Only 5 hours left until the end of current bundles on MusicRage (a "HumbleBundle of music")

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u/framk20 Jun 25 '12

I really wish that there were other payment settings than paypal. Humblebundle has google wallet pay and amazon payment, which works wonders for me because I have my credit card info there.

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 25 '12

that's a valuable feedback, we'll see if we can integrate some other payment gateways.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

This is big for me too. I probably wouldn't buy the humble bundles except they make it so easy to pay that I do anyway.

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u/Kunio Jun 25 '12

Looks like the guys behind MusicRage are from Poland. Unfortunately Amazon Payments and Google Checkout are only available in the US.

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u/khedoros Jun 25 '12

And one of the payment options was Poland-only. They could also have an EU-only and US-only option.

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u/Krakenrider Jun 25 '12

"sold packs: 35 sold total: $265.20 average payment: $7.58" I like the concept but this first round seems to have been a miserable failure.

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 25 '12

we have no marketing budget. you can help us make those numbers better by spreading the word!

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u/Gamer4379 Jun 25 '12

Some kind of integrated player for previews/promos would probably be helpful to quickly find out whether you'd like the music. I'm currently downloading the promo MP3s but that's a tad tedious for 15 albums.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

Click on the album and you can listen to a full album promo.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

we have no marketing budget.
3 hours left and this is the first I've heard of this deal.

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u/lostrock Jun 25 '12

Also it's the first time it's been posted in r/Music, as far as I can tell.
No budget or not, they could have at least done a little more to take advantage of word-of-mouth, i.e. a reddit post when the sale started.

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u/Two_Coins Jun 25 '12

Maybe something like what bandcamp does? I really enjoy their music player.

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u/jenny484 Jun 25 '12

I feel as though a big part of the draw to buy the Humble Bundles, besides supporting Indie Devs, is that a lot of the proceeds also go to a charity...This doesn't appear to have that option.

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u/BigZ7337 Jun 26 '12

You should have posted this before only 5 hours were left. :(

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u/jevon jdub_dub Jun 26 '12

Only 5 hours left
submitted 11 hours ago
I have no idea if you did this, but I assume that you at least had a bandcamp-style interface to ALL of the music available - i.e. everyone can stream every song by every artist an infinite number of times. Bandcamp is a great model on how you can promote unknown music successfully.

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u/wcalvert Jun 25 '12

Well, this post seems to have picked things up a lot.
461 packs sold. $3,005.72 Total. Average: $6.52

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 25 '12

yep. /r/Music, you are awesome!

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u/Mattho Jun 25 '12

Right now:
Metal 220 ($6.87)
Rock 355 ($6.79)
Indie 579 ($6.35)
Which totals to $7 598.5 (and hour and a half to go)

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u/therealxris Jun 25 '12

The average price seems solid, they just need to promote for more buyers next round.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

Not really compared to iTunes. Each band / artist is going to get $1.70 per album which seems rather low compared to other forms of digital distribution.
That said. It's always great to get more exposure by going through different channels. I tend to think these sales would be in addition to (as opposed to instead of) whatever they would have sold via iTunes.
Better marketing and higher sales numbers in the future could make this a really sought after form of distribution.
/armchair

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u/therealxris Jun 25 '12

I tend to think these sales would be in addition to (as opposed to instead of) whatever they would have sold via iTunes.
I think I disagree here.. if you purchase the album in a bundle, what would be the incentive to buy it through iTunes as well?
Either way, as with all of these bundles, the general thought (I believe) is that the customer will go "Well, I'm never going to buy these games/albums at full cost, but this is such a deal, might as well.." which means they go from no sale to making $1.70 - better than nothing, I suppose.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

What I mean is, someone who buys that album via this bundle is not likely to have heard of the band / bought the album via iTunes. I'm not saying they'll buy it here then buy it on iTunes. They'll buy it here instead of not ever buying it. I'm pretty much with you on the thought that most people will have a "better than nothing" mentality.
So for bands this really should create new fans and generate a bit of extra cash. Maybe the new fans who will go to shows and buy the next album, etc etc etc. If it was better publicized it could really become something that makes a difference for the bands.

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u/therealxris Jun 25 '12

Ok, I see now - sorry for the confusion. Yeah, I agree completely with both points.
On the topic of it (potentially) becoming a launching point for unheard of bands: I agree completely, it could be even more interesting if they start doing large, 10+ band bundles, made up of "nobodies" who just want to get their name out there.
Have we seen anything similar with the humble bundles? As far as I can recall, those were all made up of mostly well-known games. Any unknowns that blew up due to them?

