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ZOMBIESHARE

Alex Frank has a vision for selling digital downloads, and that vision is social. With the tentatively-named Zombieshare, users declare their desire to buy a certain album, and if two other people want to buy that record, they each pay four dollars and get the download. Ten bucks goes to the record label, Zombieshare gets a dollar, and one dollar goes to charity.

Users can elect to buy socially. You and your roommates want to purchase a rare Japanese import of Sublime covering Rusted Root? Zombieshare makes that dream come true, and at a flat rate. Everything always costs twelve bones.

As Frank says, “this is a service for people who love music and feel like they should pay a little something for it.” These people are obviously legion: consider the success of iTunes, Amazon MP3, Rhapsody, and the like. Ten dollars is likely more per album than the big labels are getting on the aforementioned services. The social media angle, which Frank intends to integrate fully, is undoubtedly good for business.

Frank is realistic: he knows his idea will require buy-in from major labels. If he can get a couple of superpowers and their back catalogues in on the deal — and some capital to pay the considerable tech infrastructure frontload — Zombieshare could be unstoppable, no necromancy required.

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lindisfarne

I wish I could read all the article without having to click in each part; it would be easier to save too. Regards,
Posted: April 22 2011 at 10:12 AM

Anonymous

The Patronism.com concept looks promising. Says you need just over a hundred “patrons” for a musician to earn a living. I wonder if they really can save the music industry?
Posted: April 22 2011 at 10:41 AM

ConquerNewEngland

I really wish that someone had looked at Conquer Entertainment. Conquer Entertainment will do for independent and major artists what the traditional label has failed to do–allow them to have complete control of their careers and be compensated fairly. Conquer Entertainment offers services that allow all artists the ability to record, promote, perform and globally distribute their music and make a profit in multiple ways. 100 fans can get you a $300 check every month...and that;s only one way we are getting artists paid. More info contact me.
Posted: April 22 2011 at 12:08 PM

ConquerNewEngland

bjboucher74 AT gmail DOT com...seems that the Bio feature isn't available! :)
Posted: April 22 2011 at 12:10 PM

John Pointer

I noticed that one of the other companies passes 75% of the revenue to the artist. Patronism passes 85%, and with only 104 patrons at the current site average an artist nets over $1000/mo. We're set up like this because I am an artist, built it to serve my own needs, and created the deal I'd want when we turned it into a platform.

Our other strength is that we know the difference between consumers and patrons. We use our expertise to help artists attract and serve the latter, while still being able to sell consumables to the rest of their fanbase.

John Pointer
CEO/Co-founder, Patronism.com
Posted: April 23 2011 at 7:05 PM
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