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Thanks for the feedback. To answer some of your points: I think our goal is to one day drive our own traffic to an artist's music. Have people coming to the si
by hartleybrody 14y ago
Thanks for the feedback. To answer some of your points:
I think our goal is to one day drive our own traffic to an artist's music. Have people coming to the site and clicking around to find stuff. But in the near term, we can't promise we'll drive any of our own traffic to the artist, so we're relying on the artist to spread it.
The other thing people have seemed to love is the concept of real-time stats similar to Google analytics. When an artist posts a new release, there's that "moment of truth" where they blast it out to their fans and then wait for a reaction. But it's hard to really get insights into what's happening. Who is listening right now? Where did they come from (referrer)? Where are they located geographically?
And then eventually being able to do cool things with all that data to follow up with the right fans with the right message at the right time.
We're also aiming to take a lot of things other sites have done (ie, charging money for a download) and making is simpler for the artist to manage. We'll deposit money directly into an artist's stripe account, for example, rather than holding it until they hit a threshold.
And we've gone back and forth about offering a free tier dozens of times. Our current solution is to allow anyone to sign up and get their hands on the software for free, but then they have to pay before they can publish a track. Among other things, we're hoping this cuts down on the risk of DMCA violations we have to worry about :)
Screenshots coming soon!
- lewisflude 14y agoSounds awesome! I'll talk to the rest of the band about signing up with you guys.
- brianlovin 14y agoThank you! We'll definitely be posting updates on our blog (blog.mvsic.co) in the coming month or two as the service continues to be built.