BandCamp.com - ALAC/FLAC DLs

[6th.replicant]

Might've found something that's a bit good... After searching the http://aurgasm.us/ site - thanks to Nads for the heads up [🙂] - which lists new artists' free sample DLs, I went a Googling for one of the acts - Namasté / L'absurde EP - hoping to find a CD or something more 'solid' than a low-res sample MP3. Stumbled on a Google listing for Namasté at a site called http://BandCamp.com/, which is a site for artists to "sell your music and merch directly to your fans" - and the number of artists and genres is pleasingly vast. Paid via PayPal for a DL of Namasté's 6-track EP, the cost of which was "enter any amount higher than US$6 (£3.80)", which is very fair, and then selected a format: there's the ubiquitous MP3 320 and for "Audiophiles and Nerds" there're ALAC and FLAC options, at no extra cost. (The EP's 4:17 title track as an ALAC is 23.9MB/1411kbps.) And the DL process was hassle-free and very swift, too. [😀] There also appears to be a number of acts offering free sample tracks (ALAC OR FLAC). What a very splendid thing is BandCamp. [<😱)] Only one problem - well, two actually - no listings for Designs of Chaos or Waxed (yet?)... [😉]

 

[Anonymous]

6th.replicant, thanks for the heads up. This looks like a great site and I would think will only get better over time.

 

[6th.replicant]

Let's hope so.

 

[Big Chris]

6th.replicant:Only one problem - well, two actually - no listings for Designs of Chaos or Waxed (yet?)...

I'll have to add it to the ever expanding backlog of D.O.C duties.

 

[6th.replicant]

Here's some more info on BandCamp, turns out it's founded by Ethan Diamond ("co-founder of the pioneering webmail service that became Yahoo! Mail"): CLICKETY, then scroll down and click-on 'Bandcamp Screentest' for a HD demo movie with a dry-wit voiceover by Diamond.