I’ve mentioned this on my Deadjournal, but I feel obligated to mention it as often as possible. I’m even putting a link over on the sidebar. Magnatune: The not-evil recording company. It’s an interesting concept, and one that I wholeheartedly endorse.

I’d love to see more things like this — small, independent companies making smaller bands’ music available to people online. Because I’m sick of paying $15 for CDs containing one or two good songs, and because I think there has to be a better way to get music, I’ve stopped buying new CDs from normal record companies. Not to mention the fact that record companies seem to cater to the lowest common denominator — thus, little bluegrass gets played on the radio, and country is slowly morphing to be indistinguishable from pop.

Seems to me that, if you reduce distribution costs by distributing on the internet, some of the less popular genres would be easier to support.

So, anyway… if you have the chance, take a look at Magnatune.
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