[chartburst]

The Musicians are the customers. They pay to upload to the charts and subsidise the listeners use of the site.

[jcr]

You might want to check out earbits.com (YC funded) and get in contact with Joey Flores. He's a great person and knows the industry a whole lot better than the vast majority of the HN crowd.

[chartburst]

I shall check it out JCR. Thanks!