Show HN: We're building a better music distribution platform

The misspelling and the .co URL instead of .com is going to hurt you so bad. When consumers choose a brand to trust, a lot goes in the name. You might be able to prove out an MVP of a product but you won't go big on that domain name.

I don't know if SEO will be a priority for your company--you might be relying on a different source of traffic. If you need SEO, you are hurting yourself by not having "music" in your domain name. Using the "v" might be cool but it isn't going to help your effort.

As someone who started a music blog several years ago, I've worked with tons of artists and used many different "file sharing" websites to distribute music. And they all felt a little lacking. Soundcloud is probably the closest, but their focus on "sounds" as opposed to "music" left much to be desired.<p>We're offering real time stats, geolocation analytics, and a whole bunch more to help artists distribute music and watch it spread. Let me know what you think!

I couldn't find an example of an artist page, so it's hard for me to evaluate.<p>I have a question though. How are you ever going to compete to Bandcamp? From what I read, the services sound very similar, except Bandcamp does it all (well, almost all) for free. Plus a lot of artists and consumers are already familiar with Bandcamp, it's pretty much the go-to website unsigned indie artists put their stuff up (either as a free download or paid download).

I have a hard time believing that many indie artists are willing to pay $15/mo for access to a distribution platform with no traction with music purchasers or listeners. That's putting all the risk on them. I'd structure it more like "we get the first $15 of your earnings on our service each month".<p>That said, welcome competitor! I admire you guys taking a stab at this problem; it is one that needs solving.

Some thoughts about your pricing...<p>The relatively minor jump in pricing from manager -&#62; label really confuses me. I'd think a label should be paying in the <i>thousands</i> per month, not just 6x more than an individual artist.

I understand that you're targeting musicians, but to whom will you sell and distribute their music? The site doesn't currently mention or appeal to listeners. You probably don't (yet) have a lot of music to promote, but a quick visit to Beatport shows what type of attention is paid to audience and content.<p>Some initial feedback on the site's layout:<p>- The layout breaks at medium and narrow widths, particularly the home and FAQ pages<p>- Looks enough like Rdio that I feel compelled to mention it here<p>Good luck!

Here's what your site looks like to me:<p><a href="http://i.imgur.com/frnJd.png" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/frnJd.png</a><p>Google Chrome 23.0.1262.0 (Official Build 155673) dev / OS Linux

As a musician and owner of a record label, I closed out immediately once I saw the generic site design. Not saying it has to be super hip or whatever, but, trivial as it is, I'd like to see some semblance of taste or creative spirit for lack of anything else to go on.

CASH Music: <a href="http://cashmusic.org/" rel="nofollow">http://cashmusic.org/</a><p>CASH Music is a nonprofit organization that builds open source digital tools for musicians and labels.