Bandcamp, ReverbNation or Soundcloud?

BrufordFreak wrote: I like the interactive ability of SoundCloud. I don't find the download capabilities to be limited at all.

Edited by Terra Australis - January 17 2013 at 16:56

smartpatrol wrote: Bandcamp

I signed up for ReverbNation a couple of years ago, because I had this idea to take an album/band-concept I recorded in the early 90s and present it as a current, anonymous "band", like the Residents.  For the band photo I used a psychedelicized photo of me with my daughter.  I uploaded just one song (for starters).  It was just for a goof, I wanted to see if it might cause a ripple.  I haven't really done much with it, and I realized that just signing up for that stuff triggers a whole lot of automated messages soliciting your business.  It was never a band in the first place, and had been inactive for 20 years, so it was kind of funny to get these questionable offers to book the band for "pay to play" type concert deals.

Bandcamp, mainly because it is so incredibly easy to find new music, download it, stream in, and get interested in it. I can go afternoons trying out new bands on bandcamp (Bandcamp discover is great), plus they do a great job with giving exposure to underrated bands. I also love how prices are completely artist regulated. It's just fantastic. 

Bandcamp

^ It's been my personal preferred medium, just because it's so easy, and because I have very few "finished releases".

Bandcamp is by far the best in my opinion if you want to distribute your band's music, or if you are a consumer looking to listen to or purchase music.   However, as a quick and easy "scrapbook" where I can place works in progress or older recordings I want to share, I prefer Soundcloud.  There are a lot of pieces I like to upload which aren't necessarily the work of my band, nor are pieces I wish to necessarily sell or even distribute, they're just like little musical snapshots of different odds and ends, or perhaps preliminary mixes of songs being worked on.

My band doesn't have a Bandcamp page yet, but we plan to do that once we have enough original recordings "in the can" to present something resembling an album.   Two of the guys in my group already have Bandcamp pages of their own for their solo material (they're much more prolific than I), and they love it.


Edited by HolyMoly - January 17 2013 at 07:16

Really nice poll, and I will go along with Bandcamp here, although I might add that I find the Progstraming website to be an excellent resource.

^speaking of the 'new' myspace I had a look at it also today, it's not at all intuitive.

Thanks Finnforrest. While that was my impression, it will be interesting to hear from other people on what makes the other sites good.