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Episode 2, "Web 1.0"

On this episode of Feel the Void, host and musician Proseed gets nostalgic about the early days of the internet, often referred to as "Web 1.0." The larger question for this episode: how has Web 2.0 and the demands of social networks helped or hurt indie artists?

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