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Ludacris and WeMix Let You Phone Your Way to Phame. Phat!

Actor Chris Ludacris Bridges arrives to Hollywood Life Magazine's 9th annual Young Hollywood Awards at the Music Box at the Fonda April 22, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Chris Ludacris Bridges

Ludacris and WeMix are teaming up to give budding musicians a new way to be heard:

“WeMix, the site he founded with former reality TV producer Matt Apfel, already accepts amateur recordings through a web-based upload tool. But on Tuesday, they announced that users will be able to call a number and enter a code to record directly onto the site from any phone, thanks to a partnership with In-Call Network Exchange provider VoodooVox. And this is no land grab — users keep the rights to their uploaded material.” (link)

And according to Mashable, they have a small cashification plan:

“The way the partnership keeps this service free is by placing a short advertisment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advertising at the beginning and end of each song or track. But I don’t think this will be any sort of reason for complaint for the artists, who will soon be able to easily make a name for themselves thanks to the service.”

Is this the future of music?