[LAU] Linux netlabel?

[Patrick Shirkey]

On 12/08/2009 01:28 PM, Ken Restivo wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 08, 2009 at 10:36:41AM +1100, Leigh Dyer wrote:
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>> Ken Restivo wrote:
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>>> So much good stuff coming out these days on the LAU list; I have to wonder if anyone's looked into starting a Linux-based netlabel? i.e. artists who are working with Linux specifically. There might be enough critical mass at this point-- or soon-- to make such a venture viable.
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>> Would a better way to approach this to be to develop a web app for
>> hosting music, which people can then install on their own sites?
>> Currently I've cobbled something together on my own using Wordpress and
>> a Flash-based streaming applet, but something like an open-source
>> equivalent of bandcamp.com that's easy to set up and use, and which
>> could potentially even use HTML5 for streaming, could be very cool.
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>> Is ccHost already somewhat along these lines?
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> There are lots of options for free hosting; I use archive.org, personally.
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> The good thing about Bandcamp is that you can sell hard-copy CD's, or charge for tracks.
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> I'm thinking of a netlabel more from a promotion standpoint and possibly some way of generating some revenue too. The level of "finished" production I'm hearing from the tracks made with Linux these days is more and more often of commercial/sellable quality.
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It's a good idea up to the point where you have to pay the bills as 
reliable bandwidth and hosting aren't free.

If we could find a free and powerful host for the site then we have some 
options. I'm not sure if linuxaudio.org is available for that purpose.

What would be great is to have a label, archive and streaming radio 
station. That's a lot of work if we aren't making any money out of it.

Maybe it could be funded by advertising,  member donations/subscriptions 
and sales percentage.

I think cchost has got several of those options already covered in terms 
of administration tools.






Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd