its design.

This proposal is a good example: http://www.stra...edia.html?id=10. You can see progress until completion and you can see the final product was dramatically influenced by the pledger (in this case me).

Also the system is not strictly for music. Any digital creator can get involved, music, movies, paintings, texts, games, software. Eliminate DRM and the model can work across the board.

I am always being told that the front page is ugly; I am a big believer in substance over style. But if Michael Arrington says its so I guess I better do something about it.

By: David8

David8 — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:38:16 +0000

Ths article in your headline should be “an” and not “a.” In other words: Strayform Tries AN Indie New Music Model.

By: Magnus

Magnus — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:31:42 +0000

Sorry, Joe, I noticed that the mistake was Michael’s, not yours.

By: Magnus

Magnus — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:31:04 +0000

Joe T., Sellaband *is* the label.

By: Joe T.

Joe T. — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:20:44 +0000

How can Sellaband guarantee artists a contract with a label just by raising $50K in donations? Do they have a deal with a label somewhere whereby a contract is guaranteed to any band that can raise $50K, sight unseen? Or, in essence, are they paying off the labels?

If so, this is not payola, but you could call it a kind of “pre-payola”. Instead of paying DJs to play certain bands, are they paying labels to sign them?

By: troy

troy — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:41:34 +0000

Well, this sites are just popping up, just like http://www.nomajors.com which opened its doors (very) silently a few months ago (i heard about it through some friends).

By: Browse

Browse — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:37:23 +0000

Why did this appear below the diettv one? Some quirky time glitch?

By: Ally macbeal

Ally macbeal — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:22:38 +0000

when your done destroying this sitend these people the somethnig thye problaby everything they got into, then we will site down with you and your people for coffee

By: Jimmy Huen

Jimmy Huen — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 06:28:07 +0000

I also love a market driven model that let the market settles the ultimate value of something. There are some similarities to these models and my own, and I have briefly blog about it a few months ago.

http://founders...f-similarities/

By: Colin Klinkert

Colin Klinkert — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:26:39 +0000

Well, I did it

Registered these two domains at $70 a pop:

MASHUPS.FM

This one is for songs that mix 2 or more songs together (not sure legal implications)

NEWTALENT.FM

This one is for New Bands, targeted at trend setters who want to hear new music first and vote on what is hot and what is not.

By: Zach

Zach — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:16:12 +0000

Can’t you guys afford a copy editor by now? I see more mistakes on TechCrunch than almost any other blog I read.

By: Colin Klinkert

Colin Klinkert — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:02:56 +0000

I Really Like Sites like this and this concept. I think I might register a good domain name and wait until I have the time and finances to set something along these lines up!