dirtywaters wrote:The main concern is how to generate advertising or revenue, so it wouldn't be something that would cost him a lot to operate...
Designing and creating a web-site is simple. How the material is sold [whether by 'donations' or not] and the general legislative issue, not so simple. Whether it'd be straight downloads or not is another issue, production costs etc.
A Netflix type vibe [Stretch-mix ?] would be the look IMO, worldwide, access to all files by paying a basic registration fee or a periodical subscription by month or year. The pay per play idea is good, but lets face it, most heads would want quantities, not single shows.
The ultimate release would be a DVD or USB for sale preferably on Discogs or EBAY. Something that would include artwork, photos of the period, stories, lists of guests, top 10s, scans of Bobbs show diaries, notes, any form of ephemera connected to the programme.
Both Stretch and Bobb will have connect to shed-loads of brands and labels with regards to the length of time they've been part of the industry, they could attract any number of financial interests from the Rap community.
The pair of them are, and the show was, an iconic enough part of Rap history that Stretch could sell ad space in his sleep. I know the show was niche, but compare it to a TV show character which started nearly 20 years ago, which has a movie release next month, these shows are 'cult classics', but for radio. There is an audience, and there is a bigger audience if its marketed well.
Me personally, I would want volume, even with the tapes I've traded, the shows you lot have shared and the tapes I own myself. I also have a suspicion that if Stretch was to make the shows available, he'd have them remastered from video to higher quality WAV or MP3 by now.