My latest project

Undertoad · 07-29-2005, 09:08 AM

Do I get to spam you guys? I announce this here partly to let people know why I've screwed up IotD posting times, didn't have time to listen to Cellar music project thingies, forgot to reply to people, and begged off stuff at the last minute.

Melody Mill is "soft launching with limited functionality" at this point. It's a way for musicians with CDs to basically be their own publishers - they can sell their CDs online and we take a small cut (much lower than, say, Cafepress) for manufacturing and a tiny profit. They can put a link to a melodymill.com sales page and sell their own stuff through their own web site.

Now that a lot of the hard part of this is done, I will have no excuse for not getting around to things.

dar512 · 07-29-2005, 09:12 AM

Listen! Is that the sound of the current recording industry falling apart?

I'd like to think so.

plthijinx · 07-29-2005, 09:13 AM

sweet man! gool duck with the project!

Queen of the Ryche · 07-29-2005, 09:18 AM

Congrats and best of luck! I will definitely pass this on to all of my musician friends.......

Undertoad · 07-29-2005, 09:57 AM

Oh yes, it's also why I didn't fix the field of 64 after the hacking. Now I have no excuse, except for that I also have to get back to everything else I put off.

BigV · 07-29-2005, 10:53 AM

You're so brutal on you...lighten up. UT, this project of yours, the cellar, is so cool. You don't have to apologize for anything. I wrangle a fair herd of computers myself and I understand the scope of the task. Dude, you ROCK!!

BigV · 07-29-2005, 10:57 AM

Do you have a method of accepting referrals? Like if I know a band, etc, etc?

Undertoad · 07-29-2005, 11:44 AM

That's in the pipeline. And thanks!

07-29-2005, 04:15 PM

Cool concept, UT. I know a fair number of musicians and will pass the info along!

wolf · 07-30-2005, 12:47 AM

Sweet!

Great Idea!

Griff · 07-30-2005, 07:28 AM

Wow! That is so appealing to guys that just want to make music (and money). You are a freaking genius.

Undertoad · 07-30-2005, 07:58 AM

Thanks all! That's exactly it G - what we found is that if we bought a lot of expensive equipment, we could produce CDs that are professional-quality even if they are CDRs. Cafepress takes $7 per disk and after we ran the numbers we found we could still make money at half that.

It's half my idea, half my business partner's idea (we're only geniuses if we work together) and a damn sight better than having a real job.

If anyone has any comments on the site and how to make it better please forward them! Thx!

xoxoxoBruce · 07-30-2005, 11:38 AM

If you could only supply talent and groupies, I could be a Rock Star (sigh)
If the execution is half as good as the idea I don't see how you can miss.
New truck, hot babe, cool chops, great garden, envious ex......you da man.

elSicomoro · 07-30-2005, 01:05 PM

Great concept, UT. If I actually pull Sycamore (the band) out of dormancy (which I'm currently thinking of doing), I might need to talk to you.

Elspode · 07-30-2005, 01:33 PM

I'm sold. Now I'm going to have to get off my ass and get the Yeats project with Lane finished.

Are you guys going to do any distribution of existing product? There's still a buncha Tristan and Iseult that needs to be moved.

07-29-2005, 09:08 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	My latest project Do I get to spam you guys? I announce this here partly to let people know why I've screwed up IotD posting times, didn't have time to listen to Cellar music project thingies, forgot to reply to people, and begged off stuff at the last minute. Melody Mill is "soft launching with limited functionality" at this point. It's a way for musicians with CDs to basically be their own publishers - they can sell their CDs online and we take a small cut (much lower than, say, Cafepress) for manufacturing and a tiny profit. They can put a link to a melodymill.com sales page and sell their own stuff through their own web site. Now that a lot of the hard part of this is done, I will have no excuse for not getting around to things.

07-29-2005, 09:12 AM	#2
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Listen! Is that the sound of the current recording industry falling apart? I'd like to think so. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

07-29-2005, 09:13 AM	#3
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	sweet man! gool duck with the project! __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

07-29-2005, 09:18 AM	#4
Queen of the Ryche is fleeing the scene Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Beautiful CO Posts: 1,510	Congrats and best of luck! I will definitely pass this on to all of my musician friends....... __________________ Once, in an interview, Chuck Norris admitted that he was not the most awesome thing ever. He declined to elaborate; but I believe we all know that he was referring to the existence of chocolate covered bacon. I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six.

07-29-2005, 10:53 AM	#6
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	You're so brutal on you...lighten up. UT, this project of yours, the cellar, is so cool. You don't have to apologize for anything. I wrangle a fair herd of computers myself and I understand the scope of the task. Dude, you ROCK!! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

07-29-2005, 09:57 AM	#5
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Oh yes, it's also why I didn't fix the field of 64 after the hacking. Now I have no excuse, except for that I also have to get back to everything else I put off.

07-29-2005, 10:57 AM	#7
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Do you have a method of accepting referrals? Like if I know a band, etc, etc? __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

07-29-2005, 11:44 AM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	That's in the pipeline. And thanks!

07-29-2005, 04:15 PM	#9
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	Cool concept, UT. I know a fair number of musicians and will pass the info along!

07-30-2005, 12:47 AM	#10
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Sweet! Great Idea! __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-30-2005, 07:28 AM	#11
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Wow! That is so appealing to guys that just want to make music (and money). You are a freaking genius. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-30-2005, 07:58 AM	#12
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Thanks all! That's exactly it G - what we found is that if we bought a lot of expensive equipment, we could produce CDs that are professional-quality even if they are CDRs. Cafepress takes $7 per disk and after we ran the numbers we found we could still make money at half that. It's half my idea, half my business partner's idea (we're only geniuses if we work together) and a damn sight better than having a real job. If anyone has any comments on the site and how to make it better please forward them! Thx!

07-30-2005, 11:38 AM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If you could only supply talent and groupies, I could be a Rock Star (sigh) If the execution is half as good as the idea I don't see how you can miss. New truck, hot babe, cool chops, great garden, envious ex......you da man. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-30-2005, 01:05 PM	#14
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Great concept, UT. If I actually pull Sycamore (the band) out of dormancy (which I'm currently thinking of doing), I might need to talk to you.

07-30-2005, 01:33 PM	#15
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I'm sold. Now I'm going to have to get off my ass and get the Yeats project with Lane finished. Are you guys going to do any distribution of existing product? There's still a buncha Tristan and Iseult that needs to be moved. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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