bandcamp is such an underutilized asset

can we ICO raise $300mm to buy it pls

@kia one could argue sound.xyz is a better near term nano private equity opportunity - currently in maintenance mode - bandcamp / soundcloud ngmi in ownership economy imo

@kia.eth one could argue sound.xyz is a better near term nano private equity opportunity - currently in maintenance mode - bandcamp / soundcloud ngmi in ownership economy imo

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lol no

distribution is valuable and both soundcloud/bandcamp have that with a large number of artists 

sound is just a piece of tech without any valuable distribution or awareness with artists

imo both are overvalued assets inspite their large distribution footprint - largely because the music world makes a lotta money on asymmetrical value exchange btw platforms and artists - indie distribution doesn’t seem like much of an edge anymore 

both companies have had massive financial struggles due to unsound business models

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imo both are overvalued assets inspite their large distribution footprint - largely because the music world makes a lotta money on asymmetrical value exchange btw platforms and artists - indie distribution doesn’t seem like much of an edge anymore 

both companies have had massive financial struggles due to unsound business models https://www.perplexity.ai/search/5a814eb9-4ed0-4cac-9bf0-3b297fde1464

yeah that's exactly why they should be bought and rebuilt 

if you had 'sound business model' out there the artists, the catalogue and the users won't appear out of the blue 

but if you have those you can fix the business
and that's the whole point of buying out something

I didn’t consider the training set use case for better differentiated recommendation engine (maybe for more long tail genres). 

Would be cool to feel more record / coffee shop vibes in general when getting recos for content.

the data alone will be worth more than current fair value in less than 2 years 
the technology brothers haven't quite realized how badly the models lack taste and what's left on the table due to that lack of taste. there aren't too many places on the internet with gold mine level data of the most tasteful users of the internet and almost all of those are actually failing businesses 

that bold claim aside: 
- soundcloud and bandcamp catalogues are actually quite unique 
- the apps are horrendous and the users have more appetite than current UX can satiate
- the data is completely unutilized (in confines of current business model -- AI taste thing aside)
- the tam isn't realized

Hmm, do you think both businesses are fixable through acquisition? 

How valuable are these users? How differentiated is catalog (any channel exclusivity)? What is the upside on emerging artists? And how loyal are they if they moon? 

Is buying distribution and turnkey audience and artist relationships enough… I mean Beats by Dre and Tidal both got bought, but were they additive to the unduplicated reach and audience appetite of Music and Block respectively?

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btw what did you do in music before you were not in it?

100% this 

i think both businesses could be improved and fixed to become more profitable and sustainable 

im a big fan of both platforms and i know many music fans and artists who are too

would love to boomerang back into music one day