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GarageBand iTMS

How involved would Garageband have to be? Because my band's EP (www.stockautopilot.com) was almost completely NOT recorded on Garageband, save for a couple of lead guitar parts which were recorded, and appeared on the 2nd mix of the album (which is what we are selling now...and I will admit, without those lead parts the album would not be as good).

So, Garageband definitely helped but wasn't the main driving factor. Would it be allowed or not?
 
unfaded said:
How involved would Garageband have to be? Because my band's EP (www.stockautopilot.com) was almost completely NOT recorded on Garageband, save for a couple of lead guitar parts which were recorded, and appeared on the 2nd mix of the album (which is what we are selling now...and I will admit, without those lead parts the album would not be as good).

So, Garageband definitely helped but wasn't the main driving factor. Would it be allowed or not?
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It would be allowed. In fact, I'm thinking I'll allow any indie artist on board. I just thought it would be a great way for garageband artists to publish their work (BTW, I'm naming it GarageSale Music Store. Like it?)
 
Logo

I'm trying to design a logo for the GarageSale Music Store (the now-official name) I've got a jpg of the classic GarageBand Guitar atttached, anyone with an idea for a logo can PhotoShop it up and post it. Or, just tell me your idea and I'll try to make it work.

Guitar.jpg
 
ok, I have finished, and it isn't great..... I still have it in seperate layers, so I can edit every instrument, the background, the sign, and the text...

Suggestions?


I am not sure it is quite the right theme even, and maybe I shouldn't have done the whole mock garage sale thing, so tell me what you think, and I will either create a new one, or edit this one, or not even bother...



I am not posting the full quality version, if you want to use the pic as the logo (and Apple didn't copywrite all the instruments) I will send you the full version so you can choose the size...


Was overlapping some instruments a bad idea?

Personally I think it is a POC but that is mostly because I made it...

one more thing.... some of the instruments look like they are hanging in mid-air.... I doubt this is just me who sees this, so if you have any pics you think might help prop up some instruments, I would like to have them...
 

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cjc343 said:
ok, I have finished, and it isn't great..... I still have it in seperate layers, so I can edit every instrument, the background, the sign, and the text...

Suggestions?


I am not sure it is quite the right theme even, and maybe I shouldn't have done the whole mock garage sale thing, so tell me what you think, and I will either create a new one, or edit this one, or not even bother...



I am not posting the full quality version, if you want to use the pic as the logo (and Apple didn't copywrite all the instruments) I will send you the full version so you can choose the size...


Was overlapping some instruments a bad idea?

Personally I think it is a POC but that is mostly because I made it...

one more thing.... some of the instruments look like they are hanging in mid-air.... I doubt this is just me who sees this, so if you have any pics you think might help prop up some instruments, I would like to have them...
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I like it, but I think it's a bit on the complex side for a logo. I'm thinking something like add a "Sale" tag to the guitar. (I tried it, buit it looked like crud. I'm not much good with PhotoShop) BTW, the guitar image I have is NOT the one from Apple, so they don't have copyright on it. Anyone with any more ideas, post 'em here.
 
powermac99 said:
Just curios, why make people pay for what they can get for free at iCompositions?
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As discussed before, so you can support the artist.

However, I actually didn't realize how many free sites are out there, so I'm working on a new pricing system. (Maybe free downloads and a "support this artist" donate button? What do people think of that? I could also add the option for some free with support buttons, some paid downloads...)
 
hotwire132002 said:
As discussed before, so you can support the artist.

However, I actually didn't realize how many free sites are out there, so I'm working on a new pricing system. (Maybe free downloads and a "support this artist" donate button? What do people think of that? I could also add the option for some free with support buttons, some paid downloads...)
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In fact, I'm not sure if there's much point in this idea after all. When I came up with it, I didn't realize how many sites there were for GarageBands songs. But, as many people have mentioned, there's sites like iCompositions with free downloads, and, as many more have mentioned, who wants to pay when you can get for free? I dunno... tell me what you think...
 
hotwire132002 said:
In fact, I'm not sure if there's much point in this idea after all. When I came up with it, I didn't realize how many sites there were for GarageBands songs. But, as many people have mentioned, there's sites like iCompositions with free downloads, and, as many more have mentioned, who wants to pay when you can get for free? I dunno... tell me what you think...
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Or I could start another free download site... Tell me what you think...

