Posted by Humpty Dumpty on 12/27/06 17:26

Id like to see just about all artists sell their music via their own website
via a format a bit like allofmp3, so you can choose bitrate, format and pay
per MB. Say I download an album at ogg128 and pay $5, im far more likley to
pay the $5 and give it a listen, then if i really like the album I can
download the full 600mb wav or FLAC for around 80-90% the cost I could
pickup the same CD in the store. also an automatic refund of the $5 I payed
for the initial for 128 copy.

So, if this were the case:

It would make great money to the artist/recording company
It would be very very convienent for me
No one would be losing out on their royalties
Artists would make more money
Music will beome much more popular because its easy to access at the right
price.

Also if there was a website like www.allmusic.com that linked to the artists
homepage where one could download their music from, it would be a format
MUCH MUCH more powerful than allofmp3 could ever be. It really could be that
easy!

If this was the case id be downloading music all the time!

I think its time for the music industry to take a new direction, beat the
sharks at their own game. People are good, I think this sort of idea would
fuel the industry.

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