Thread for awesome stuff on Bandcamp that costs money but is still awesome

i can see BCF distorting things the way RSD does

i can see BCF distorting things the way RSD does

― koogs, Wednesday, May 11, 2022 8:10 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Any number of thinkpieces recently have covered how its bad to have a single day all your promo and releases are based around, so its good for both artists and bandcamp that this is going away.

If you dont want Epic to mess with something it's bought, keep it as profitable as possible, and a single day which gets all the sales but make the platform no money is not sustainable.

dont get me wrong, Seeing the titles fly across the screen on the first Bandcamp friday as people were going crazy, was a joyous experience in the early months of covid.

Preorder for the new Ghostkeeper just dropped. This is my Album of the Year so far, just a delight. Indigenous indie rock with influences from Otis Redding to Can to Pavement. Much hookier than their previous albums. https://ghostkeeper.bandcamp.com

so the mails now say "Receipt for you payment to Bandcamp, an Epic Company" ? Didn't notice that before

can i buy albums with vbucks?

Via email, just now:

On Friday, June 17th, from midnight to midnight Pacific Time, we’ll hold our third annual Juneteenth fundraiser, where we donate 100% of our share of sales to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, a racial justice organization with a long history of effectively enacting change through litigation, advocacy, and public education.

Bandcamp Fridays will resume on September 2nd, and continue on October 7th, November 4th, and December 2nd.

March: Epic buys Bandcamp, fears of change minimised by reassurances and thinkpieces
May: "yeah we're not doing Bandcamp Fridays any more lol"

― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, May 10, 2022 6:48 PM (two weeks ago)

as a reminder, it's always OK to just wait and see and not post right away

it’s also ok to be incorrect and not get dragged for it

maybe it was your tone

A little while ago I'm sure that I saw a bandcamp daily blurb for a compilation of experimental/noise/electronic type stuff from Peru, but now I can't find it. Anyone know what I'm looking for?

https://buhrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mensajes-del-agua-nuevos-sonidos-desde-per-vol-1

linked it on one of those post time travel threads i think

only thing I hate about Bandcamp is new releases aren't set to "auto-release", they only become available when the band flips a switch, so if you pre-order say the new Kreator, and it's still 10:15 am ET and it's still showing as pre-order cos nobody has flipped the switch, I get ANTSY WAITING.

most bands are quicker than this, they're over in Germany so it's mid-afternoon, c'mon!

Thanks, nxd - it actually wasn't that, it was a comp of stuff from the '80s, but it was released by the same label so I found it from that page!

very good label (Buh)

Those tapes Derek Bailey made playing along with Hackney jungle pirates that you heard about.

https://scatterarchive.bandcamp.com/album/domestic-jungle

That should have gone on the free / NYP thread!

The Juneteenth fundraiser is happening today:

https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/juneteenth-fundraiser

And don't forget the Black Artist Database:

https://www.blackartistdatabase.co/#/

Album just out today/artists I *highly* recommend if you like early hip-hop, chamber music, experimental modern hip-hop, synthpop, Satie--all interwoven:

https://www.twitter.com/musicophiliamix/status/1537079679894577153

Well that didn't work... I'll try again...

The artists are Infinity Knives and Brian Ennals, their new album out today Bandcamp-only is 'King Cobra':

https://phantomlimblabel.bandcamp.com/album/king-cobra

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1295760735_16.jpg

https://isitbandcampfriday.com/

(yes)

gah, paypal seems to have defaulted to 3 monthly payments of £3.xx each for the new nina nastasia lp. how does this help anybody?

(maybe not, it seems like there's another paypal payment for exactly a 1/3rd of the nn lp and nothing to do with the big Pay In Three thing on the pp homepage)

I launched a new label today, electronic music where each record is made according to specific rules/parameters:

https://limitedresourceslabel.bandcamp.com/

Kicking it off myself but I'm really excited about the next few records in the pipeline, I finally got to force my much-more-talented friends to actually finish something. :)

This is a cool idea, Jordan & I'm enjoying what you've done with it so far. Limitations will set you free!

Thank you!

°°°°BARGING IN WITH GENERAL HELP INQUIRY°°°°

because jfc i'm frustrated rn

HOW IN THE HELL DO I PURCHASE SOMETHING IN THE IOS MOBILE APP!???!!

i'm signed in on my fan account and all i can see is the wishlist button. when i press it, it says that i'll get an email about how to add the album to my collection but the email never comes. i'm still able to do it via the mobile website but it just seems to defeat the purpose of the app.

this app is making me feel stupid.

it might not be possible, deliberately so - doesn't Apple demand a cut from any purchases made via apps?

Bandcamp should have a day where 100% of their cut from that day's transactions goes toward improving the Bandcamp app on both platforms.