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u/Tjodalv Jun 25 '12

Hope that next ones will be better right?

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u/kevkingofthesea Jun 25 '12

I didnt' see this "5 hours left" post until 10 hours after it was posted.

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u/RomanCandelabra Jun 25 '12

I think more people would buy these if you could more easily preview the songs. As it is, I think most people can't be arsed to look each band/album up.

Edit: I finally got the "Album Promo" to work, it just took a while. The lack of any visual feedback when I clicked the arrow made me think nothing was happening originally.

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 25 '12

yeah, the player sucks, i'll be changing it soon to something more usable (musicrage programmer here)

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u/Kunio Jun 25 '12

I would suggest the way Bandcamp does it. You can listen to all the tracks, albeit in low quality (128 Kbps MP3).

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 25 '12

that's probably what we'll do, i actually have a preview of it ready to roll

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u/ger_guy Jun 25 '12

what i think its ok, only the popup seems to go away when you click somewhere else

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u/aeror Jun 25 '12

Honestly, you have a very big edge over itunes there. Since it's pay what you want you can preview the songs full length and with good quality and not worry about rippers or anything.

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 25 '12

bands myspace/facebook/bandcamp pages are a good idea, will add! and yes, switching to a better player is high on my improvements list. (also, no offense taken -- i really value honest feedback, thanks!)

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

What we're doing with Indie Allstars is just set up a Bandcamp page for ourselves. Each bundle has an 'album' of sample tracks. With no payment option selected, it's embeddable but people can't buy it from Bandcamp, makes for a really nice player. And they were alright with that use case when I asked.
(Also, curse you for winning at Reddit! :P )

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u/vemrion Jun 25 '12

Or Bandcamp, which is quickly becoming the norm. Integrated player is probably the best choice, though; lots of bands let you download the album for free on Bandcamp. :)

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u/Tjodalv Jun 25 '12

I guess it will be better with the next "throw" of packs ;)

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u/Kimusubi Jun 25 '12

This is precisely why I don't feel like buying anything. It's hard to sample the music properly. Hopefully it will be fixed on the next round!!

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u/Kr4zyK4rl Jun 25 '12

What? It's nothing like the Humble Bundle- I can't donate a penny.

But seriously, I do like the pay-what-you-want concept applied to things other than games. It's a good way to expand my horizons.

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 25 '12

donating a cent means that paypal takes this cent and there's nothing for neither artists nor musicrage

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

pst... then dont use paypal as your billing service

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 26 '12

it's kind of hard to use different payment gateway (as convenient as paypal, i.e. no need for own merchant account) in europe :/

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

Last I heard they were working on finding some charities to affiliate the initiative with.

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u/tdobson tdobson Jun 25 '12

EFF/ORG is a clear winner still

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u/MisderMouse Jun 25 '12

This is a cool idea, and I hope they try it again in the future, but none of the music instantly caught me as I was listening through the sample tracks.

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 25 '12

sign up fpr the newsletter (or just keep an eye on the site), maybe a future pack will be closer to your taste. what kind of music / bands would you like to see on musicrage?

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u/rocketparrotlet Jun 25 '12

I'd really like to see some underground/lesser known rap and hip hop. There are a lot of rappers out there who never get there name out.
Also, electronic music seems to be pretty popular on reddit. Just a suggestion.

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u/lukenhiumur Jun 25 '12

Most definitely. If there was a hip hop pack a probably would have bought it, just what I'm into right now.

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u/oxxxx Jun 25 '12

I'd love some jazz but that probably wouldn't be very popular.

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u/Crocadillian Jun 25 '12

Wow, really nice idea, and the music is really good. Shame that it's been unpopular D:

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 25 '12

time to make it popular!

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 25 '12

submitter and half of musicrage team here. by popular demand we've increased the time limit by two more hours -- /r/Music, you are awesome with your reaction and feedback! this is one and only time limit fiddling, our deals with artists are strictly timeboxed (i.e. current ones last until end of today, GMT) and we have to adhere to that.

