> 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.
For comparison: my own library of songs [0] is 127, and I'm not particularly prolific. That's just short of 1% of their library. Bandcamp has at least 100 people more prolific than I am.
The pricing page gives prices in terms of "credits", their FAQ [1] includes the actual conversion rate: 1 credit ~= $1.49. That makes listening to a song the first time cost a bit less than 0.3 cents, and after 9 plays you will have paid the full cost of ~$1.50
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.
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.