Magnatune music to be more widely available
For those of you who do not know about Magnatune, it is a record company that is fair to its artists.
From Magnatune’s site:
We’re a record label. But we’re not evil. We call it “try before you buy.” It’s the shareware model applied to music. Listen to 342 complete MP3 albums we’ve picked (not 30 second snippets).
We let the music sell itself, because we think that’s the best way to get you excited by it.
Our selection is intentionally small: we never waste your time with mediocre music.
If you like what you hear, download an album for as little as $5 (you pick the price), or buy a real CD, or license our music for commercial use.
Artists keep half of every purchase. And unlike most record labels, our artists keep all the rights to their music.
No major label connections and no venture capital.
We are not evil.
According to this post at Buckman’s Magnatune Blog Magnatune has signed a digital distribution deal that will make their music much more available. The songs will even be available in iTunes!
I wish Magnatune the best of luck, and will start to peruse and purchase songs from them that i like. (I admit that I’ve listened to their iTunes streams, but not yet bought any music. Some of the songs were really good, and I am tempted.)