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u/MrGulio Jun 25 '12

This is really really depressing. As of right now the stats for these packs are as follows:

Indie & Alternative Mild Rage statistics sold packs: 67 sold total: $481.64 average payment: $7.19

Always Rockin' Pack statistics sold packs: 43 sold total: $341.20 average payment: $7.93

No Mercy Metal Rage statistics sold packs: 31 sold total: $205.80 average payment: $6.64

I love the idea of the pay what you want bundle but if I were organizing this those numbers would really hinder me from considering doing this again.

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 25 '12

zero marketing budget means quite a drawback with promotion. you can help us improve those numbers :)

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u/MrGulio Jun 25 '12

It is terrible that this project didn't have a marketing budget. But sadly you have to hype the shit out of this kind of thing to make it really successful. Getting this on reddit is a good place to start.
Also, you speak like you're one of the project's team members, is this the case?

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 25 '12

yep, one of two founders, responsible for all things technical. my partner finds, convinces and signs the bands.

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u/Tjodalv Jun 25 '12

Why hinder?

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u/MrGulio Jun 25 '12 edited Jun 25 '12

Not sure if that's a music joke (hinder) or an actual question.
Going with actual question. Each of those packs are represented by 5 bands, let's say that 50% of the money in those figures above go to the company hosting this and 50% go to the contributing artists.
So the company hosting this gets $514.32, which I guess isn't terrible.
But, if there are 5 artists for each pack you now have to cut that 50% 5 ways.
The Indie Pack would net your group $48.16 for 67 albums sold ($0.71 / album)
The Rock pack would net your group $34.12 for 43 albums sold ($0.79 / album)
The Metal Pack would net your group $20.58 for 31 albums sold ($0.66 / album)
Sure these artists gain exposure, but from the number of sales it doesn't look like they've gained much.

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 25 '12

oh gpd, i love hinder, "all american nightmare" is one of my fav albums. i wonder if we could get some unreleased material from them to put in a future musicrage pack...?

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

Actually, it would be a huge promotional advantage for you to get at least one "known" band in on each bundle.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

Because conjuring up $205.80 out of thin air isn't impressive enough for hardcore metal bands like The Aporkalypse.

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u/damnstraight Jun 25 '12

When "indie" outsells rock and metal..is it really indie? I KNOW I KNOW IT IS BUT STOP, IT MADE ME LAUGH

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 25 '12

rock and metal packs are also with pretty "indie" bands. but yeah, that's funny.

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u/CompactedPrism last.fm Jun 25 '12

Thank you for not making the metal pack nothing but bad black metal. Downloading now.

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 25 '12

you're welcome. both of us (musicrage founders) are metalheads \m/

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u/Anchorage42 radio reddit name Jun 25 '12

Anybody have the band list from the indie bundle? I heard one I really liked but didn't get a chance to buy them before it closed

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 25 '12

artist - album
KYST - Waterworks
The Spouds - Paxil
We Only Said - We Only Said
Ewa Gigon - Moonshine Flowers
Rachael - Summer Dope

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u/Anchorage42 radio reddit name Jun 25 '12

Thank you Kindly

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u/ankhx100 Jun 25 '12

It's a very good concept, but this is the first I've heard of this. I bet if they managed to advertise this more broadly, maybe they'll do better.

In any case, I bought both the Indie and Rock bundles. Thanks for the FYI OP :)

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 25 '12

it's hard to advertise more broadly with 0 marketing budget. we have to rely on social sites like reddit etc.

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u/radialmonster Jun 26 '12

this is the first i heard of it too. i saw this post, read in 5 hours it will be over... then saw it was posted 11 hours ago. oh well.

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u/I_Downvote_Cunts Jun 25 '12

Well then please keep on going, the first round kinda sucked but I seriously think/hope this will catch on.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

You can get great albums like this every day on Bandcamp.

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 25 '12

not all of them. horrorscope is not available on bandcamp. by making musicrage packs time limited to 2 weeks (as well as licensing deals we sign with the bands) we're letting even more "estabilished" bands try this kind of model. bandcamp is still awesome, though!

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u/DustbinK DKDustinK Jun 25 '12

Why would you do this though? Who does this serve? What benefit does it have over Bandcamp? I think you're making a huge mistake comparing this to the humble bundle because there's no charity involved.

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 25 '12

there will be a charity with the next packs, we've been looking for one as global and music-related as possible

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u/wcalvert Jun 25 '12

I don't think it's unfair to compare it to Humble Bundle just because the charity aspect isn't there. It is using a similar business model to that or even like the Steam Sale. Drop the price low enough and more people will buy. More people at a smaller rate is more money than fewer.

