From a post that I recently wrote on Artists House Music: 

Calling all independent artists!!! Bandcamp is here, have no fear! I think. 

For those of y’all who have not checked out bandcamp.mu, you’re missing out. Not only is this the sexiest place that I’ve seen where independent artists can call their music’s home, but it looks as if its not all bells and whistles. 

I’m not going to explain all of the fancy features in detail, Ethan Diamond’s screencast is wonderful and I encourage everyone to take the six minutes to watch it; you won’t be disappointed. In particular, the graphs that show the differing popularity between a band’s songs are nifty. Also, the ability to see where your music is being embedded by others provides bands with an invaluable resource as to where to target its customers.

Bandcamp looks so flawless and fun that it makes me want to create some music and start a band.

Ok, nothing is this great. Right? What are the downsides to this service? 

• Is this just a gorgeous, glorified Myspace? How will your band rise to the top of the clutter?
• There is still the problem of driving traffic to one’s bandcamp url once created.
• Will bandcamp be the “invisible fifth member” of the band that they claim they will be, or will they focus the majority of their efforts on the artists who are driving most of the sites traffic?
• Oh yea, you still need to create quality music.

What do y’all think?

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