I think people misunderstand some of the issues. I don’t care if someone wants to pay for or charge for hosting. Now I’d argue if you are, you’re not v4v, you’re charging for a service, but I don’t care if you want to charge for your service. I pay for services all the time.
My main beef with Wavlake (and for the record I think what WL does is good for a lot of people) is they are an exclusive platform. If your music isn’t hosted by Wavlake, you can’t play it on Wavlake. I mean they can do whatever they want, but I wouldn’t call them an open platform.
My main beef with musicians is hosting your own music is so easy. Like it’s as easy as importing a CD and cataloging in iTunes. If you want to use a host or Wavlake because you understand the process and still want some else to handle a server going down, I get it. But I grew up with punk rockers with a DIY spirit, and hosting your songs is easier than screen printing a shirt or ripping a CD. I don’t want musicians thinking Wavlake or any other platform is doing a bunch of heavy lifting that is too complicated for the musician to figure out. I want them to be able to make informed choices. And if they host out themselves, they can do it for a little more than $1 a month. If they’re already hosting a website for their band, they can add their music and a feed for no additional cost.
If they make $100 a month, they have to pay $10 for the service. If it’s $1000 they pay $100. Or they can host it themselves and pay $1 or no additional cost. I just want the musicians to know there’s alternatives and their choices aren’t limited to Spotify or Wavlake, and Wavlake isn’t providing anything they couldn’t provide for themselves.
There's a distinct difference between WL hosting and the WL app.
WL have chosen a path that forces them to do this. So be it.
This is true. If they were just a hosting company, we’d probably be singing their praises. I haven’t heard anybody complain about RSSBlue or PodHome which both charge for their services. But they’ve chosen to attach their open hosting brand to their closed player brand and chosen to obfuscate their splits. Which is fine, I understand the appeal of “ease of use”, but I also know bitcoiners tend to be a more technical and independent crowd, and I want them to know there are other avenues available that may align more with their values.
Thread collapsed
Thread collapsed
strong point, however the fact that I have to pay to distrokid or any other distributor around 40$ per year for ever to hold my music and in wavlake not, makes it the best option available for whoever wants to jump out of spotify dictatorship.
I guess they know this and thats the deal.
And wich other alternatives are you talking about? Maybe you could share some info.
The free upload to try it out is a huge draw for sure. If I was a musician and was curious about what all this was about, free sounds like a damn fine deal. Now it’s not exactly free, it’s 10%, but if I only make $1 or even $10, 10% isn’t that big of a deal. I get the appeal, and the marketing is great.
So, what are the alternatives? I list quite a few of them here. musicsideproject.com/about
I’m not trying to convince you to use MSP, I just want you to know there are alternatives if you want them, and maybe it’s important to you to control the means of distribution for your digital property. If you have any quotations, I’m happy to help.
Thread collapsed
Thread collapsed