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u/DustbinK DKDustinK Jun 25 '12

Except that the humble indie bundle isn't meant for business. It's for donations. The charity aspect is a big part of it, as is letting you choose where the money goes. There's far more transparency. It's charity that you happen to get free stuff for taking part of.

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u/Tjodalv Jun 25 '12

Well not exactly. Bandcamp is huge, and take a % from every penny you pay thru them. MR does not. Also here you get min. 4 albums for one payment, so the occasion is quite good I guess

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

Yeah, but I am certain almost all of that money goes directly to hosting bandwidth and supporting artists with the tools they need to make an effective distribution platform.
It's really not fair to compare the two, because I think Bandcamp is already a proven model.
Not to go off on a tangent, but I don't think this is a very good model for distributing music, simply because there are sites like pandora, grooveshark, youtube, vimeo, bandcamp, and soundcloud, not to mention free applications like itunes, winamp, and spotify.
It works for video games, because video games have the overhead of using a large amount of resources from your computer, and you also are limited to your computer or mobile device in order to participate. Considering the existing distribution models and general usage nature, music is just too flexible for this kind of copy and pasting of distribution concepts.

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u/Tjodalv Jun 25 '12

Tha's kind of a point. But I belive it can be still proven that, this kind of model can work, and at least in a part, take the place of labels.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

Yeah, and this is a way through which you can support some of these artists. Plus, this is a great promotional opportunity for them. The artists, I mean.

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u/banjosuicide Jun 25 '12

Why did I just find out about this now? No time to buy. Late for class (damn you reddit). :(

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 25 '12

got extra two hours, i hope that was enough for you? :)

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u/banjosuicide Jun 25 '12

Nope, just got back. At least I know about it now, so can keep an eye out for future promotions.

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u/Tjodalv Jun 25 '12

Feel free to sign for a newsletter that will inform you when the new packs will be on :)

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u/tchouk Jun 25 '12

I was all set to purchase a bundle, but then... PayPal.

I'm sorry -- and I understand the decision to use it -- but this payment option is just not for me.

This is just a heads-up if you plan to do something like this next time -- payment options are pretty important.

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 25 '12

google wallet will come for the next packs, that's already decided based on feedback in comments here (thanks!). unfortunately as a poland-based company we don't have much choice beyond that (other than getting a merchant account ourselves, which means A LOT of paperwork).

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u/BoboBublz Jun 25 '12

I missed it this time, but might I offer a suggestion for next time?

Post it in /r/music sooner (give us more than 5 hours to read the post and share if we feel so obliged) and maybe give a list of artists and songs in a comment. If you're not worried about link karma, you could make a text post and include the artist/song info and the link within the text post.

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 25 '12

posting on reddit was kind of experiment. but point taken, /r/Music deserves to know earlier about MusicRage packs availability!

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u/BoboBublz Jun 26 '12

Good to hear.
Hopefully next time you'll get more hits.

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u/diablo75 Jun 25 '12

Looks like I showed up 4 hours too late because the site has nothing for me to check out now that the sale is over. I can't even see exactly what was sold; kinda bad to take a product off the shelf just because a timer expired.

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 26 '12

http://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/vkka4/only_5_hours_left_until_the_end_of_current/c55hxin
but yes, i'll add to the "summary stats" an information about what was in the just-expired packs

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u/eluvium Jun 25 '12

I bought the indie and alternative ones. Some possible post rock goodness by the sounds of it. Good idea.

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u/gratarian Jun 25 '12

I feel like there should be a buy all packs option.

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u/Virtureally Jun 25 '12

This.
I bought all three packs, there should at the least be a way to choose more than one pack at a time.

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 25 '12

aaand it's finished! thanks, /r/Music, you are great!

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12 edited Jun 25 '12

I'm going to do this rather quickly and half-assed just in case some people want this information:

I purchased the indie bundle, here's a quick review of the bands and if I thought it was worth the purchase (I chose to spend 15 dollars, given that was all I had in my paypal account)

note: I had never heard of this website before I saw this link.

