phillyfuture.org — Andrew Kortina, 23 year old University of Pennsylvania graduate and founder of PhilaFunk.com, is NOT. He studied philosophy and computer science at Penn and his website is in direct competition with Myspace. PhilaFunk combines the power of a social network with an online music store where artists keep $.80 for every $.99 song they sell.
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kevinrosesmomOct 2, 2006
While I appluad the mathematical efforts, you are of course forgetting about the revenue from ads.
kortinaOct 3, 2006
@imakecomments:You are correct when you say that PayPal does take a percentage, but they take it from PhilaFunk's part of the revenue, not the artist's. If you join as an artist, you'll see that you keep $.80 per $.99 song. The way we defray PayPal costs, is as you say, that we only allow users to purchase credits in units of $10, $20, or $40. That way we're not getting nailed with $.30 for each song.If anyone else has any doubts about the deal for artists, I can assure you that this deal is for real. Feel free to contact me at andrewkortina [ at ] philafunk [ddot] com and I'll try to answer any questions you may have. Peace.
jennkortinaOct 3, 2006
I don't particularly like the site style either, but I congratulate them on trying to make a site that lets new artists get exposed and make a little money. For all you guys finding little nit picky things wrong with the site take it easy. There are only two people programming the site who both have full time jobs. When I call them wasted on the weekend they are programming. They are a hell of a lot more devoted to this site than most people are to anything. At least they are trying to make something good, I just sit my ass all weekend.@ardellin -- not everyone reads digg and is as smart as us ;)
ryosenOct 3, 2006
@ucg1Must be you. The very first song I clicked on provided a 1 minute sample, which is more than most sites seem to give you. The PDW posted this link, <a class="user" href="http://www.philafunk.com/DaNica/,">http://www.philafunk.com/DaNica/,</a> which worked for me.If it's true that they pay the artists nearly 80% of the receipts, then I'm going to try and find some songs to buy, just out of principle.
lemonobrienOct 4, 2006
you guys should check out tamago (www.tamago.us) its a new type of p2p network that allows artist/authors to set the royalty amount they want to make; and pays people for distributing content...
psantoraOct 9, 2006
How does this compare with Amie Street ( <a class="user" href="http://amie.st">http://amie.st</a> ) ?
arulprakasharFeb 18, 2009
No way Myspace is like a clustered.. its going down and new website like <a class="user" href="http://indianbee.com">http://indianbee.com</a> which are more refined and niche are hear to stay