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So, since Zebox folded, I've never actually had a music website for my own stuff that I've controlled (I've found a few places hosting it w/o permission, which is flattering). BIYC was fun whilst it was around, but I'd like somewhere to host some of the music I've done the past few years. Please could someone recommend somewhere to me, bearing the following in mind? The following are important to me: - Free for me to have hosted - No incessant nagging to pay for their premium "hosted" service - No (or little) spam from other users asking me to listen to their shitty wannabe Tiesto music. - Ability for listeners to hear tracks without having to create an account. The following are not important: - Me making money from it. - Ability to customise the look and feel. - Lossless audio quality. - The site being perceived as "cool" by hipsters. |
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+ Free hosting + No incessant whatever + No spam from other users, ability to recommend 3 releases hosted by bandcamp, not necessary though + Listeners can stream or download the music without creating an account + You can set the price of the downloads, there is no minimum, you can let the listeners to choose the price too, which is kind of similar to a "donate" function. + Good, simple looking - Free downloads are limited but the limit is high enough for most users I guess. soundcloud is great too, though they remind you to get a pemium account, but not too often imo. best feature is the timed comments. i'm using both of them. |
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Thank you, gentlemen. |
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fuck. I ment ALL THE COOL KIDS USE soundcloud. (moderators please delete the previos post #02423680) thank you love, thad |
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NO THAD all the cool kids use myspace |
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Everything is web 2.0. I just used zshare and I was like, sigh, find the file, type a stupid description cuz its pribibly required. Then its like NO U! you have to enable javascript, a proprietary stallman hated softwareds for you to use this! So I un-noscripted it, and did it AGAIN. and it was like NO U! now the page isn't load cuz the javascript enabling means you have to open a new page and close that first page for no reason. So I ddi that and finally FINALLY, it uploaded my STUPID mp3. In web 2.0, everything takes at least 3 attempts. And on soundcloud the web 2.0 borg thought it would be good to have people graffiti text all over the middle of your song. xltronic and craigslist are luckily only about web 1.4. They're covered with aids but better than the alternative made by ivy league ted talk fags or something. You're still allowed to write 'nigger' on web 1.4 sites I think. Try writing that on soundcloud and I bet you'll be bannef from life and end up on terrorist watch lists. Hope this post was helpful. |
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If you're not a successful talk radio host within five years I will eat your balls in a mustard sandwich. |
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HOT mustard |
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I can't talk impromptu because spoken words dissipate, preventing my very limited memory from being able to remember the previous sentence and shape a coherent paragraph. And my cyborg brain model doesn't function right without constant search engine supervision. |
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bandcamp is good but not good enough because it's still the needle in a haystack problem from a search/find/enjoy perspective and you won't make enough to be sufficientlt satisfied. better to give it away. youtube is the best, or having your own website, surely? still a lot to be said for being signed by a good record label, but that will fade out. |
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woops totally forgot soundcloud, sorry soundcloud, top marks also. i still usually enjoy music best if the computer can be switched off tho. |
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I always just post my stuff to my Dad's Facebook wall. People usually check it out because they respect him. |
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whoa! moderators did it. |
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Bandcamp is perfect now (or rather, it's getting better with each and every feature). They have a proper search feature, based on keywords/genres, which does a good job of finding things. Likewise, the referal system is great and it's a great way of getting more attention to and from releases you're interested in. They've also spruced up the homepage, giving focus to albums of the week etc.. hopefully without turning into a mess like MP3.com used to be. It's just a really quick, efficient way to listen to music, sell music and support artists. Everyone wins. The layout is clean, they have lots of bandwidth and it's as simple as clicking a link to buy stuff. It's done a lot for this shitty industry imo and has giving the average listener a means to support artists/labels directly. I've been with them from the very start and they're going in the right direction. |
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yea, the stated by the people, soundcloud for easy fast sharing tunes, bandcamp for more personalizable space and selling music |
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I agree with just about everything bandcamp does, as well as soundcloud. They really got their concepts nailed. Soundcloud is way more social but there's a lot less spam from users than you think. At least I have only gotten a handful of direct requests whether via comments or private message. However commenting on others tracks DOES help you but then you get into the feedback cycle so... Bandcamp has no comments and so you're pretty isolated from the listeners directly on the site but it's really nice for having a public archive and that's what I use it for. With the pre-releases and everything it feels basically like a release site. Love it. |
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