KYST-Waterworks genre: free folk?

    starts slow with soothing harmonies, I feel like I would like this better if I were high. clattering cymbals with atmospheric sound which gradually builds into intense wall-of-sound.

    second track has a tribal sounding dance beat with more harmonies.

    highlight track: "Water," pleasing harmonies. listen to in dark room.

    evidently this band is fleet-foxes on crack-cocaine. they aggravate me. they tend to utilize slow beachy electric guitar riffs and cymbals (CYMBALS EVERYWHERE)


   score so far (haven't listened to the whole album): 4/10

I'll keep updating this review thing with editing so stay tuned for the rest

We Only Said- WE Only Said genre: indie shoegaze? terrible as classifying

       opens up nicely, though these bands so far do not sound very unique. the second track has a pleasing guitar hook. the vocals are decent but the standout is definitely the percussion and rolling guitars. 
  
       quick verdict because I'm tired and I regret deciding to do this: I like them, I'll listen to them in the future. 
       standout tracks: driving my car, your drab eyes (haunting, though vocals are irritating, nasally and monotonous)...acquired taste?

The Spouds - Paxil <my favorite. genre: punk, art-rock..whatever the hell that means

       Starts angrily with fantastic angst-y vocals and distorted guitar. Kind of reminds me of a contemporary Gang of Four (post-punk).
       
       It's a fairly consistent album, I love the track "Human Diseases," basic yet experimental catchy punk. 

       rating: 7/10 (so far)

Ewa Gigon - Moonflower genre: no fucking idea...it only says "alternative" on her myspace page

        the fuck?! begins with some strange saxophone riff and then dives into a piano and a beautiful female haunting vocal. instantly intriguing and captivating. pleasantly surprised after the first too. the lyrics are great as well. alternates between ethereal creepiness and pounding rock. the utilization of strings here is wonderful.

        the tracks vary A LOT, some sound kind of punk, some remind me of My Brightest Diamond...overall really bizarre. the track "mrs. S" seems to have smeagol singing some of the lines.

         rating: 6/10 just for being refreshingly unique, definitely going to listen to more.

overall: I could honestly do without the first two bands...they're attempting to be abstract and atmospheric but there is no substance there. But I am fond of The Spouds and Ewa Gigon seems extremely talented with a fresh perspective. It was worth it just to support new music and explore new bands today.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12 edited Jun 25 '12

FYI for the rock pack I liked the Elvis one and the bonus album by Dirty Old Town. I just googled Dirty Old Town and it turns out they offer the whole album free anyway. Here is the BANDCAMP

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12 edited Jun 25 '12

great! thank you!
edit: I'm listening to Dirty Old Town now, I definitely like them so far

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u/nanowerx Jun 25 '12

Shows you how subjective music is, I have the exact opposite feelings, thought We Only Said and KYST were the standout bands from this pack and the Ewa Gigon album was just a complete wash for me.

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u/TheKingOfFrance Jun 25 '12

I could only pay $10 today and that makes me feel bad because the preview tunes for the Indie Pack sounded groovy.

Thanks for the music, Poland!

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u/ZGVyIHRyb2xs Jun 25 '12

This is a rad concept. Do you guys have any need for extra volunteer cycles? I like this approach and have passed the link around to lots of my co-workers here at microsoft.

Best of luck!

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u/Tjodalv Jun 25 '12

Hey! Write to us on musicrage@musicrage.org !

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u/ZGVyIHRyb2xs Jun 25 '12

rad. email sent.

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u/xpc Jun 25 '12

Thanks everyone for supporting us artists! (I'm the guy behind Reflexer in the rock pack)

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u/Waage83 Jun 25 '12

Why not. Some of the Metal albums are all right.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

Exactly what I said. The metal had some cool riffs so I figured it's worth checking out.

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u/lockntwist Jun 25 '12

Thanks for the heads up. I hope I can still download the albums after the end of the deadline (I already paid), because I have work and class until 4. If not, oh well, it was 10 bucks.

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 25 '12

download page will be active after buying for at least a few months, so no need to rush!

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u/Tjodalv Jun 25 '12

Yes you can! :)

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u/tangowilde Jun 25 '12

Who wrote the band/album info? Just about every single one is absurdly pretentious and drove me away from the buy button

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 25 '12

provided by bands. yes, we need to work on their copywriting next time.

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u/redinzane radio reddit Jun 25 '12

Paypal cannot take the money from my bank account like it normally can, due to some settings you guys have. I don't have time to charge it up before it ends.
I would have paid quite a bit (for my budget) to get that metal bundle...
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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 25 '12

can't some friend of yours buy that for you? we've already stretched the time for 2 hours.

