I'm batting around ideas as to how I can integrate a Music Share Records A & R program into the royalty concept. Basically the idea is to pay music fans a royalty to act as A & R reps for our "netlabel" (nice buzz word eh!). To really get them involved in the site and earn them some money in the process.

The basic idea is this...music fans would be able to refer artists to the web site. If those artists contribute music to the site the user would get a song credit which in turn would earn them a royalty just as if they were an artist with a song on the site. They would earn a song credit for each artist they refer that adds music to the site...pretty cool idea I think.

I just have to bat this around a bit to make sure it is workable and hopefully I will have it integrated into the site by the time it launches on June 1st.

The other cool thing I found is a commercial license calculator for the site which makes it easy for commercial users to obtain a quote for using our artists music for commercial purposes. This would be part of the integration of the new Creative Commons CC+ licensing. The new protocol provides an infrastructure to leverage commercial value out of otherwise free content...this should all come together in time for the site launch...I hope!

Talk soon!

Chip Gall - Founder
Music Share Records

        

I guess a little lengthier description of what Music Share Records is all about is in order, since at the moment know one has heard of the site yet. This is a good thing because if you are reading this you are at the front of the line if you choose to submit your music! 

The concept behind Music Share Records is based on the sharing of music to maximize distribution and generate donation income which is shared between the artists based on the amount of music they share with music fans.

Here is how it works....

Artists submit their music for inclusion on the ...<< MORE >>

Welcome to the Music Share Records Blog!

I just wanted to kick things off here with a brief explanation of what Music Share Records is....

Music Share Records is an exciting and unique new concept in digital music distribution providing donation based MP3 downloads to music fans and paying artists an equal share of 100% of all net donated income.

The main web site www.musicsharerecords.com is scheduled to launch June 1st 2008....and we are accepting submissions now!

For further info e-mail me at chip@musicsharerecords.com

I'd love to get your thoughts and feedback on my business model and I'm gonna need all the support I can get from both music fans and artists to get this thing whipped into shape!

Talk to you soon....

Cheers,
Chip Gall - Founder
Music Share Records