Reply To: Jonathan Coulton as part of the Humble Music Bundle?!
Completely separate from any questions of who gets what money, I think the Humble Bundles are a pretty excellent model for distributing content in our brave new world. A few big names to draw in the crowds, coupled with things of slightly more obscure quality. It’s kind of like being an opening act on tour with the crowd-pleasers, you get a ton of exposure, but on a much grander scale.
Lots of people might only buy it for TMBG, but all of them GET Coulton and Frontalot, and once you’ve bought it anyway, why not listen to it.
And that’s why I bought it, even though I’ve pretty much got everything Coulton, TMBG and Frontalot already. I want that model – regardless of who might in this specific instance be benefiting from it – to succeed, and I’d like it to spread.