Garageband.com 

Garageband is a website that is owned and run by the company iLike (what’s with all these damn lowercase ‘i’s?) which uses listening habits of registered users to determine what is popular and then in turn suggest new music that they may like.  This seems similar to Pandora.com (a personal favorite of mine) except that it also refers listeners to independent artists who upload to Garageband. 

Garageband appears to be free for musicians to upload to the site.  However, if the uploaded songs stand to gain any attention the musician is subjected to a twenty dollar fee to enter into a “contest.”  Prizes for this contest include “airplay and exposure.”  As to how much exposure an artist will receive is unclear, but I would guess it has something to do with the iLike referral system.