It seems to me that there is a major market opportunity in a co-operatively owned version of this sort of service, one that placed getting $ to the artist as it's highest goal. A more or less P2P exchange that let consumers stream/discover to their heart's content, but after a certain number of plays prodded them to buy. It'd be open only to artists without label/licensing encumbrances, and would therefore be able to funnel most of the money back to the artist themselves.
It seems really obvious if not simple, but the chief goal isn't to make piles of money for whomever builds it. That's the only reason I can see that it doesn't already exist.
Semi-side note - It irks the shit out of me that even something as cool as Spotify is still just a means of propping up the same old major label system.
It seems really obvious if not simple, but the chief goal isn't to make piles of money for whomever builds it. That's the only reason I can see that it doesn't already exist.
Semi-side note - It irks the shit out of me that even something as cool as Spotify is still just a means of propping up the same old major label system.