[HN Gopher] Resonate: A music streaming service structured as a ...
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Resonate: A music streaming service structured as a cooperative
Author : audiothrowaway
Score : 25 points
Date : 2021-10-25 18:53 UTC (4 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (resonate.is)
(TXT) w3m dump (resonate.is)
| missedthecue wrote:
| Unless I want to engage in charity, why would I use this over
| Spotify or Apple music?
| siquick wrote:
| So artists get paid?
| bscphil wrote:
| I have nothing against charity, but isn't that just charity
| under a different description?
| patrickyeon wrote:
| Paying a fair price to sustain something you want to see
| continue to exist isn't charity.
|
| Paying the lowest price you possibly can nearly always
| means someone along the way was exploited and not given a
| fair share of the value they created.
| agluszak wrote:
| Because you pay only for what you listen to and you can use an
| open API?
| puppycodes wrote:
| you lost me at pay per play... also your pricing page doesnt
| actually give a sense of cost at all? 9 plays per what? 5 euro?
| 10 dollars? .0000005 eth?
| RDaneel0livaw wrote:
| Has anyone ever figured this out? It doesn't make it clear at
| all on the site. As someone who listens to spotify almost all
| day during working hours, I wonder how much this would cost me
| compared to the $5/month or whatever I pay now. I'm fine paying
| more if it goes to the artist, but for goodness sake you need
| to make it clear what this thing costs.
| siquick wrote:
| > also your pricing page doesnt actually give a sense of cost
| at all? 9 plays per what? 5 euro? 10 dollars? .0000005 eth?
|
| This is a huge oversight.
|
| Resonate is a good idea in theory but the majority of people
| who really care about independent artists getting paid properly
| for digital music (which seems to be the main purpose behind
| Resonate) are supporting artists by buying from Bandcamp,
| rather than solely streaming.
|
| Its kind of telling that Resonate has been around for 7 years
| yet the database is 13,000 songs. In my experience artists and
| labels will upload their music anywhere that will get them
| plays/pays. Not saying that Bandcamp is perfect but it really
| resonates (sorry) with artists and labels.
|
| Hopefully Resonate can get it right because we need more people
| to become comfortable with paying for music again.
| dang wrote:
| A couple small past threads:
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| _Resonate - A community-owned music network_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20827361 - Aug 2019 (5
| comments)
|
| _Resonate - a cooperatively owned streaming music service_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11283175 - March 2016 (2
| comments)
| 0des wrote:
| > Our unique Stream2own model splits the cost of a digital
| download into 9 plays.
|
| > Plays start off cheap when you're discovering and as you fall
| in love with a song, you come to pay the full price.
|
| > There's no transition out of Resonate to buy a song or album.
| Purchase it directly, or just keep listening.
|
| > Resonate pays artists directly and per-play. For listeners, the
| overall cost is similar to that of the average monthly streaming
| subscription.
|
| I'd be interested in seeing how the 9 plays number was derived,
| or a deeper discussion or article more than what's on the linked
| page. This is an interesting model, I hope it works out the way
| the creators intended.
| agluszak wrote:
| The idea seems sweet. I registered immediately, but the catalog
| seems to be pretty empty for now. For me the biggest feature is
| being able to write a new client. Oh, how I wish Spotify or Tidal
| had open APIs...
| satellites wrote:
| This seems really cool. Its aim should not be to usurp Spotify
| (will never happen since major record labels are entrenched in
| Spotify now). Rather, I could see this as an alternative to
| Bandcamp or other similar indie music sites.
|
| I actually like the pay-per-play model personally even though
| that might irk some people. I'm interested to see how the pricing
| shakes out for an audiophile type who consumes lots of music.
| nyanpasu64 wrote:
| Hmm, you have to pay to become a member, and additionally pay for
| each song you listen (if you exceed the "new user" credits).
|
| Can you sign up as a listener and an artist? I tried but it says
| "This username is already registered" and "This email address is
| already registered".
| satellites wrote:
| Paying to become a co-op member is optional. Not required for
| listening.
|
| The latter seems like an issue though. It would be great to be
| able to convert a listener account into an artist account, or
| to have both under one account entity.
| jrm4 wrote:
| The intent is great, but this isn't going to happen. I'm a big
| Spotify hater, frankly -- but one thing they understand is that
| the marginal cost of streaming OR downloading a song is
| effectively zero. It's weird to pretend that it isn't -- and it's
| REALLY weird to promise that you're going to _automatically_ lose
| more money the more you listen to a song.
|
| I think there's legs in the idea of "hey, you've listened to this
| a bunch, would you like to pay more (and perhaps get something
| else)?" But this ain't it.
| throw10920 wrote:
| Practically, how is this better than my current local music
| library & player?
|
| "INEQUITIES have been exacerbated." - yikes, no thanks.
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