[aom3]

It might seem a little ironic to write about earning money and free stuff by giving away music directly after a post about the dangers of free. But, in our defense, the services on this list are all built around the purchase of music, not the free distribution of it (well, not really, though some do give away music for free). The difference between the web sites listed in the post and online music mega-stores like iTunes or AmazonMP3 is that sharing and purchasing music on these sites might result in your being rewarded. And sometimes that reward comes in the form of cold, hard cash.

Read on: SitePoint Blogs 6 Ways to Get Paid by Sharing Music

[Nightfly]

Originally Posted by aom3

It might seem a little ironic to write about earning money and free stuff by giving away music directly after a post about the dangers of free. But, in our defense, the services on this list are all built around the purchase of music, not the free distribution of it (well, not really, though some do give away music for free). The difference between the web sites listed in the post and online music mega-stores like iTunes or AmazonMP3 is that sharing and purchasing music on these sites might result in your being rewarded. And sometimes that reward comes in the form of cold, hard cash.

Read on: SitePoint Blogs 6 Ways to Get Paid by Sharing Music

Finally got around to looking at this.This is really interesting and inovative
stuff going on here, that the music lover for a small investment can
make a difference in the big picture of the art of music making.

The artists are going to the masses for support rather than record labels.
What a great concept. I fully support the concept and I'm going to see
how I can get involved. Looks like fun as well.

Thanks for the article.....