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Even though the payments are very very small, this is still a great step in the right direction. The real challenge is finding these bands, and convincing the user to do the same. The user is flooded with options when it comes to what to listen to and sadly it's much easier to stick with what's in the Top 40 or a big label musician.

Pandora is pretty good with recommendations, but doesn't include all the "long tail" bands. Something is missing...all of this needs to be integrated somehow.

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