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Re: Show HN: Music sharing site that allows listeners to support artists

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dubme1 wrote: post #8
Freak_NL wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> SoundRat takes 6% on all payments. This is used to pay for the servers. I believe this is a fair number If you really want to be fairer than the competition, be transparent about costs and profit margin. Just stating that 6% seems fair reeks of rent-seeking. This might not be what musicians and fans want, and it won't differentiate your service from Spotify. > perks […] get access to lyrics. You will need to come u…

Thanks for your feedback. I believe 6% is lower than selling on iTunes, Bandcamp and co. With this number I do not think I can run this (any time soon) as a full time business but that is not my goal right now. I hope to use this percentage to cover some or all of the costs. I did this for fun and for my interest in listening and discovering small artists.

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Re: Show HN: Music sharing site that allows listeners to support artists

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Post by amelius »

dubme1 wrote: post #8
Freak_NL wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> SoundRat takes 6% on all payments. This is used to pay for the servers. I believe this is a fair number If you really want to be fairer than the competition, be transparent about costs and profit margin. Just stating that 6% seems fair reeks of rent-seeking. This might not be what musicians and fans want, and it won't differentiate your service from Spotify. > perks […] get access to lyrics. You will need to come u…

Thanks for your feedback. I believe 6% is lower than selling on iTunes, Bandcamp and co. With this number I do not think I can run this (any time soon) as a full time business but that is not my goal right now. I hope to use this percentage to cover some or all of the costs. I did this for fun and for my interest in listening and discovering small artists.

I agree with parent. If you do this "for fun" then approach it as a non-profit organization, i.e. with full transparency.

Re: Show HN: Music sharing site that allows listeners to support artists

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Post by rayuela »

This is terrible branding. At first I thought it was called soundART, which would be a million times better. Hell, I'm pretty sure you could get away with switching those two letters and nobody would notice. Rebrand ASAP! How many artist are really going to want their own personal brand to be associated with the term rat?

Re: Show HN: Music sharing site that allows listeners to support artists

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Post by lucideer »

rayuela wrote: post #16

This is terrible branding. At first I thought it was called soundART, which would be a million times better. Hell, I'm pretty sure you could get away with switching those two letters and nobody would notice. Rebrand ASAP! How many artist are really going to want their own personal brand to be associated with the term rat?

fwiw, hard disagree.

soundART is banal and also reads extremely poorly from a grammatical standpoint (as an uncountable noun it doesn't fit as a singular brand).

Why wouldn't an artist want their personal brand to be associated with the term rat? The cute logo mascot is also a positive association.

Re: Show HN: Music sharing site that allows listeners to support artists

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Post by lucideer »

dubme1 wrote: post #8
Freak_NL wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> SoundRat takes 6% on all payments. This is used to pay for the servers. I believe this is a fair number If you really want to be fairer than the competition, be transparent about costs and profit margin. Just stating that 6% seems fair reeks of rent-seeking. This might not be what musicians and fans want, and it won't differentiate your service from Spotify. > perks […] get access to lyrics. You will need to come u…

Thanks for your feedback. I believe 6% is lower than selling on iTunes, Bandcamp and co. With this number I do not think I can run this (any time soon) as a full time business but that is not my goal right now. I hope to use this percentage to cover some or all of the costs. I did this for fun and for my interest in listening and discovering small artists.

> I hope to use this percentage to cover some or all of the costs.

I don't think the commenter above was trying to make out that 6% is not fair, just that they'd like to see the breakdown of this percentage covering some or all of the costs.

iTunes, Bandcamp and co. might not offer that breakdown, so you're definitely not worse, but it would be a really nice differentiator.

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