Who are we? CASH Music is a nonprofit focused on building open source tools for artists and labels. We are made up of musicians, coders, designers, managers, idealists, music lovers, realists, punks, community builders, and a dog or two. What are we building? We are building a platform of tools that will allow artists to sell and promote their music while managing and organizing their lives so they can focus on the important things like writing songs and touring. We believe there are as many different solutions as there are artists. So we are making our platform as open and as flexible as possible by doing things like integrating with any and all third party services that artists like to use and by keeping our code open source. Why are we building it? The music industry is difficult for even established artists to navigate and is only getting harder as money becomes more scarce. Currently, almost all innovation comes from outside of the music world and is focused more on the listener experience, not what is necessarily best for the artist. We love music more than anything in the world and believe that the creators and performers need to be taken care of first and foremost. We also believe in the power of true direct communication between the artist and their fans and want to help foster and build those relationships. There is a true need for this technology to exist, it’s baffling that it doesn’t already, we need your help to make it a reality. How can you help? As a nonprofit we can’t take investments and we personally aren’t independently wealthy so we need volunteers to help us build this. We are looking for more coders, designers, musicians, idealists, etc to join our community and make the platform bigger, better, and stronger. Help us put power and control into the hands of the people that make the music. They’ve made all of our lives richer and better in so many ways. Let’s say thanks. If you’d like to get involved you can find us at: info@cashmusic.org
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