(the fans) what to hear it. It’s yet another way to engage your audience. Trifonic is an-
other one. Their site allows for downloads of various songs that fans can edit and remix.
What better way is there to totally engage a fan than to have them be a part of the song-
making process? Try it out at http://ccmixter.org/trifonic.
The first cousin, or perhaps the parent to all this is artist-to-artist collaboration. For
example, Kompoz.com is a major collaboration site. Artists can create either public or
private projects. Private projects allow only people you designate to be a party to the
project. Plus, private projects have copyright licensing options that public projects don’t.
Public projects are open to everyone and, while still rich with features, they offer a cre-
ative commons licensing.
Based in New York City, another popular service is IndabaMusic.com that was
launched in 2007. The site boasts an impressive cast of Board Members, Advisors and a
talented cast and crew. The purpose of the site is to create, “a place for musicians around
the world to network and make music together through online collaboration and have
grown to over 700,000 musicians–from hobbyists to Grammy Award winners.”
The site’s platform offers an array of tools and services to help musicians network,
provide education, production support, promotion and distribution. They offer a variety
of opportunities in terms of contests and also licensing help and support. Plus, Indaba
provides its members with a community of groups, featured artists and message boards.
They also offer online sessions, mastering (starting at just $70 USD/track) and Mantis.
Mantis is an application that allows you to create your own mixes and remixes, and easily
collaborate with musicians around the world. Features include:
- Record 16-bit/44.1K audio straight to your IndabaMusic.com account