There are certain albums that, for whatever reason, can be wishlisted but not purchased through the app. It's something I've encountered from time to time since at least 2018.

yep- frustration all around. I

…I actually ran into a few albums last night that straight up said “unavailable for purchase on the app”

sorry about the fragmented post there. posting from my iPod touch and trying to exist with fat guy fingers🫠

anyway.🥴

new obsidian blue and yes: it's an absolute beauty.

(super vibed out instrumental hiphop. boom it in your jeep.)

I am loving this album - its on Dean Blunt's label I think? No info about them other than that they are London based.

Its got that late night blank wonky indie sound that Blunt has. "Rear Window Rider" is a malevolent lil' number

https://doublevirgo.bandcamp.com/album/foolish-narratives

yeh great record

Benefit album available today (only); some good/big names on the tracklist:

https://goodmusiccomp.bandcamp.com/

Good Music to Ensure Safe Abortion Access to All is a compilation made up entirely of previously unreleased recordings from some of the most important names in music today. The album features never-before-heard new songs, covers, remixes, live versions, and unreleased demos from incredible artists across many genres. The collection is available exclusively for 24 hours only via Bandcamp TODAY Friday, October 7

Technically my music is free if you choose to pay nothing, but anything you do pay is donated to social justice/mutual aid/bail funds, any day:

https://ianmanire.bandcamp.com/track/sketch-22

Stuff I bought this Bandcamp Friday:

Writhing, Of Earth & Flesh (debut album by an Australian death metal band)
Al Wootton, Forest Trilogy (ambient/dubby techno inspired by the woods)
Les Rallizes Dénudés, '77 Live (CD reissue, pre-order of November release)
Kevin Richard Martin, Downtown (ambient-ish stuff)
Blockdata, Entropy (sound-design-ish electronic stuff, pre-order of late October release)
Submerged, Fury (heavy, industrial-ish drum 'n' bass, pre-order of December release)

My list was...a bit long.

FWIW, my own happy insanity: pic.twitter.com/NwdbPLRPM5

— Ned Raggett (@NedRaggett) October 8, 2022

Not unsurprisingly, my more modest purchases--but some really good stuff:

https://www.twitter.com/musicophiliamix/status/1578591507065753601

Question about bandcamp etiquette, asking for folks on both sides of the transaction - what's a reasonable time to wait for a Bandcamp order before following up with the artist/label about the status? 95% of my physical Bandcamp orders are super quick and efficient with helpful shipping notices, but every now and then I order something that just kind of goes silent. I have the utmost understanding of how hard things are for artists and I don't want to be a pain in the ass, trying to feel out the best time to check in without being a pestering drag.

Specific case in point, I ordered some back catalog albums from a specific artist and the confirmation gave me the standard "estimated to ship" and "arrive no later than" dates. In this case, I'm about two days past the latter and not so much as a shipping update. Reasonable to send a friendly inquiry at this point?

absolutely reasonable

Thanks, I sent an email and got a good response. I'm just always wary of being a pestering punisher especially to these smaller artists trying to juggle everything.

As a related note, wanted to shout out two really good experiences with this stuff - a) ordered the new Peel Dream Magazine from Slumberland and got a shipping notice 15 minutes later, I know this just means they clicked 'print' on a shipping label, but still surprisingly fast; b) ordered something from White Hills and they sent me a nice email about how they are currently on tour and will ship when they get back home, appreciated to get that kind of update.

Nothing about your previous post suggested in any way that you were a pestering punisher, so if the tone of your email was half as thoughtful as your post, I don't think you have anything to worry about. I think too often people enter into these discussions with a siege mentality - "where's my goddamn record, dipshits?" - which, unsurprisingly, doesn't tend to get results.

Not to turn this into a bandcamp complaints department but most labels, when you order multiple items from them, give you a break on the shipping costs when you buy more, like the first item might be $5 shipping but then they add just a buck or two for each individual item. Not Season of Mist though, they throw the full shipping charge at you for each and every single item in your cart.

Also NTTTIABCD but does anyone know why some albums don't have the option to add them to your wishlist?

xpost that seems like that has to be them being too stupid to know how to set it up? I would hope so at least.

when you set the shipping cost for 1 unit, theres another field where you have to set the shipping cost for additional units. you cant leave it blank, so i'd assume its a deliberate decision, imo.

It's annoying and this is literally the first label I've encountered it, but in the end I didn't even end up buying the one CD I wanted (the new Woods of Desolation) because, even though it was released today, it sold out completely in the half hour that I stepped away from my desk.

Sigh, hardly unique to Bandcamp, but I miss the days when you didn't have to pre-order an album the second it gets announced.

xp Free downloads can't be wishlisted, but is there anything else that can't be wishlisted?