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http://bandcamp.com/ http://bandcamp.com/ Edit: I'll explain. Cutting the middleman is the big idea though band camp isn't enough for that. The big labels have

http://bandcamp.com/ http://bandcamp.com/ Edit: I'll explain. Cutting the middleman is the big idea though band camp isn't enough for that. The big labels have very strong marketing capabilities that individual acts can't compete with. Even YouTube, the land of indie, is dominated by the large labels. So maybe bandcamp needs a breakthrough marketing/distribution/discovery platform that can somehow be more meritocratic.

nikatwork 14y ago
Bandcamp is glorious. I end up buying loads of music there because it's easy, high-quality and I feel like I'm supporting the artists directly, not just lining someone else's pockets. Agree discovery is a problem. I rely on blogs for that but it's pretty niche.