UndergroundMusic.fm Offers Community Outlet For Free Streaming Music With Monetization Options
UndergroundMusic.fm is a new free streaming music platform for "underground" musicians designed to build community and spread music. Streaming is free but there's also a store aspect and an option to tip for each song. It's a nice idea that is ultimately dependent on who gets involved and whether or not an audience is drawn.
UndergroundMusic.fm is in many ways a simple idea that's hard to pull off. Create a solid, straightforward platform for streaming music, include monetization and community elements and build an outpost for great music via any web-connected device.
UndergroundMusic.fm offers enough music to be browsable, options to connect via Facebook to receive recommendations and a quick to grasp user interface.
In addition to being able to set up a profile and offer streaming music, a store is also under development though not forefronted on the site. You can find out more about submitting your music and about pricing.
There seems to be an unintentional split between the streaming music and the store with a tip jar on streaming tracks and shopping in an entirely separate area. One element that helps bridge that gap is the UndergroundMusic.fm blog.
Overall UndergroundMusic.fm seems well-intentioned but whether or not a thriving community can emerge remains to be seen.
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I recommend UndergroundMusic.fm. They’ve been good to Fiction 20 Down and their new platform is slick!
Cool site. I starting using it a week ago and found a lot of great bands. The trick is to start with what’s trending and what’s trending in each genre rather than go through what is newest. That way you weed out all the bs. The shuffle option is also cool after filtering or after you build on your personal favorites playlist.
Not sure if people will like this enough to make a thriving community, especially since it’s open to any joe basement rocker, but it’s interesting. Shareable playlists and embedding would be awesome.