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SomaFM: "We need to raise $410 by the end of the day."

58 points by cju 12y ago

forsaken 12y ago
Groove Salad is the best music that I have found that I can work consistently to. Definitely recommend checking it out if downtempo electronic music is your preferred work music.
- topbanana 12y ago
  I'm a big fan of Space Station soma too. Radio Paradise is excellent for a wider spread of genres, and comes in 192kb ogg as well.
erikb 12y ago
Kudos for the try. I'd really like to know why it must be $410 and not $500 or $250.
gergles 12y ago
It suddenly changed to needing $1170. I did notice the page showing $410 when you first submitted this. I assume this is because also between refreshes, the support page shows almost $300 came in.
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- throwaway420 12y ago
  I noticed this as well and think it deserves some kind of explanation.
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- thejosh 12y ago
  $1080 now..
ancymon 12y ago
From the support page, it looks like it costs $35000 per month to run the radio. To me it seems to be a lot.
- otterley 12y ago
  Monthly rent, utilities, payroll, bandwidth, and royalties probably do add up to that, if not more.
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funkyy 12y ago
Sort your finances, public more information and put an official counter or collect money through 3rd party provider. From information in comments below me and probably a lot of people would not be happy to donate...
- thejosh 12y ago
  Seriously, it needs a live counter which always incites more people to donate. Put how much you need each month, bill everyone who pays monthly at the start to get the "guaranteed" payment sorted for that month then try and get more each month. SomaFM is great and groovesalad is on for most of my day.
dang 12y ago
An almost identical post was made in the past (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4049463 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4049463). HN generally isn't the place for these.
- Einstalbert 12y ago
  This stuff should be blocked from this site. I'm surprised it made it to the front page.
  - colechristensen 12y ago
    Flag posts you think don't belong.

58 points by cju 12y ago

Groove Salad is the best music that I have found that I can work consistently to. Definitely recommend checking it out if downtempo electronic music is your preferred work music.

topbanana 12y ago
I'm a big fan of Space Station soma too. Radio Paradise is excellent for a wider spread of genres, and comes in 192kb ogg as well.

erikb 12y ago

Kudos for the try. I'd really like to know why it must be $410 and not $500 or $250.

gergles 12y ago

It suddenly changed to needing $1170. I did notice the page showing $410 when you first submitted this. I assume this is because also between refreshes, the support page shows almost $300 came in.

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throwaway420 12y ago
I noticed this as well and think it deserves some kind of explanation.
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thejosh 12y ago
$1080 now..

ancymon 12y ago

From the support page, it looks like it costs $35000 per month to run the radio. To me it seems to be a lot.

otterley 12y ago
Monthly rent, utilities, payroll, bandwidth, and royalties probably do add up to that, if not more.

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funkyy 12y ago

Sort your finances, public more information and put an official counter or collect money through 3rd party provider. From information in comments below me and probably a lot of people would not be happy to donate...

thejosh 12y ago
Seriously, it needs a live counter which always incites more people to donate. Put how much you need each month, bill everyone who pays monthly at the start to get the "guaranteed" payment sorted for that month then try and get more each month. SomaFM is great and groovesalad is on for most of my day.

dang 12y ago

An almost identical post was made in the past (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4049463 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4049463). HN generally isn't the place for these.

Einstalbert 12y ago
This stuff should be blocked from this site. I'm surprised it made it to the front page.
- colechristensen 12y ago
  Flag posts you think don't belong.