I came up with a logo:
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Tell me what you think.
 
I think it reuses too many Apple logo elements to be entirely legally safe (though it's much cleaner than the earlier "garage sale" themed one). :(

Garage Sale Music Store is a good name--it evokes both garage bands and GarageBand, yet is general enough to not be limited to either. If it were me I might consider dropping the "store" and just make it Garage Sale Music ("store" is redundant when you've already got a "sale" going).

I do wonder how well this would do when there are so many free sites out there...but! Extend the concept beyond GarageBand and Apple and just go for the "no-label online music distribution for the rest of us" concept and you could have something pretty successful. You could be the only place online where just anybody could go and put up however many songs (or just one!) without having to worry about CDs or albums.

My brain isn't clicking for logo ideas....it keeps trying to show me a vinyl record with the iTunes-like notes on it. :p
 
rueyeet said:
I think it reuses too many Apple logo elements to be entirely legally safe (though it's much cleaner than the earlier "garage sale" themed one). :(

Garage Sale Music Store is a good name--it evokes both garage bands and GarageBand, yet is general enough to not be limited to either. If it were me I might consider dropping the "store" and just make it Garage Sale Music ("store" is redundant when you've already got a "sale" going).

I do wonder how well this would do when there are so many free sites out there...but! Extend the concept beyond GarageBand and Apple and just go for the "no-label online music distribution for the rest of us" concept and you could have something pretty successful. You could be the only place online where just anybody could go and put up however many songs (or just one!) without having to worry about CDs or albums.

My brain isn't clicking for logo ideas....it keeps trying to show me a vinyl record with the iTunes-like notes on it. :p
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I think a vinyl record with an iTunes note is going to be even worse legally than my logo :( Anyone with any ideas that won't get me sued, tell me!

BTW, I like your idea. I think the site will allow any indie music to be posted. I'm going to start working on it as soon as I finish this thread.
 
I'm working on a payment method because PayPal charges 30 cents per transaction.

I have a few ideas:

1)Monthly bill
2)Subscription (like $9.95 per month for up to 20 downloads or something)
3)Charge an extra 30 cents per song

If anyone had a better idea, tell me.

BTW, I'm thinking www.garagesale-music.com since garagesalemusic.com is taken. What do you think?
 
Hey hotwire,
you've got some great ideas and a real drive to make something great. If you're interested, we would love to have you on the iCompositions team (depending on qualifications ;) ). Maybe we can work together to make a "Support the Artist" service in our Auditorium.

The big problem now is that sites like iCompositions, MacJams, and MacIdol already have a very good hold on the market. Newcomers are going to have a very difficult time becoming successful (and one in particular already is even when giving away $1000).

Email me at admin@icompositions.com
 

True, it won't get me sued, but what's it got to do with Garage Sale Music (other than the text at the bottom...) :confused: I will say it's certainly an interesting concept...
 
Perfect idea. I have already made a cd using GarageBand

hotwire132002 said:
I do a lot of web design, and I'm wondering if people would be interested if I set up an indie iTMS (call it iNdie? Tell me if you have a better name!) anyway, I thought it could post independant artists' GarageBand songs (like this one) and charge somewhere in the range of $.49 per song, with all going to the artist. If I set up a site like this, would anyone be interesting in using it?
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what do you think about this logo?

hotwire132002 said:
I'm trying to design a logo for the GarageSale Music Store (the now-official name) I've got a jpg of the classic GarageBand Guitar atttached, anyone with an idea for a logo can PhotoShop it up and post it. Or, just tell me your idea and I'll try to make it work.

Guitar.jpg
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I still support the pay site. Why would artists post to the free sites when they can get paid for their work? Artists are clearly not going to put music on BOTH of them, so you can't get the same, necessarily, from iCompositions.
 
sorry wrong pic :)

hotwire132002 said:
I'm trying to design a logo for the GarageSale Music Store (the now-official name) I've got a jpg of the classic GarageBand Guitar atttached, anyone with an idea for a logo can PhotoShop it up and post it. Or, just tell me your idea and I'll try to make it work.

Guitar.jpg
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