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05-07-07, 05:17 PM
http://www.jamendo.com
I found this site today and I can't get enough of it! Totally hooked! I've already found many artists I really like.
It's great, the concept is wonderful and most bands are very, very good!
The music is Creative Commons, artists get money through donations and the public gets access to great music either through streaming media or bittorrent or emule downloads. And you can promote the artists you like in other ways too.
And different from other websites, the artists there are really good!
The project started as French only, but now it's in English and other languages too,
and most of the music there is European! Yay!
And the business model goes right around music associations and other big media companies, which choose, what you should hear.
http://www.jamendo.com
jamendo is a new model for artists to promote, publish, and be paid for their music.
On jamendo, the artists distribute their music under Creative Commons licenses. In a nutshell, they allow you to download, remix and share their music freely. It's a "Some rights reserved" agreement, perfectly suited for the new century.
These new rules allow jamendo to use the powerful new means of digital distribution like Peer-to-Peer networks such as BitTorrent or eMule to legally distribute albums at near-zero cost.
jamendo users can discover and share albums, but also review them or start a discussion on the forums. Albums are democratically rated based on the visitors’ reviews. If they fancy an artist they can support him by making a donation.
jamendo is the only platform that joins together :
A legal framework protecting the artists (thanks to the Creative Commons licenses).
Free, simple and quick access to the music, for everyone.
The use of the lastest Peer-to-Peer technologies
The possibility of making direct donations to the artists.
An adaptive music recommendation system based on iRATE to help listeners discover new artists based on their tastes and on other criterias such as their location.
For the public
Do you want to discover new talents? Do you want to listen to creative artists?
On jamendo you can freely download music from all genres, write your own reviews, and participate in community forum discussions.
You may not like every single album on jamendo, but our music recommendation system will help you find music to suit your tastes. We can also help you find local artists in your area and inform you of live concert events.
There are then many ways to support the artists you like: you can make them a donation, spread the word about them, put their music on your blog, help us share their albums on P2P networks, ....
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http://www.jamendo.com/en/favouritealbums/Avatar/white.jpg (http://www.jamendo.com/en/user/Avatar/albums/)
I found this site today and I can't get enough of it! Totally hooked! I've already found many artists I really like.
It's great, the concept is wonderful and most bands are very, very good!
The music is Creative Commons, artists get money through donations and the public gets access to great music either through streaming media or bittorrent or emule downloads. And you can promote the artists you like in other ways too.
And different from other websites, the artists there are really good!
The project started as French only, but now it's in English and other languages too,
and most of the music there is European! Yay!
And the business model goes right around music associations and other big media companies, which choose, what you should hear.
http://www.jamendo.com
jamendo is a new model for artists to promote, publish, and be paid for their music.
On jamendo, the artists distribute their music under Creative Commons licenses. In a nutshell, they allow you to download, remix and share their music freely. It's a "Some rights reserved" agreement, perfectly suited for the new century.
These new rules allow jamendo to use the powerful new means of digital distribution like Peer-to-Peer networks such as BitTorrent or eMule to legally distribute albums at near-zero cost.
jamendo users can discover and share albums, but also review them or start a discussion on the forums. Albums are democratically rated based on the visitors’ reviews. If they fancy an artist they can support him by making a donation.
jamendo is the only platform that joins together :
A legal framework protecting the artists (thanks to the Creative Commons licenses).
Free, simple and quick access to the music, for everyone.
The use of the lastest Peer-to-Peer technologies
The possibility of making direct donations to the artists.
An adaptive music recommendation system based on iRATE to help listeners discover new artists based on their tastes and on other criterias such as their location.
For the public
Do you want to discover new talents? Do you want to listen to creative artists?
On jamendo you can freely download music from all genres, write your own reviews, and participate in community forum discussions.
You may not like every single album on jamendo, but our music recommendation system will help you find music to suit your tastes. We can also help you find local artists in your area and inform you of live concert events.
There are then many ways to support the artists you like: you can make them a donation, spread the word about them, put their music on your blog, help us share their albums on P2P networks, ....
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http://www.jamendo.com/en/favouritealbums/Avatar/white.jpg (http://www.jamendo.com/en/user/Avatar/albums/)