I immediately glazed over. Here are a few tips.
How it works and features should be more visible parts of the homepage. You haven't sold me at all but you're showing me a signup form. Give me the info first.
Eliminate all but the most important 3 or 4 bullet points. Controlling distribution sounds pretty similar to keeping the rights, simplify your fans' access to music is assumed from your mention of social networking sites, and most won't care about school music programs. Bullet points are like bumper stickers. Too many and they lose their effect.
Your headline being outside the main container looks strange.
More whitespace (blackspace?).
That user agreement textarea doesn't need to be more than three rows.
Increase line-height on the /About page.
The underlying point is that it doesn't look established enough for me to trust you with my music. I know it's beta, but consider allocating resources to design (including the "how it works" and service comparison graphics).
Clickable Link: http://bonmp3.com/
Looks interesting. Great job! I agree though that the signup form on the homepage is a bit intimidating. But if you are deadset on keeping it there may I suggest you move the "How It Works" section to the top of the page and maybe integrate the benefits portion that is currently above the signup form in it. That way the band/musician sees all that at least before be immediately presented with a signup form.
Looks interesting though and good luck. You are right the music industry is ready for a change!
The idea seems good. Have you thought about asking someone with experience in web design to make a more streame-lined and less clunky version of the landing page? I think you are on a good way in terms of keeping it simple but in my humble opinion the execution isn't quite there yet. I'm not that competent of a designer myself but I'd bet someone who knows his stuff could improve the page quite a bit.
Personally I think that the front page seems a little bit dark. I'm not sure what your intended mood is but I think that you should rethink the layout. Perhaps looks at other music selling sites to see how they lay out the page. Its a good idea to be different, but you can still learn a lot from comparing with other sites.
I appreciate your marketing mojo, early limited but heavy donation encourages rapid adoption by caring enthusiasts. Of course giving 5% forever would be incredibly generous but would cut into artist rewards.
Will check out your app, much respect the Jekyll and Hyde founder (day jobs). That's where I come from.
as a musician, i would go to your site... take one look at how little you value giving me info about your service and leave.
compare your first page to http://www.tunecore.com/
you need a better designer. too chaotic in the front page; too many different fonts, sizes; and the browsing flow is not smooth.
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I'm not sure if the idea of giving the full sign up form up front in the home page is a particularly good one. First, it makes the page layout go bad. Second, I miss out reading the section on "How it works" and "Features". No way a user is going to scroll down so low. Third, it scares the users away, imho.
One more small pick: The logo in the home page points to http://dev.bonmp3.com/Home (oops, is it the dev version?!)