ok, thanks for advice. when the site is open you'll see there's a few other differences that hopefully provide added value for the band by increasing throughout (and therefore revenue) relative to other services. I hope you'll take a look once there are some tracks on there, will be interested to hear your views

Which ones ?

http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/how-much-do-music-artists-earn-online/

On the current artist terms

"The Service will pay you 70% of the income generated by the Content."

As a point of reference, that's rather better than the current music industry average given by this pie chart here

Well, the whole mpx site is dynamically priced (users pay what they will and sell tracks at what they can), so one of the benefits is that you find out what music is really worth. Not every track is worth 79p to all users at all times ! We're connecting the bands straight to the users, which definitely cuts some middle men out of the loop.

Understood. That's the trade-off that digital music has to deal with these days.

On the plus side, the site is set up to be priced well under 79p/99c per track (and there are plenty out there who buy those...)

well yes, we're looking for people with 1 or more mp3 tracks that they own (that is, their creation) and want to sell via the internet.

In truth, I'm hoping some of this lot will get involved

Blocknois.es - Bitcoin music label dedicated to bringing more artists to the Bitcoin world
Pathmusick - Bitcoin donations accepted for FLAC files for a number of albums and artists.
Tik Tok Laboratories Turbo-grandpa-folk; Anachronistic futures speculation; Accepts Bitcoin for digital album downloads through in-house client.
Loja de Música Online PM AKORDEON Record Label Accepts Bitcoin for track downloads. (Invoices in EUR)
ThriceFoldedCloak original productions :: Acid // Downbeat // Drum and Bass :: Free downloads, optional payment. Bitcoin address on soundcloud page.
Education of the Noobz Lossless downloads of lo-tech Homecomputer music and mixed live recordings from Dragan Espenschied, member of Bodenständig 2000. ASCII shopping cart interface.
Video Seconds Digital concerts and tracks download. Also accepting donations for some free downloads. Dependent on artist contracts.
bzwahr.mine.nu/music Optional bitcoin donations.
skin contact Accepts bitcoin payments for album download.
The Symphony of Science is a musical project headed by John Boswell. Accepts bitcoin donations for music downloads.
RPG Beats Accepts bitcoin payment for hip-hop beat leases.
Apeiron Restraint Anti-facist, pro-reason metal band accepting bitcoin donations.
LOM Non-profit experimental netlabel focused on eastern europe, accepting bitcoin donations.
The Kale Rock project of the producer The Kale. Accepts bitcoin payments for track downloads and bitcoin donation.
After Hours Jazz Original Jazz, traditional and modern. We have 3 mp3 albums for sale. 1 BTC each.
bittracks.com Electronic/instrumental music. Bitcoin exclusive mp3/ogg/flac tracks available for purchase and instant download.
paniq, Accepts bitcoin donations for free album downloads.
Og Dogg Records - Hip-Hop music site accepting bitcoin payments for mixtapes/songs.
Louigi Verona Workshop - Ambient music composer, accepts bitcoin donations.
John Edgar Voe Alternative country folk rock from Ireland.
Computationally Infeasible Records Virtual, experimental null-profit label accepting bitcoin exclusively.

No problem Hazek, we look forward to having so much fantastic music at rock bottom prices that even you are tempted to buy a track - when we make it that far, it will be a bitcoin based success story for sure

What if it was cheaper than before ?

Hi
Calling all unsigned musicians. Welcome to the launch of a new service for buying and selling music using bitcoins: www.mpx.fm. The site is in pilot mode and by invitation only at the moment.

How it works : if you have some music and you own the content and distribution rights (i.e. you're in the band or a solo artist, and you're not signed up to a record label), and you want to make money selling it on the internet, send a private message (PM) to this user ('mpx') for an invitation code.

Use the code to create an account on www.mpx.fm and upload your music. You'll get some free invitation codes so you can invite users onto the site.

Then, quarterly the site pays you money according to how often your tracks are bought and sold.

The price of your tracks changes dynamically based on user demand.  Each time your track is exchanged between users, you get a cut as part of a quarterly payout.

And the best bit ? We're fully bitcoin compliant - users can buy music using bitcoins.  

You'll be able to very soon, watch out for invitation codes to mpx.fm on the forums. At the moment I just need some unsigned bands to sign up and upload their music on www.mpx.fm, then we can start handing out invite codes. The site is in pilot mode and by invitation only at the moment.

How it works : if you have some music and you own the content and distribution rights (i.e. you're in the band or a solo artist, and you're not signed up to a record label), and you want to make money selling it on the internet, PM this user ('mpx') for an invitation code.

Use the code to create an account on www.mpx.fm and upload your music. You'll get some free invitation codes so you can invite users onto the site.

Then, quarterly the site pays you money according to how often your tracks are bought and sold.

The price of your tracks changes dynamically based on user demand.  Each time your track is exchanged between users, the site takes a cut, reinvests some in the site, and gives the rest back to to the band as a quarterly payout.

And the best bit ? We're fully bitcoin compliant - so users can buy music using bitcoins.

Done

Try 'bitcoin' in a terminal instead of 'bitcoind'

also try removing the wallet too (assuming you've got nothing in it!!!)

if all else fails, reinstall :

•sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
•sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
•sudo apt-get install bitcoind

hi

just making friendly posts in the hope of being upgraded so i can announce my new music for bitcoins web service

you can, ironically, use Barclaycard pingit in the uk to buy bitcoins, details are on the forum somewhere

Hello

look out for my new website mpx.fm where you can buy and sell music for bitcoins

just waiting on newbie restriction to be lifted and I'll post in the main forum

mpx

yes you'll 'receive' them, they'll sit in the blockchain allocated to your address until the private key from your wallet is used to move them. Don't delete your private key, of course...

I would run bitcoind

bitcoind -daemon

you can then run commands from the api

once you've got the app running on the card, why not put it in the nfc chip in a mobile phone ?

Hello

whitelist request please. I'd like to announce my exciting new service where you can buy and sell music for bitcoins. I'm a regular here but would like to set up this separate account for things to do with the music website

thanks,

mpx