Can you answer these questions? Legal and other.
 

I have a new idea for a music site. I want to make a place where music-lovers can discover new music and musicians can get their music out.

The way I want to do it is by allowing people to send in their own music and I will post it in a clean cut, creative way. Ideally I would want all types of artists
- local garage bands wanting to get their music out there
- signed, but very small artists wanting to increase visibility
-songs from bands that are already known, but others may not know about them (e.g. this would require actually posting artists songs w/o their permission. Like posting something from a personal music collection)

I also am trained in SEO - so I'm confident I can get people coming to the site.

My questions are:

1- What are the legal issues here? I don't plan on allowing downloads - only listening. Am I required to get permission to post this music. I'm wanting a "NO" here - knowing there are tons of sites out there where you can listen for free.

2 - What other sites are already doing this type of thing or a similar type of thing? I've searched, but only have come up with some small ones.

How bout' you start in our introductions thread. Tell us a little about yourself and the music you listen to. Then try to contribute to threads others have started; ones that correspond with your musical taste. Once you get a feel for the site and we know you maybe we'll want to deal with the primary purpose of why your here. Until then......Happy posting!

Myspace, purevolume and last.fm maybe?

Wow. Ok. Thanks Satchmo. I guess I'll try and do that. I'm totally not familiar with the "culture" of this forum. Thanks for the tips.

What you are describing is basically what Muxtape.com is like these days.