Here's what we're thinking:
- If your music isn't good enough to go viral yet then we can provide you with feedback on how to improve and reach that point.
- If your music IS good enough to go viral the we want to promote you, get you press, get you featured on YouTube, Ustream, etc (these are all things we can do very easily if your music is good - we already have these relationships).
- If you are really taking off we can help you monetize this growth in very interesting and artist/fan friendly ways. When you reach this stage we will enter into a production style agreement and take a % of the revenue we generate you. This is where we make our money and NOT on the original $20.
Concerns:
- If we don't charge we will be bombarded, like you pointed out, with low quality content. This is a problem we want to avoid.
- If we don't charge then we will be paying artists to review your content out of our own pocket.
Question: What would this site have to say so that when you saw it, as a musician, your reaction was "Holy shit I have to do this and would be stupid not to"?