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In this 30th episode of Flavortone, Alec & Nick talk through the recent acquisition of Bandcamp by the massively successful creator of Fortnite and Unreal Engine — Epic Games. Examining the broader indie music scene's antagonism towards this merger, the conversation interrogates the microtransactional status of digital media economies shared by both music and video games. Topics include music distribution, video game chat rooms, the NYC experimental music Fortnite contingent and the state of avant-garde discourse in light of the proliferation of metaverses.
By Nick Scavo & Alec Sturgis5
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In this 30th episode of Flavortone, Alec & Nick talk through the recent acquisition of Bandcamp by the massively successful creator of Fortnite and Unreal Engine — Epic Games. Examining the broader indie music scene's antagonism towards this merger, the conversation interrogates the microtransactional status of digital media economies shared by both music and video games. Topics include music distribution, video game chat rooms, the NYC experimental music Fortnite contingent and the state of avant-garde discourse in light of the proliferation of metaverses.

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