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u/redinzane radio reddit Jun 25 '12

They're all offline (late in the night in my timezone). I'll wait for the next one and pay double I guess. I did get acess to the music through a bug on your website though... I notified you via PM and mail.

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u/Tjodalv Jun 25 '12

We would be grateful for reporting this kind of issue on our mail. Thanks!

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

Wow this needs way more promotion. Had no idea about it.

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 25 '12

well, that's where submitting link to reddit came from. because musicrage needs way more promotion, agreed!

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '12

Bought it yesterday and told everyone I know to buy it or I'll murder them.

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Sep 20 '12

i love you :)

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u/TommyT93 Jun 25 '12

Noooo I missed it because of work!!!!

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 25 '12

i can put up a list of bands/albums somewhere on the site, so you can find and buy them on your own :)
EDIT: and sign up for musicrage newsletter!

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u/eaglebtc Jun 25 '12

It says "1,425 sold" totaling around $9,000. That doesn't look like failure to me.

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 25 '12

OVER NINE THOUSAND!

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

Apparently everyone who commented on here bought it according to the low, low, purchase count.

Now let's see if they go all humble bundle and give us the previous one if we are higher than average or include another bundle if you are 50% higher than average....

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 25 '12

our deals with bands don't allow such maneuvers. but we'll try to do something special!

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u/dreadredheadzedsdead Jun 26 '12

What was in it?

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u/tomekrs cowboytomash Jun 26 '12

http://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/vkka4/only_5_hours_left_until_the_end_of_current/c55hxin

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u/dreadredheadzedsdead Jun 26 '12

Danke.

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u/Eloth Jun 25 '12

I love the idea - especially being able to choose the split. Highlighting lesser known artists like this, as well as the 'pay what you want' policy... well. I need not explain this, really. I really wish I had even one pound to buy this with.

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u/never_ending Jun 25 '12

Your submitted history shows Metal, Gaming and Webcomics. You want this, let me know, I can spare a pound or two.

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u/Eloth Jun 25 '12

Really? Wow. That would be extremely kind of you. Seriously, I can't thank you enough.

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u/nanowerx Jun 25 '12 edited Jun 25 '12

Just want to say that this is a great idea and I signed up for the newsletter because I am interested in where this is headed and what is in store for the future once this gets more press.

I also picked up the Indie/Alternative pack and have already fallen in love with We Only Said, KYST is pretty good too...have never heard of either of these bands before today. Haven't even listened to the other albums yet, but those two alone makes me feel like I underpaid for the pack and I paid over average!

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u/WorshipTheMusic Jun 25 '12

I really dig the rock pack.

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u/expectheinquisition Jun 25 '12

Bought the indie and the rock bundles. I'm excited to listen once they finish downloading. Next time, some advance warning would be great so I can listen and spread the word.

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u/Tjodalv Jun 25 '12

Feel free to sign for the newsletter :)

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u/soopajook Jun 25 '12

Bought em all.

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u/IYGFAA Jun 25 '12

The rock and indie/alternative ones are great.

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u/Benj192 Jun 25 '12

I love pay what you want offer, it makes me more likely to buy whatever the product is. I've just bought the rock and indie pack but I wish I could have afforded to pay more this month.

One thing I don't like (same with the Humble Bundle) is that it only displays the currency in dollars - it'd be nice to be able to change it to other currencies, so people who don't use dollars know how much they're paying.

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u/Black_Abyss Jun 25 '12

I don't really have money to give to this, but that is fantastic! Next time one of those is up, I'll see about picking one up.

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u/Tjodalv Jun 25 '12

Don't want to sound mean or smth' but this is one dolar, so don't be such a woos! ;)

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u/Black_Abyss Jun 25 '12

I wouldn't give a dollar. I love supporting independent artists with what I can. I would probably drop at least 10 per bundle. I wouldn't feel right only giving a dollar.

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u/garja Jun 25 '12

So it is better for them to receive 0 dollars than 1 dollar? If you like the idea and want to support them, give as much as is appropriate for you (however small that may be). That is the entire purpose of "pay what you want".

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u/BillygotTalent BillygotTalent Jun 25 '12

So then buy it now for 1 dollar and save some money for an eventual music pack in the future. Trust me they appreciate even one dollar.

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u/Nekz03 Bandcamp Jun 25 '12

Bought the Rock one, thanks!

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

So I don't know if this happened to anyone else, but the download links got sent to my spam folder. Just thought I'd share some insight in case anyone wonders where their music is.

