AloneTone.com - Good Music Without The Hype

AloneTone is for all those lonely musicians out there who need to share their tunes. Seriously, though, this app provides a means for songstresses, composers, and music makers to upload their music and share it with the world. Users get their own profile space where you’ll find all their goods and some details about themselves as well. Tracks can be listened to on site or by opening a Quicktime window. Click on a users profile picture to see how popular they are or simply check out the main page and check out what every one else is listening to. Users can download and store ads many mp3s as they’d like, for free. Zipfiles with up to 40 megs of sonic goodness can be uploaded too. Add some shine to your playlist by uploading jewel case art.

“alonetone.com gives musicians free mp3 hosting & sharing tools, limitless distribution
& warm fuzzy feelings”

This is a cool site for musicians who what nothing more than to share their music. It’s got a cool, elegant interface (unlike your more swampish aesthetics found on sites like Myspace. There are no ads. Accounts are free, and you get unlimited storage space.

How is this site going to support itself, without ads, and without charging users’ fees? Will more interactive features be put in place e.g. comments, ratings etc?