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So, not to hijack the thread, but just last week I've added funkwhale to the list of supported services on communick at https://communick.stream https://communi
by rglullis 3y ago
So, not to hijack the thread, but just last week I've added funkwhale to the list of supported services on communick at https://communick.stream https://communick.stream. For $29/year I'm offering 250GB of space for users to upload their own songs, but all of that would be on private libraries - i.e, people can not publicly share songs they do not own copyright.
The next step would be to let musicians put their own songs in public libraries and let them choose between two models:
- sell direct to consumer
- pay-for-access (Patreon style). The "twist" I'm thinking would be that customers could define a global fixed monthly amount, and split to the musicians according to how much they listen.
My idea would be to take a flat fee from musicians just for the service, no commission on sales, etc. Would that be a good model? Also, how does one go on about to break the network effects of these?
- diggan 3y ago> Also, how does one go on about to break the network effects of these? Curation. Bandcamp isn't what it is because of the technology, the money, the business model or whatever. It is (was?) Bandcamp because of the curators, the community and the humans behind it. Find the best way of replicating those things and you have a chance at least :)
- rglullis 3y agoI get that, but your answer sounds a bit circular: "to break the network effects, first establish a community". The idea of using the Fediverse is precisely to leverage the existing network and to let people use my service even if its own "local" community hasn't reach critical mass yet. Maybe the question is how I can reach these people now?