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buitendebox started following the question "Making it up as you go along???" in WaTunes.

buitendebox started following the question "Haven't Received Royalty Payment" in WaTunes.

buitendebox started following the question "How much longer" in WaTunes.

buitendebox replied on November 08, 2008 09:19 to the idea "Time to go" in WaTunes:

Can you give me an update on the progress being made with this Kevin?

John D

buitendebox replied on November 05, 2008 10:07 to the idea "Time to go" in WaTunes:

Kevin,
I've seen that you've removed my music from iTunes, but it's still showing up at Amazon.

To date I have not recieved the royalty payments requested in the above message into my Paypal account. Please effectuate immediate payment.

Secondly I would like to see detailed stats of my downloads/sales for the past year.

John Devitt

buitendebox started following the question "With all the changes, what is my status?" in WaTunes.

buitendebox started following the idea "So let me get this straight.." in WaTunes.

buitendebox shared an idea in WaTunes on November 02, 2008 16:03:

Time to go

Kevin,

with the introduction of a compulsory subscription fee of $10 a month for existing artists I've decided it's time to go. The original agreement we had was that you would get 10% of earned royalties per artist. If you can get my music to sell in such a way that it's earning $100 a month in royalties you would get your $10 no problem. I've had three albums in distribution at iTunes, e-music, Napster etc. through WaTunes for the past year and to date, since the initial payout months ago, I've absolutely no idea whether the music is selling, and if it is selling what's happening to the royalties.
I joined up a year ago because I simply wanted to distribute my music digitally and hoped, like most other independant artists that it might generate some royalties.
I see absolutely no point in turning this site into another social networking site. From where I stand it's a market that's been amply cornered by My Space, Facebook and the like. If the digital distrubition simply is'nt working I would prefer it if you had the courage to admit this, firstly to yourself, and secondly to those of us who have entrusted you with the distrubution of our music. You have my PayPal email address, so I'd appreciate it if you would transfer the royalties generated to date.

John Devitt

A comment on the question "Royalty Payment Please!! What Do I Need To Do?" in WaTunes:

This is not quite clear to me Kevin. Are you saying that all artists, including those who's music is already available through iTunes, Amazon, e-music etc. will have to pay $10,00 a month once you get the new e-music thing up and running? – buitendebox, on October 29, 2008 10:21

buitendebox asked a question in WaTunes on October 11, 2008 19:30:

Sales stats

Hi Kevin,
can you give us a time line for when artists will be able to view sales stats?

John

buitendebox started following the problem "Songs still showing up as not uploaded" in WaTunes.

buitendebox replied on September 07, 2008 11:49 to the problem "While trying to upload a new song, I keep getting a 302 error." in WaTunes:

Uploading is still not happening Kevin. I can't imagine it's a browser problem, because I have'nt experienced this problem at other web locations where I 've uploaded music using the same pc and browser.

John

buitendebox replied on September 04, 2008 08:17 to the problem "While trying to upload a new song, I keep getting a 302 error." in WaTunes:

I've also tried again several times to upload a track but it's still not functioning properly.

John

A comment on the problem "Unable to log in" in WaTunes:

Ok. Will you let us know when this is operational again?

cheers,

John – buitendebox, on September 02, 2008 19:10

A comment on the problem "Unable to log in" in WaTunes:

OK Kevin, I get it. One question remains unanswered. I've just been into my artist dashboard again and tried to upload a track. I'm watching this process taking place, and as soon as the point is reached that upload is complete the track just disappears instead of being added. What's the story there?

John – buitendebox, on September 02, 2008 19:05

buitendebox replied on September 02, 2008 09:51 to the problem "Unable to log in" in WaTunes:

Quote:First FREE Week!
Hello everyone,

Starting today of the launch of our site to September 7th, artists & labels will be able to take advantage of our new services for free. Upon September 8th, we'll integrate the billing system for you to pay for our services. unqoute
Does this mean that artists who have already got their music on iTunes etc. through the former WaTunes will now have to pay to get the SAME content heard on this new site, even after Sept. 7th? Also,if an artist has already set up an album through the old WaTunes is it necessary to go through the setup procedure again for each album?

As a trial I just uploaded an mp3 of an existing album track twice and in both cases it just diappeared into thin air after upload. Any idea what's happening there?

A comment on the problem "Unable to log in" in WaTunes:

If I understand you rightly Kevin what you're saying is that everyone needs to create a completely new account at WaTunes ( new style). What happened to all of the music that's already been uploaded to the WaTunes servers? If one already has music at iTunes etc. which was placed there through WaTunes ( old style) what would be the point in having to upload all that stuuff again?

John Devitt – buitendebox, on September 01, 2008 19:31

buitendebox reported a problem in WaTunes on September 01, 2008 08:46:

Unable to log in

Hi Kevin,
I tried to login with my usual name and password but no joy. Also, I'm not seeing any of my albums on the site. In the jazz section there are are zero albums, though I do feel that my last album "Afar" is in that category. When will download and sales statistics be availble to already registered artists, and how does one access this info?