Comments on: ProTip of the Day: MySpace http://thisisthelonelyhouse.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/protip-of-the-day-myspace/ Loving, supporting, and promoting music in SW Ohio Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:49:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: thelonelyhouse http://thisisthelonelyhouse.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/protip-of-the-day-myspace/#comment-168 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 03:35:11 +0000 http://thisisthelonelyhouse.com/?p=9861#comment-168 I think it depends on the circle you run in. I’ve been directed to both sites by some of my favorite independent artists, and both are simple to use and find what you’re looking for. I’m partial to Bandcamp because of the following reasons though:
1. You can easily sell your music there should you choose to.
2. They offer PayPal checkouts, which makes it easier on the buyer.
3. Their players are embeddable widgets. So if someone wants to repost your music on their tumblr, Facebook, or HTML-based site, they can easily do that.
4. I’ve never had Bandcamp force my browser to crash.
5. They allow you to add “Tags” to your uploads, like “Ohio”, “alt-rock”, etc. So people who are browsing bandcamp for music from a particular region, genre, whatever can come across your music even if they weren’t looking for you specifically.

I think the main things to look for in a site to host your music is that it’s easily shareable through currently popular social networks or websites, load time is minimal, and it doesn’t require the user to do a lot of guesswork as to how to purchase your songs if they want to keep them.

]]> By: Zach Starkie http://thisisthelonelyhouse.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/protip-of-the-day-myspace/#comment-167 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:47:25 +0000 http://thisisthelonelyhouse.com/?p=9861#comment-167 I like soundcloud for some things, but I think bandcamp is the new standard, right?

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