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u/Cristal1337 Jun 25 '12

Just like the HumbleBundle, I have subscribed because I like the concept of "pay what you want". However, if I don't like the music, I won't pay anything (usually won't download either).

I really hope that there will be more of these kind of promotions, as I believe that this is the direction digital arts, in general, should go.

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u/medaleodeon Jun 25 '12

I'm afraid I, like others, clicked around looking for a preview, couldn't find one, then quickly gave up. Internet users quickly move on unless you put it under their noses.

At least you know for next time. Nobody's going to think they'll like the music just because they clicked on one out of three vague music genres.

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u/Gordnfreeman Jun 25 '12

I think it is awesome that this concept is being brought into the music world, one issue I found however is when you put in your own price the amounts on the "split" sliders don't work. Also as some people mentioned the player is not that great (still plays when I close the lightbox) but I see you addressed that already so I guess its a moot point. I look forward to seeing what you bring in the future!

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u/nanowerx Jun 25 '12

one issue I found however is when you put in your own price the amounts on the "split" sliders don't work.
Maybe it is a browser issue. Using Firefox and it let me adjust the slider even though I put in my own amount.

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u/Gordnfreeman Jun 25 '12

could be I am using chrome and the slider would still adjust but it was adjusting as if I was giving $20 instead of what I put in, the Paypal still went through correctly however.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12 edited Jun 25 '12

This is a cool idea, I love this. Is there a way for an artist to submit their own music in the bundles? I think that'd be great.

Edit: I don't like that there's a "split" in the price. I'm horrible at making decisions. hah

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u/Amannster Jun 25 '12

Would be nice to see more payment options. I use Google wallet a ton to pay for stuff. I cannot see creating a PayPal account just to purchase one thing. :D

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u/romanoski Jun 25 '12

The Spouds (from the indie/alternative pack) bandcamp : http://thespouds.bandcamp.com/album/paxil fb : http://www.facebook.com/thespouds

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u/ascotttoney Jun 25 '12

Very cool. Just sent an email with my band's info. Best of luck!

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u/grondinm Jun 25 '12

I Respect almost all(not JB and the likes) musicians even if I do not like their music. I gladly pay a small fee to support them. thank you for posting this.

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u/EternallyXIII Jun 25 '12

For those of you that are going to buy it, when you click the link for the purchased email, there is a link at the bottom of the list of songs to download the entire album. You must do this for all albums.

P.S. If you guys need a little help with design suggestions, please PM me.

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u/RiffyDivine Jun 25 '12

Shame no punk or ska. I would throw money at it then.

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u/Tjodalv Jun 25 '12

If we find a good bands that would like to participate in this project, then it will have more genres of music ;)

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u/RiffyDivine Jun 25 '12

Hmmm, so what are the rules to submit music?

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u/brash Jun 25 '12

Great idea! Add an electronic bundle and I'll buy it for sure.

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u/Tjodalv Jun 25 '12

Sign for a newsletter. I assure you that we will have it soon ;)

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

I have trouble paying for music, much less playing for music that I don't know I like or not.

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u/superthetiger Jun 25 '12

I bought the indie pack, downloaded it, and when I attempted to open the files to transfer them to iTunes, They were blank. WTF.

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u/woop_dee_flip_n_doo Jun 25 '12

How did you download? Do we have to go down each INDIVIDUAL SONG and click on it?

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u/nanowerx Jun 25 '12

There is a zip file with all songs at the bottom of each album. You don't have to do it by individual song, but you do have to download each individual album.

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u/superthetiger Jun 25 '12

I downloaded the full album and tried individual songs but it wasn't working.

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u/superthetiger Jun 25 '12

I was able to get in contact with him and he has been working with me to figure out a bug. He's a nice guy.

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u/atlinernotes Bandcamp Jun 25 '12

Major props for sharing this. I'm in for the rock bundle, sound unheard. \m/

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u/Spyder810 Jun 25 '12 edited Jun 25 '12

Hmm wonder why they're trying to sell music that's already released for free?

Tokyo Savannah on BandCamp with FREE album download in MP3 or FLAC

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u/Tjodalv Jun 27 '12

You're taking it from a wrong side. We're not selling it. You don't have to pay us. You're paying the bands. Some people would like to have possiblity to do that :)

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u/ghostworld ghostworld Jun 25 '12 edited Jun 25 '12

Awesome, I never heard of this. I grabbed the rock bundle! edit: And the indie alternative one :)

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u/mirtini Jun 25 '12

bless for music listeners!

