BOBCOM Rounds Off Eventful First Year With Album Release

Online, September 9, 2011 (Newswire.com) - BOBCOM, the UK's revolutionary online music community for independent artists, has announced the details of its new FastTrack 4 competition, which will give users the opportunity to feature on the very first 'Best of BOBCOM' album. True to the defining democratic principle of the internet on which the multi-platform website is based, the artists will be voted for and selected by BOBCOM members. The resulting collection of the ten best-voted acts will be issued on CD, vinyl and multi-platform download.

To enter the free competition artists must simply sign-up to BOBCOM (it's free, too) and upload images and tracks. Then its up to fellow BOBCOM users to select the best. For more information, please go to www.bobcom.com.

Since its inception at the landmark Bobfire Night extravaganza in Hoxton Square less than a year ago, BOBCOM has stayed true to its mission statement of new-era artist empowerment by delivering a series of significant career changing opportunities via several Fasttrack initiatives. Co-founder, Mike Feeney Callan commented:

"BOBCOM is just ten months old, but already we've moved mountains. We've placed one band in Abbey Road Studios to record an EP under producer Steve Levine's guidance, placed four regional acts alongside headline artists in our Channel 4 series, Sounds from the Cities, and given two new bands the chance to perform on stage with John Lennon's seminal group, the Quarrymen, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Beatles at the Cavern."

Callan states BOBCOM represents "the other music world" and says other major artist-empowering announcements are imminent: "We exist in parallel with the existing industry, recognising its strengths but also its limitations. We realise that, despite the ways in which the internet has revolutionised music, artists and fans still hold an sentimental attachment to the classic physical product. CDs and vinyl won't die, any more than physical books will die. We take great pride in consecrating the great new talent on BOBCOM by producing our first album in multi formats, allowing everyone to access the product in whichever way, and maximising the artists' potential earnings from their work."

Steve Levine, Head of Advocacy for BOBCOM, added:

"At the heart of our FastTrack competitions is the interactive, transparent, empowering nature of the internet. There is so much potential for new and exciting artists in the UK and we know how difficult it can be to make a mark, but with the opportunities, support and insight BOBCOM can give them, these artists have a greater chance at success.

Being part of a community that eschews the commercial motivations of the industry in sake of supporting independent talent is a breath of fresh air. As a collective, BOBCOM has a voice and it's great to be shaking up the conventions!"

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