The Schema: It's Out

DIY music used to consist of a C30 cassette of tunes which you'd recorded on a 4-track in your shed. You scrawled on it with some biro, or a felt tip if you were posh, shoved it in a jiffy bag and sent it to John Peel. But now, it's different, isn't it. Yes, it is.

The Schema challenge is to record, distribute and promote a single from my bedroom in a 30-day timeframe. The resulting yacht-rock spectacular is called Those Rules You Made, and is released under the name The Schema on 20th August, via iTunes and a load of other online stores. My name is Rhodri, and this is the story...

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It's Out

So the single has been out for a couple of days. Impossible at the moment to know whether it's sold anything, nothing or something, but Emubands can prise sales figures next Monday of some organisation or other for about £27.50, so I'll probably end up forking out that sum, because I'm impatient and vain. I'm also prepared for disappointment, obviously.

The number of stores that the single is on is extensive and colossal, but in fact iTunes accounts for around 80% of online music sales, so that's the biggie. And it's up there, and it's already got one review, but that is from my friend Karla, so does it count?

Of course, lots of those stores require certain operating systems to work, others need you to register as a member first – and, frankly, some people can't be arsed with that. But with our hosting plan from Dreamhost, we get a service called Files Forever, which lets you store files for eternity - and sell them to the public, be they mp3s, pdfs or whatever. So we did the sums...

There's a one-off charge of $0.03 to store the file for ever. Then another $0.03 per sale, along with a $0.50 transaction charge, along with 5% of the value of the file. So... if I sell both songs for $2.79, which is currently about £1.40 - less than iTunes! - then I get back $1.85. Which is 93p. Which is about 47p per track. Which is about what I'd get from iTunes anyway. Hey, it doesn't count towards the chart, but I'm not ripping anyone off, and I'm not losing out. So here you go. DRM free tracks. Should you wish to own them... Total cost: £128.54.

posted by The Schema at Wednesday, August 22, 2007

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	DIY music used to consist of a C30 cassette of tunes which you'd recorded on a 4-track in your shed. You scrawled on it with some biro, or a felt tip if you were posh, shoved it in a jiffy bag and sent it to John Peel. But now, it's different, isn't it. Yes, it is. The Schema challenge is to record, distribute and promote a single from my bedroom in a 30-day timeframe. The resulting yacht-rock spectacular is called Those Rules You Made, and is released under the name The Schema on 20th August, via iTunes and a load of other online stores. My name is Rhodri, and this is the story...
	Buy The Single! from iTunes from us Our Links the VIDEO! rhodri.biz email MySpace Garageband PureVolume TagWorld Bebo Facebook App Assisted By drinkmilk Emu Bands likemind Lot 49 Films Marysia K HitSongScience DreamHost Mailing List Type email! Previous Posts Web ranking Online Press VHS, DVD, 320x240 MPG Endless profiles Mathematical Potential Facebook Question Assessment What Do You Think? In The Shops What About The Music? Archives July 2007 August 2007	It's Out So the single has been out for a couple of days. Impossible at the moment to know whether it's sold anything, nothing or something, but Emubands can prise sales figures next Monday of some organisation or other for about £27.50, so I'll probably end up forking out that sum, because I'm impatient and vain. I'm also prepared for disappointment, obviously. The number of stores that the single is on is extensive and colossal, but in fact iTunes accounts for around 80% of online music sales, so that's the biggie. And it's up there, and it's already got one review, but that is from my friend Karla, so does it count? Of course, lots of those stores require certain operating systems to work, others need you to register as a member first – and, frankly, some people can't be arsed with that. But with our hosting plan from Dreamhost, we get a service called Files Forever, which lets you store files for eternity - and sell them to the public, be they mp3s, pdfs or whatever. So we did the sums... There's a one-off charge of $0.03 to store the file for ever. Then another $0.03 per sale, along with a $0.50 transaction charge, along with 5% of the value of the file. So... if I sell both songs for $2.79, which is currently about £1.40 - less than iTunes! - then I get back $1.85. Which is 93p. Which is about 47p per track. Which is about what I'd get from iTunes anyway. Hey, it doesn't count towards the chart, but I'm not ripping anyone off, and I'm not losing out. So here you go. DRM free tracks. Should you wish to own them... Total cost: £128.54. posted by The Schema at Wednesday, August 22, 2007 +=+=+