Noisetrade is another future for music distribution.
It is a website that allows you to download the 1000s of albums they have free on charge.
Here is how they explain it to the artists:
Distribute your music instantly.
Upload an album, EP, single, or live recording. Within minutes your content is available for discovery and download. And it's completely free for both artists and fans.
Connect with a huge community of music lovers.
Every day, thousands of fans visit NoiseTrade looking for great new artists. You get email addresses and zip codes for everyone who downloads your music. Artist meet fan. Fan meet artist.
Get your fans on the marketing team.
At every turn, it's easy for fans to support you. With one click, everyone they know on Facebook or Twitter will hear about your music. They can even leave you a tip –– up to $100.
Good idea, eh?
I discovered it because there is a Sloan -the great canadian rock band, hit singles album available for free and i like Sloan a whole hell of a lot (ps: here is that link http://noisetrade.com/sloan )
So I snooped about.
The softward is excellent, the tip the band a great idea, and the website a dream of engineering.
The bands… well, I looked at their mos downloaded and i don't know one: The Mad Pride? Eric Contractor, Jillian Edwards, A Minor Bird -looks very alt rock-y too me.
Noisetrade should do themselves a favor and give their fans a stream option. Perhaps you can become a member and then have the option to stream? Really, mp3's are going the wy of the dodo.
Still, it's a great site. Here is the home link: http://noisetrade.com/