A Community of Unity
The Musicoin streaming service is a valuable service to musicians and offers a very easy to use platform. We found that the community there is a supportive group of people who understand the relevance of the blockchain technology and the importance of supporting members content. This is a long standing problem in the music business, artists and service companies operate with propriety as though they were in direct competition with each other. This is of course, not true! The industry benefits from supporting each other, by creating value in its products and services, as opposed to cutting throats and rates to get "the gig". Nobody wins in that scenario.
Why Musicoin?
The answer is simple....because they are are the first dedicated blockchain streaming service that is an actual blockchain. It can be fairly argued that Steemit is not an actual blockchain, that being said there is no disputing its similarities. The one outstanding difference between the two platforms is that one doesn't have a few people holding the vast majority of the currency. Can you guess which one? We love both Steemit and Musicoin, but the differences are clear between the two. The most obvious problem with the Steemit/Dsound music community is that it is dominated by artists and others that often have motives not driven by the music. You will find an never ending sea of people here feasting on "minnows". There is also an over abundance of music that either proliferates one genre and/or is of poor quality. This is not a good foundation for a grass roots technology and we hope to see this change on Dsound very soon.
Our Strategy for the Use of Streaming Services
Clearly the other "centralized " streaming services are not going away tomorrow. They will continue to hold a small value for upcoming artists as a promotional service. That's it! Nothing more than a promotional service. Use these platforms to drive traffic to your blockchain pages. Like Musicoin and Dsound. Be careful not to put all your music on them, just your teasers and use the blockchain as your exclusive content home. Use the other platforms to educate new users about the technology and most importantly, tell your fellow musicians who may not be fully aware of the potential in services like Dsound and especially, Musicoin.