I wouldn't be surprised if they extended them for awhile, but yeah, it's been clear for awhile that they don't want to make Bandcamp Fridays permanent.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 11 May 2022 03:35 (one year ago) link
True, but in this case it's clear they don't care about the optics either.
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 11 May 2022 03:41 (one year ago) link
did they say that's the last one? i haven't seen them say that.
they announced Feb, March, April and May, and that's the last word i've seen on it. and that's in line with what they've been doing for 18 months ... basically announcing a handful as they go.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 11 May 2022 07:07 (one year ago) link
i can see BCF distorting things the way RSD does
― koogs, Wednesday, 11 May 2022 08:10 (one year ago) link
― 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.
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Wednesday, 11 May 2022 12:21 (one year ago) link
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
― war mice (hardcore dilettante), Thursday, 12 May 2022 16:24 (one year ago) link
so the mails now say "Receipt for you payment to Bandcamp, an Epic Company" ? Didn't notice that before
― StanM, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 16:45 (one year ago) link
can i buy albums with vbucks?
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 25 May 2022 16:48 (one year ago) link
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.
Bandcamp Fridays will resume on September 2nd, and continue on October 7th, November 4th, and December 2nd.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 27 May 2022 19:04 (one year ago) link
March: Epic buys Bandcamp, fears of change minimised by reassurances and thinkpiecesMay: "yeah we're not doing Bandcamp Fridays any more lol"― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, May 10, 2022 6:48 PM (two weeks ago)
― 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
― alpine static, Friday, 27 May 2022 19:37 (one year ago) link
it’s also ok to be incorrect and not get dragged for it
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 27 May 2022 23:01 (one year ago) link
maybe it was your tone
― alpine static, Wednesday, 1 June 2022 17:51 (one year ago) link
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?
― emil.y, Friday, 3 June 2022 12:56 (one year ago) link
https://buhrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mensajes-del-agua-nuevos-sonidos-desde-per-vol-1
― nxd, Friday, 3 June 2022 14:13 (one year ago) link
linked it on one of those post time travel threads i think
― nxd, Friday, 3 June 2022 14:14 (one year ago) link
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!
― Gymnopédie Pablo (Neanderthal), Friday, 3 June 2022 14:18 (one year ago) link
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!
― emil.y, Friday, 3 June 2022 14:36 (one year ago) link
very good label (Buh)
― thinkmanship (sleeve), Friday, 3 June 2022 16:57 (one year ago) link
Those tapes Derek Bailey made playing along with Hackney jungle pirates that you heard about.
https://scatterarchive.bandcamp.com/album/domestic-jungle
― Noel Emits, Thursday, 16 June 2022 14:36 (one year ago) link
That should have gone on the free / NYP thread!
― Noel Emits, Thursday, 16 June 2022 14:39 (one year ago) link
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/#/
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 17 June 2022 15:05 (one year ago) link
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
― Soundslike, Friday, 17 June 2022 20:04 (one year ago) link
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
― Soundslike, Friday, 17 June 2022 20:07 (one year ago) link
https://isitbandcampfriday.com/
(yes)
― koogs, Friday, 2 September 2022 09:59 (one year ago) link
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?
― koogs, Friday, 2 September 2022 10:51 (one year ago) link
(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)
― koogs, Friday, 2 September 2022 11:13 (one year ago) link
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. :)
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 2 September 2022 15:11 (one year ago) link
This is a cool idea, Jordan & I'm enjoying what you've done with it so far. Limitations will set you free!
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Friday, 2 September 2022 21:50 (one year ago) link
Thank you!
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 2 September 2022 22:18 (one year ago) link
°°°°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.
― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Monday, 12 September 2022 04:50 (one year ago) link
it might not be possible, deliberately so - doesn't Apple demand a cut from any purchases made via apps?
― koogs, Monday, 12 September 2022 06:04 (one year ago) link
Bandcamp should have a day where 100% of their cut from that day's transactions goes toward improving the Bandcamp app on both platforms.
― doug watson, Monday, 12 September 2022 10:50 (one year ago) link
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.
― Sonned by a comedy podcast after a dairy network beef (bernard snowy), Monday, 12 September 2022 11:57 (one year ago) link
yep- frustration all around. I
― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Monday, 12 September 2022 15:19 (one year ago) link
…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🫠
― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Monday, 12 September 2022 15:22 (one year ago) link
anyway.🥴
new obsidian blue and yes: it's an absolute beauty.
(super vibed out instrumental hiphop. boom it in your jeep.)
― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 16:56 (one year ago) link
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
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Thursday, 15 September 2022 15:57 (one year ago) link
yeh great record
― nxd, Thursday, 15 September 2022 18:39 (one year ago) link
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
― Linkin Bio (morrisp), Friday, 7 October 2022 14:17 (one year ago) link
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
― Soundslike, Saturday, 8 October 2022 03:51 (one year ago) link
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)
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 8 October 2022 16:26 (one year ago) link
My list was...a bit long.
FWIW, my own happy insanity: pic.twitter.com/NwdbPLRPM5— Ned Raggett (@NedRaggett) October 8, 2022
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 8 October 2022 16:57 (one year ago) link
Not unsurprisingly, my more modest purchases--but some really good stuff:
https://www.twitter.com/musicophiliamix/status/1578591507065753601
― Soundslike, Saturday, 8 October 2022 18:57 (one year ago) link
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?
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 12 October 2022 19:38 (one year ago) link
absolutely reasonable
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 12 October 2022 21:37 (one year ago) link
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.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 14 October 2022 15:53 (one year ago) link
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.
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 14 October 2022 16:03 (one year ago) link
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.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 9 December 2022 15:26 (one year ago) link
Also NTTTIABCD but does anyone know why some albums don't have the option to add them to your wishlist?
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Friday, 9 December 2022 15:54 (one year ago) link
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.
― Fash Gordon (Neanderthal), Friday, 9 December 2022 16:55 (one year ago) link