Usability
Pricing
Audio Streaming
Corpus
Recommendations
Playlist Generation
Use of blockchain and smart contracts to create fair distribution of streaming revenues to artists and their collaborators.
Cryptocurrency
Removing middlemen and intermediaries to allow direct listener-to-artist relationships
source:
Free to use
But will introduce a number of subscription packages
Choon retains 20% (after any costs, such as credit-card processing) and returns 80% of the gross amount to artists.
source: https://www.choon.co/public/pdf/choon_white_paper.pdf
Choon downsamples your audio to 192kbps MP3
source: https://choontrance.com/choon-faq/
Sensitive content on blockchain
Scans each track through Gracenote - centralized
source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewrossow/2018/03/03/international-music-dj-gareth-emery-brings-blockchain-project-to-music-industry/#7398ba5e5479
Traditional Marketing, Partnership Deals.
Digital Marketing, Increased Features
source: https://www.choon.co/public/pdf/choon_white_paper.pdf
Playlist split only accounts for the plays in a playlist. If someone clicks through to your page and plays the track there, you don't have to pay the split source: https://choontrance.com/choon-faq/
