I’ve mentioned Bandcamp before. If you’re not a member now, we just got news that might push you over the edge to tune in.

Bandcamp provides a free-to-use service for musicians wanting to digitally distribute their albums. You can give them away, or charge for them. Artists keep 100% royalties/rights. Fighting Zero is out there. You should be, too ;).

But, what’s new on the list of features?
- Bonus digital content inclusion. You can now upload digital booklets, high-res photos, videos, etc. to be included in your package. When a user downloads your full album, they get all of the extra content. Nice!

- RSS feeds have been added so fans can stay on top of when you upload new material.

- Reporting to Neilsen Soundscan. This one is a big one. Most digital outlets don’t report sales to the almighty Soundscan. Well, Bandcamp now does. That’s a big one. Numbers talk when trying to land label deals.

There are a host of awesome music sharing sites out there, which help ultimately push you, your band, or your label further.

Here are two that have it down pat and I think you should check them out.

Soundcloud – http://www.soundcloud.com
Not only can you upload your music and then share your tunes with everyone in your network, but you can also receive. The beauty part is it makes music submission incredibly easy. It’s one big happy, musical, social-networking family.

Bandcamp – http://www.bandcamp.com
With zippy download speeds, you can offer your listeners a place to buy your music for a set price, buy for a user-set price, or download for free. Not only do you have multiple options for selling your music, but you also enable the user to pick which format they’d prefer. Mp3, to high-quality WAV can be had. Options are key!

Think you have a cool music site? We want to hear about it.
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