Sorry! newb here butting into your conversation. Where is a good place to start to learn more about v4v? I work in the music industry and I'm just starting to dig into this side of things.
Not at all! Glad to see this old thread still has some legs 😀
We keep a zine (blog) that might be helpful. This might be a good place to start: https://zine.wavlake.com/value-for-value-music-with-lightning-what-a-concept/
Let me know if you have any questions
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Thanks for the link! Well this just prompted a thousand more questions. Before that, let me check out Wavlake for a bit to see what my experience is like.
Off the top, the main questions that come up are framed from the perspective of a rightsholder. I'm a music publisher for various songwriters, and also offer distro through Symphonic if any of the artists I represent need a hand in that process. The distro service is secondary to the publishing service, but I figured I'd offer it as an option to offer support in that area also. I'm sure it's a longer conversation, but just curious what using Wavlake looks like for smaller, indie rightsholders, like me? I'd love to explore this as an alternative to the current mainstream models of streaming.
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