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- seriouslywtf, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15It's not misleading, because they haven't had major artists until now.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9@PettyKrooks and 98Acura
What the hell is the average age on this website that people don't remember The Barenaked Ladies, at least from the song "One Week"? - antoniojvr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9direct: http://www.amiestreet.com
- geekee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Didn't all the Apple fanboys argue that if Jobs hadn't pegged the cost of a song at $0.99, the price would go up? It seems from the article that the maximum price here is $0.98, and much of the stuff is lower. iTMS DRM based lock-in is harming the music business. Maybe the music industry will wake up and realize Apple is a bigger enemy to them than the pirates, and then eliminate DRM.
- Tmacman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7This is a really good idea and it's a great place to find new music from indie bands. The problem is the website is really slow. Trying to listen to music clips on the Amie Music Player is bad - it takes forever to download and start playing. I hope they get more bandwidth, get some more servers, or whatever it takes to make the website more responsive.
- cgomez, on 10/12/2007, -5/+12Misleading headline since they've had them for a while, but Amie Street is a great service.
The more Dr. M free music the better. - audiobee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I actually run the digital label that put out Emma Burgess' record - and it's pretty awesome to see a band of ours mentioned here on Digg. Thanks Chromaphobic for the shout-out. On the whole DRM vs. Apple vs. variable pricing - the artists I get to work with, and there are more every day, just like to get their music heard. If people prefer to use an indie-service and get mp3s, or direct load into an iPod via a gift-card from Grandma, it's all good. Streaming radio is enough for some music fans and others want a physical CD. We're happy to serve it up in any fashion. And the longer the majors hold-out from delivering music the way fans want it, the more opportunities there are for indie artists like Emma to get Diggs and the less relevant their bands become.
- bherring, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This is exactly what the industry needs. I hope they are providing the artists with a fair cut. The more we digg this, the more people buy, the more money they make, the more exposure they can give to a lot of really good acts who can't get a break with the major labels.
- bherring, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Answered my own question: They give 70% to the artist. Not a bad deal at all.
- forteller, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I've lost count of how many times I've blocked "people" for linking to somewhere on eefoof.com a hundred times in a row in one comment. Isn't it time to block eefoof.com from Digg (in submissions and in comments)? I'm getting tired of this...
- forteller, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Wow, Amie Street have been digged two times in two or three days now, that is awesome! (though might be a little stressing for the owners :))
I've been using Amie Street for some time now, and I'm very impressed with the general quality of the music on there. Amie have actually gotten me to buy music again, and that's some sort of a small miracle. I get quality DRM free music, I can stream it anytime/anywhere/as many times I want, the money goes straight to the artist (70% instead of Magnatune's 50%), and at an affordable price. And none of my money goes to the MAFIAA.
One other thing that I really love about Amie Street is how you can earn money by finding great music and recommend it to others. Every time you buy credit you get a limmited amount of RECs. When you find some music that you love you can spend one REC on recommending that specific track. If that track later on becomes more popular, and thus more expensive, you get a share of that money (100% if you RECed it while it was still free, a little less if not). RECs is a great way to have fun on Amie Street, both trying to earn money, and for finding great new music by looking at how many have RECed different music.
If you'd like to get $1 to buy music with plus 5 RECs for free you can register with the promo code "forteller". I'll also get $1 dollar and 1 REC (so you'll get much more than me), but if you don't use a promo code upon registration you'll start with $0 and 0 RECs. I would say that's a fair deal. (If you've already registered without a promo code you can still get the $1 and 5 RECs by contacting them and tell them you want to use promo code "forteller".) - SampleSize, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5This is, indeed, a very cool website. I like the concept enough to put my music on there. Three problems:
1. The site seems to bog down pretty easily.
2. The name Amie Street is completely meaningless and not at all memorable.
3. The Barenaked Ladies suck buckets and should be banned from the universe.
Still...cool concept. - LowRentDiggs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2That song brings back memories of a night that involved changing a woman's flat tire, going home with her, playing strip foosball and waking up to her boyfriend punching me :D
- metalhead87, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Only problem I have had is that the website is down from time to time. When it is up everything is fine though.....the player loads pretty quick for me....and I'm using dial-up.
- Durinthal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I was looking at the site last night, and I managed to find one artist (Gino Foti, http://www.ginofoti.com/ ) that I really liked. I ended up ordering CDs from his own site since he doesn't have full albums on Amie Street, but it's still a way to find artists I'd otherwise never hear of.
- phytonix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Amie Street has a confusing pricing schema and price could be as high as $.98 and changing. I can't see how it is going to be successful. If emusic is not subscription service, it'll beat all of these.
- willsirs24, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3This is a pretty cool service -- and it seems like the Barenaked Ladies have been embracing "alternative forms" of distribution for some time now. That's really great to hear.
It's also cool to hear more musicians finally come out against DRM. I feel like they've been too silenton the issue, and thus supporting something that hinders music sales.
I have read one interesting essay about DRM, by Shelly Palmer, a composer. You can read his comments here:
http://advancedmediacommittee.typepad.com/emmyadvancedmedia/2007/02/the_other_digit.html
It's worth checking out.
- Will - metalhead87, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://amiestreet.com/charts/all/Ska/
They have seven songs listed under their Ska section. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1gotta love the brunonian ingenuity
- idonthack, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1They make more money than you
- bherring, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1I agree with you. But we have to support the concept because we need the concept. (Maybe some of us nerds can get together and do a better version of it.)
- mobbo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1There's been DRM-free music from all major labels for years. Just rip from a CD.
- AlexLand, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Yeah, barenaked ladies are totally major.
- idonthack, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Amie Street has no Ska. They have a "Ska" page but it's totally empty :(
- antihighstbass, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0this service seems like a good idea, but fails, drm free is nice, but it really doesn't help musicians, at all.
- 98acura, on 10/12/2007, -8/+4I bet this place gets more hits from starbucks IP addresses than any other... Wow, free music, that people that hang out in overpriced coffee shops like...
- parkerault, on 10/12/2007, -15/+7Dugg down for inaccuracy - Barenaked Ladies aren't popular.
;) - fober, on 10/12/2007, -12/+4"... popular acts like the Barenaked Ladies and Emma Burgess."
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. - PettyKrooks, on 10/12/2007, -11/+2"... popular acts like the Barenaked Ladies and Emma Burgess."
Um, who?
ah well... its a start! ***** DRM!
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