Manifesto

BOBCOM is an independent website that offers its users the most comprehensively empowering tools available anywhere on the net.

Its lingua franca is music. In simple terms, BOBCOM might be seen as an alternative one-stop-shop for independent music, musicians and fans. It is a place for the music-minded to gather, interact, debate, locate, buy and sell.

But it is far more than a music shop or social network. BOBCOM’s ethos is new and its goal is change.

BOBCOM supports radical originality. Its objective is to engage ambitious, energetic and revolutionary web users to find and liberate talent. Of itself, BOBCOM has no role in coaching talent. That power rests solely and exclusively with the BOBCOM web community. BOBCOM's core purpose is to create avenues of opportunity for new talent, and to powerfully transmit the unedited, unaffiliated and democratic voice of the web.

On BOBCOM, users join a community of peers and write their own rule book in terms of musical pursuits. The site is committed to originality and a long-term evolutionary development moulded by its members. It is loaded with empowering benefits. For example, musicians, fans and event organizers can locate musicians with unparalleled geo-specific accuracy. Independent musicians of all types and levels of experience can sell their music. An embedded media player offers an effective on-site streamed audition platform. A variety of bespoke music-based games will shortly be freely available. All the usual events calendars, blog mechanisms and social interactivities are here. But there is more. At its heart, BOBCOM recognizes the overwhelming influence of television as a tool for emerging musical talent. Within the site is a portal to a TV show for ambitious independent musicians. And the TV show, like the website, is revolutionary.

BOBCOM recognises the ubiquity of the jury of three principle in judging talent in contemporary television and sets out to challenge this.

BOBCOM gives the power of choice, expression - and distinction - unconditionally back to the web user.

FAQ

Who are BOBCOM?: BOBCOM is a creative collective, unaffiliated with any music major or broadcaster, who have come together to address what they believe to be the failure of opportunity for new talent on the web.
Where are BOBCOM based?: BOBCOM operates from London. Its principals have backgrounds in the creative arts - in writing, television and music production.
How can I benefit from BOBCOM?: BOBCOM is designed for multi-use. It services music makers, music lovers and the related venues and industry managers that offer outlets for all creatives. You can upload your work and make friends. You can upload your work and sell it. You can find fellow musicians to expand your band. You can arrange gigs. Or build a diary for the gigs you want to see. There are innumerable new opportunities under one roof at BOBCOM.
How much can I earn from my music?: BOBCOM is a transparent service for musicians selling their work. A table on site (via the shop tab) shows you in detail the dissemination of cash from your upload selling.
I don’t make music. What’s on BOBCOM for me?: BOBCOM is designed as a one-stop watering hole. In the coming months you will see a wide evolution of this site offering free games, and varied attractions for all creatives.
What is the Fasttrack?: BOBCOM’s Fasttrack is a unique portal offering regular opportunities to enhance your musical experience. The first of the BOBCOM initiatives, currently available, is the chance to record at the legendary Abbey Road Studios.