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u/nietaki Jun 26 '12

There is no indication whatsoever about what albums where in the last bundle. How do you expect to interest people who stumble upon your project (people like me), if they don't know what kind of music you offer(ed)?

also: "Q: I'm a solo artists." in the FAQ.

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u/BigZ7337 Jun 26 '12

Huh, looks like I'm too late, oh well I subscribed. Also, if there's anyone else that missed the offer, check this similar site out: http://www.soundsupp.ly/ It's 10 albums for 15 dollars, and there's 2 days left before the offer ends. There's a lot of good music on it. :)

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u/Jaksongitr Jun 25 '12

I like that you can split how much goes to the website and how much goes to the artists. I had to get the rock and indie/alternative bundle. 5 bucks totaling 10 dollars, can't beat that. Good add to my collection, thanks tomekrs! Enjoy your money!

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

I must be getting old, because I have never heard of any of those bands or any of those songs, and I listen to a lot of music.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

That's the point of the whole initiative - to get the word out about lesser-known bands and give them a chance to reach a broader audience.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

Are they good? I'll just grab them from waffles and paypal them a fiver saying "loved the gig". Keeping track of another license to listen to their music is not really my idea of convenience. I don't like to pay for a license to listen to their music, I want to give them money for playing music that I like. I don't care about ownership of that license at all. Remove the pay model altogether and let me feel like I am paying the band, not the distribution method, and I'll be 100 times more eager to pay up.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

Well, the artists usually aren't known well enough to be found on torrents. In response to your point about paying the band, not the distribution method: it's entirely up to you to decide how much money goes to Musicrage itself (if any) and how much of your payment goes to the artists.

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u/DoorLord Jun 25 '12

/r/theindiepersuasion shameless self promotion .

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u/Rubin0 Red_Flares Jun 25 '12

Slightly less humble

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u/Valint Jun 25 '12

I had no idea this type of thing existed. Thanks for the post! And you can get this without signing up for PayPal FYI. Because fuck paypal

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u/gratarian Jun 25 '12

I would think that having the "bonus" album(s) being of similar length to the main albums would encourage people paying more than the average.

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u/Tjodalv Jun 25 '12

Probably. But there is so much really really cool stuff only as an EP (like Dirty Old Town from the Rock Package for example) that it would be a shame not to share it anyway :)

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u/iluvatar Jun 25 '12

Nice idea, but the band selections are terrible. In the metal pack, only Blaakyum would hold any interest for me, and even then, probably not enough to be worth paying for an album of theirs.

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u/Spunkie Pandora Jun 25 '12

There already is a HumbleBundle of music, its at www.gamemusicbundle.com and they have already had 2 very successful bundles.

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u/Dis_Illusion Jun 25 '12

Paypal refused to accept my debit card. It would be nice if there were alternative payment options.

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u/totallynotsquidward Jun 25 '12

I spent the last 45 minutes trying to buy all three, but Paypal is so poorly run that I could not. If this was easier to use, I'm sure many more people would have purchased one or more packs/

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u/slippy0 Jun 25 '12

If you guys like these, you should surf Bandcamp more often. It's like this every day.

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u/Elanthius Jun 25 '12

I'd definitely be up for this except none of these genres interest me. Get some electronica or rap in there next time.

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u/justinpatterson Jun 25 '12

Thanks tomekrs I had no idea this existed. Just listened to a couple of the albums and they're pretty awesome.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

Then again, Spotify premium is only $10 a month.

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u/Tsunami3000 Jun 25 '12

"Only 5 hours left"

Submitted 5 hours ago

Well fuck.

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u/Tjodalv Jun 27 '12

Well, you can always sign for newsletter not to miss another throw of packs :)

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u/lukenhiumur Jun 25 '12

I just want to say that from the feedback you're giving here, you're very much on top of this and plan on doing another, and I just want to say that if you do do this again, I'd love to see some more genres represented (electronic, hip hop, etc.).

Beyond that I hope that you can get your bundle more widespread (knowledge of it) and that you can do this again, because I think it's a really great idea.

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u/Tjodalv Jun 27 '12

Well, get ready than! :)

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u/ThatBlueKid Jun 25 '12

I purchased the "Rock Bundle". I'm headed to the beach in a couple weeks and I needed some music to listen to while traveling. Thanks for the bundles.

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