Screw the RIAA, Continued

Screwing the RIAA isn't just about getting free music - though it is that. It's also about helping construct a new business model that allows artists to distribute their music without the middle man that is the major studios. Presenting Clap Your Hands Say Yeah:

Clap - based in Brooklyn and Philadelphia - have already sold nearly 17,000 copies of their self-released debut, all thanks to word-of-mouth. And while major-label artists make only about a buck a record, the Clap guys are making a whopping eight dollars per disc - putting their take so far at more than $130,000. Not too shabby for an album recorded for less than ten grand and distributed by the band itself via countless trips to the post office.

Apparently you can read more about them in this months Rolling Stone.

So: Screw the RIAA - take a free listen to Clap's music, and then see if you'd like to buy the rest. The whole disc costs $15 US, and of that the artists keep $8 - a hell of a good percentage, considering the industry standard.