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Re: iLike and TuneCore Monetization Music to Artists’ Ears

james connoly — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:00:16 -0000

cool man, i will check routenote out. what are your position on UPC codes? do you sell them?

Re: iLike and TuneCore Monetization Music to Artists’ Ears

james connoly — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:13:50 -0000

i like what tunecore are doing, and ilike is great. The only thing i dont like is its pricing structure, startup fee? maintenence costs? paying extra for each music shop i want to upload to? i dunno, as an independent artist i dont like overheads or paying more than i need to. My friends told me about a new start up called Record Union, i think i will wait until they are up and running before i decide who i will use to distribute my music. It is a good move for Tunecore though, until now they havent done anything to sure the tracks they distribute actually sell.

Re: iLike and TuneCore Monetization Music to Artists’ Ears

Ali Partovi — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:02:12 -0000

As co-founder of iLike, I'm responding to Jeremy F's comment. First, I'm flattered that our 2-yr-old startup is considered by anybody to be a "monster" :)

Jeremy said two incorrect statements:

1. NOT TRUE: iLike "limits music fans to 30-sec clips." In fact, you can play any song in its entirety, without registering or anything; just click play and listen. After you've exhausted a monthly quote of 25 songs, it gets reduced to 30-sec clips; you can then pay for Rhapsody, or you can wait till the end of the month and your quota of 25-free is reset.

2. NOT TRUE: iLike "doesn't even pay a dime to indie Artists." That was true before, but the Tunecore deal fixes exactly that! Now indie artists have a choice: they can upload their music to be streamed royalty-free without limits; or they can submit it to Rhapsody via Tunecore and get paid $0.01/play every time their song is streamed on iLike. There are benefits to either choice, and we let the artist decide.

Ali

ps. I am a fan of Jeff Price and his outspoken support of the indie spirit.

Re: iLike and TuneCore Monetization Music to Artists’ Ears

jeremy f — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:38:14 -0000

I really canâ€™t believe that Tunecoreâ€™s outspoken leader, Jeff Price, would actually be supporting a company like the iLike/Ticketmatser/Rhapsody monster, which limits music fans to 30-second clips, sells recommendation placement to major labels, and pushes Ticketmaster and their draconian fees on all of its users. When it comes to being â€˜the manâ€™, iLike comes in a close second to MySpace Music (last I checked, iLike doesnâ€™t even pay a dime to indie Artists when their music is streamed).

Clearly a flat-fee distribution model means that Tunecore needs tens of thousands of customers to make a viable business (and will pay iLike a nice kickback for each and every one they can bring onboard), but have times become so bad in the music business that even a crazed indie music fanatic like Price would sell out? Gee whiz.

Re: iLike and TuneCore Monetization Music to Artists’ Ears

Steven Finch — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:14:16 -0000

This is an interesting more, but I still dont see how it is big news. http://routenote.com has been developing these music distribution partners in recent months also.

Re: iLike and TuneCore Monetization Music to Artists’ Ears

Marie Goltara — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:55:50 -0000

Pretty interesting