[po]

I feel for you... There's the general problem of when to call it quits and then there's your particular startup.

I would have to say that in my opinion working in the music industry is a tar pit. (I used to work at a major label) Because of the legal issues surrounding copyright law, the upsides are limited. In the case where you are successful, you will usually get shut down by either one of the labels, all of the labels and/or RIAA. Look at Muxtape if you want an example.

I usually use the analogy of a concert... you want to be close to the stage and you see an area really close that's free so you start making your way over there. Once you get there you see there's something wrong with it. Either it's behind a pillar or there's people sitting on the ground there, or someone's puked there.

This happens to music startups all the time. They see the need in the market and they go to fill it in, but the lawyers have puked all over the ground there.

[bandhunt]

haha, nice analogy! Yeah, the music industry has extra hurdles for sure.

[po]

:-) I hope I didn't sound too negative about your startup... I just think you have to put a lot of thought into exit strategy when you're doing something in music.