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Selling your music for Steem and SBD inside the Blockchain
Idea
My idea is to incorporate a Click To Buy button into musicians posts, that will enable us to sell our music internally inside our own Steemit Blog and wallet. This will be in the form of a Buy It Now button or indeed similar in nature to the current Promote and Boost buttons, with an included direct downloadable file link inside the post directed to our wallets. Just to make it clear that, this will only be available to artists that create Original Music to avoid any confusion.
Proposal
I'd like someone to create a Standalone player for us musicians, my idea is like an artists Jukebox, where the artists back catalogue is constantly added to each time they upload a new music track. These tracks will then be stored automatically into their players each time they upload the Mp3 file along with their post via Dsound, Dtube or Dlive. Within the musicians post, will be their wallet link, a 'Click to Buy' button with a bespoke set price by the artist. This would be the easiest option for smooth digital download transactions. The listener/music fan can then buy the track directly with either Steem or SBD if they love what they hear - which is then paid directly to the artists Steemit wallet. When the artist creates a blog music post with DSound, Dtube or Dlive - they will have the option to upload the MP3 of the song too, which will be stored centrally within their wallet, so it is not compulsory to do so.
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Mockups / Examples
There are various digital download sites that have this feature already built into their platforms, which have been successfully enabling the artist to sell their music for the past 10 years or so. With the birth of Steemit and it's increasing off shoots, I believe this will be a great way for the artist to gain more revenue via Steem and Steem Backed Dollars.
As an example, here's a site I've recently been testing to see how it would work on Steemit.
It has a simplistic UI and would work really well on the Steemit platform.
SwiftDemand is a new token similar in nature to many other decentralized crypto-currencies.
I set the price at 150 Swift for each track and 600 Swift for the 5 track EP - that saves the consumer 150 Swift by choosing the complete EP.
In Practice/Personal Trial
Ok, this next part is not some shameless self marketing/promotion stunt to sell my own music! it is to merely demonstration the simplicity of the music buying process.
This is taken from my recent blog post, where I am now successfully receiving small donations of Steem and SBD for my EP. It is working and I now feel like it needs developing and moving forwards.
Check out my Blog Post Here
This gives you an idea of the work I put in just to add direct Dropbox links for each track.
You can download the tracks individually if you prefer. Please donate what you can to my Steemit Wallet
Track 1 - Was It Right Dropbox
Track 2 - Slowed By Notes Dropbox
Track 3 - Dragonfly Dropbox
Track 4 - Lights Dropbox
Track 5 - Never Grow Old Dropbox
Benefits
Once I find someone to write the code for my idea and put it into practice on the platform, I feel that it will be of great benefit to us independent musicians on the Steemit blockchain.
So, what do you fellow artists think?
Thanks for reading my idea and please do not hesitate to contact me to discuss it further.
Here's a few of my recent music blog posts.
And don't forget...
Darren Claxton is a Songwriter, Musician and Producer of his own music, from Derbyshire UK. The music he writes is often heartfelt acoustic indie folk with a sprinkling of rock and country influences, with an occasional world music flavour as heard on his track ‘Dragonfly’ . But most of all, it's his passive emotive thoughts and feelings that are delivered through that soothing vocal, and intricate guitar playing of his.