Buddy can you spare a dime?

Amongst all the flashy gizmos & widgets that seem to plague the internet these days (c'mon, do you really NEED to pretend you're a zombie?, karmafan.com stands out for its simplicity.


The FAQ will give you all the info you need but basically this allows the artists the opportunity to generate some revenue based on the goodwill of their audience - the "fan" can donate as much or as little as they deem fit as a token of their appreciation of the work, be it a blog, a peice of music or any other artistic endevour.

As an artist you can put the "tip jar" widget on any site where you feel folk might reward you, which in itself is handy, but, and here's the sweet part, you can put the same jar on more than one site - so if you are a renaisance artist,with songs artwork and a blog you can channel tips from all three into one account.

Quite apt with all the talk of the credit crunch.

Tunesquare

Another tack perhaps to be taken is that offered via TuneSquare.

The listener is offered the chance to download MP3’s for free and in return the artist gets a share of the revenue generated from the advertisement that fund the site.

One criticism that is levelled is that the tracks are from bands that folk have never heard of but hey, isn’t that the point? Okay so the artist is technically giving away the tracks, but if this is above board and you can generate enough plays there could be some financial reward in participating