divide by pi's latest offerings

Friends,

Divide by Pi has two new tracks up at mindawn.com; more to follow. Both
continue the current 3 and 7 based JI harmony obsession that Gene Ward
Smith's 'designer scales' have spawned.

It is a pay service--$0.99 per hi-fi ogg file. To try any file out before you
purchase, you need to download their free software: I think it allows you
audtion something 3 times. If you like something, you purchase your own copy
of the ogg or flac files. Flac files I think are $1.98 or something. Then you
can purchase an entire album for $6.99 in ogg, or $8.99 in flac.

I think it's an excellent business model, with the right files types being
supported, so I signed on right away.

If anyone wants a flac file of either track, let me know; this early in the
game, and without the completed album, I'm just putting the .ogg files up
while we assemble the album.

Cheers,
Aaron.

>Friends,
>
>Divide by Pi has two new tracks up at mindawn.com; more to follow.

There are three tracks now. All new?

>It is a pay service--$0.99 per hi-fi ogg file.

Definitely a step in the right direction, but the price is too
high (not for your music, but on average). Do they let you
charge whatever you want? Do they keep anything?

-Carl

On Tuesday 29 March 2005 06:21 pm, Carl Lumma wrote:
> > Aaron wrote :Friends,
> >
> >Divide by Pi has two new tracks up at mindawn.com; more to follow.
>
> There are three tracks now. All new?

Yes; I put up the third one today. The album is being slowly compiled from 2
months of the best of our material...it promises to be a great disk, and
great tracks. When you get a chance preview the tracks, let me know what you
think of them.

Soon I'll also be uploading flac files of everything...

> >It is a pay service--$0.99 per hi-fi ogg file.
>
> Definitely a step in the right direction, but the price is too
> high (not for your music, but on average).

iTunes also costs $0.99 per track. It seems they've set an industry standard.
For anything good, I'd pay that (more even). I actually think its a very
reasonable price. And, it's $1.24 per flac, which is very very good,
considering that it's completely lossless audio, wheras iTunes I think only
deals in lossy audio

> Do they let you
> charge whatever you want? Do they keep anything?

Exculsive content to mindawn.com gives a 75% commision to us--that's better
than any record company or onine service I've ever seen.

-Aaron.

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>> >It is a pay service--$0.99 per hi-fi ogg file.
>>
>> Definitely a step in the right direction, but the price is too
>> high (not for your music, but on average).
>
>iTunes also costs $0.99 per track. It seems they've set an industry
>standard. For anything good, I'd pay that (more even). I actually
>think its a very reasonable price. And, it's $1.24 per flac, which
>is very very good, considering that it's completely lossless audio,
>wheras iTunes I think only deals in lossy audio

Yep, iTunes is too expensive. Expect to see price wars. $1/track
is no cheaper than CDs, which is ridiculous (since distribution
costs aren't involved and since CDs are overpriced already).

>> Do they let you
>> charge whatever you want? Do they keep anything?
>
>Exculsive content to mindawn.com gives a 75% commision to us--
>that's better than any record company or onine service I've ever
>seen.

Yup, that's pretty good. But if they don't let you set your
own prices, it's also pretty lame.

-Carl

When the album is finished, how are you planning on releasing it?
Will it be download only or actually on disc? Either way I think
I'll wait till its finished before checking these out, since I'm
a "total package" kinda guy. Looking very much forward to it, tho!

-igs

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, Aaron Krister Johnson
<akjmicro@c...> wrote:
> On Tuesday 29 March 2005 06:21 pm, Carl Lumma wrote:
> > > Aaron wrote :Friends,
> > >
> > >Divide by Pi has two new tracks up at mindawn.com; more to
follow.
> >
> > There are three tracks now. All new?
>
> Yes; I put up the third one today. The album is being slowly
compiled from 2
> months of the best of our material...it promises to be a great
disk, and
> great tracks. When you get a chance preview the tracks, let me know
what you
> think of them.
>
> Soon I'll also be uploading flac files of everything...
>
> > >It is a pay service--$0.99 per hi-fi ogg file.
> >
> > Definitely a step in the right direction, but the price is too
> > high (not for your music, but on average).
>
> iTunes also costs $0.99 per track. It seems they've set an industry
standard.
> For anything good, I'd pay that (more even). I actually think its a
very
> reasonable price. And, it's $1.24 per flac, which is very very good,
> considering that it's completely lossless audio, wheras iTunes I
think only
> deals in lossy audio
>
> > Do they let you
> > charge whatever you want? Do they keep anything?
>
> Exculsive content to mindawn.com gives a 75% commision to us--
that's better
> than any record company or onine service I've ever seen.
>
> -Aaron.
>
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>
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