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

Fucking technothing companies.

Looking at their Twitter (I mean "X") feed, the most vapid corporatespeak Stepford Wives creepiness.

No way this is good.

It's terrible that Bandcamp has become almost the only lifeline for artists to actually get paid. And more terrible that that lifeline will be snipped capriciously by some techfuck for a few dollars.

having had no experience with song licensing or songtradr, is there something specifically bad about them?

Insane

Songtradr is Paul Wiltshire‘s company. Yes, _that_ Paul Wiltshire. They’ve essentially transformed into a holding company.

ah. ugh.

I’m obviously biased since I spent months railing Epic for acquiring Bandcamp and Bandcamp for being acquired (when they were growing and had access to capital). Bandcamp had the opportunity to become a real one. Now I can’t help but think they’ll slowly decline and get punted around every few years.

*grumble*

someone should combine Discogs with Bandcamp

nah Discogs is in its own death spiral

I think it's super useful (could be made even more so) as a database, let alone a platform to buy and sell music

It's definitely surpassed Allmusic and wikipedia as the place to look for album credits, that's for sure.

we've been chronicling the Discogs death spiral here fwiw:

discogs marketplace?

It's terrible that Bandcamp has become almost the only lifeline for artists to actually get paid. And more terrible that that lifeline will be snipped capriciously by some techfuck for a few dollars.

― Soundslike,

100%
i buy most of my new music via bandcamp and this is probably not going to be a good thing ..

Wonder how many people who will lament this admittedly terrible latest development are regular Spotify users

I pay for Spotify. I pay for records. I pay for concert tickets. Eat shit

Can we not do this again?

Wonder how many people who will lament this admittedly terrible latest development are regular Spotify users

I spend at least $100 a month on Bandcamp purchases and $12 a month for Tidal.

If we're doing a moral accounting, these days I spend $0-20 dollars per month on club music on Bandcamp for imaginary DJ gigs and I'm currently gorging myself on the Blue Note and Tzadik catalog's on my wife's Spotify account. But I think there are better threads for us all to list our music consumption habits.

Back to bleep.com then

Sorry, just sort of hugging my security blanket there

Not fun.

Bandcamp employees say they've been locked out of critical systems and unable to do their jobs since Epic announced it was selling.

This will hurt Bandcamp Fridays where 100% of the profits go to artists.

They're bargaining over layoffs and severance.

It's an epic mess. https://t.co/lvA3Nwvvef pic.twitter.com/yJmwvU14Nd

— AmericanTruckSongs9 (@ethangach) October 4, 2023

JJ Skolnik confirmed/shared the union statement and asks people to follow the Twitter/IG Bandcamp United accounts for more as it comes.

Ah shit

here we go.
glad i have downloaded all my purchases.

Bandcamp Daily editor J. Edward Keyes sent this email out yesterday:

With the announcement last week that Bandcamp is being acquired by Songtradr, I wanted to assure you that the Bandcamp Daily will continue as usual, and you will continue to get paid for your work.

Through the end of the month, you should continue to invoice via Workday as you normally do and we will continue to assign work as usual. If there is any change to invoicing once we transition over to Songtradr’s systems we will let you know. We will work hard to ensure there is no disruption in payment or workflows.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we navigate this transition. Any other questions, feel free to reach out and I will answer them as best I can!

Also in response to JJ's post, someone asked if purchases at Bandcamp should be stopped. JJ's response: "no! please continue to support artists through the site." Please keep this in mind.

Yes, you should by all means buy things from my label (and other people, too!).

Bandcamp Friday is indeed in two days!

The best album tape I've ever been a part of came out this week, I hope Bandcamp doesn't implode quite yet (or ever)

I hope Bandcamp doesn't implode quite yet (or ever)

totally.
most of my new/old music is bought via bandcamp these days.

Hes a mate but if you like Mr Fingers style deep house, you should really check this out

https://davemoloney.bandcamp.com/album/rotation-ep

It's going to be really crushing if (when?) we lose Bancamp. Techfucks will leave nothing unruined for a short-term gain.

While the getting is good, trying to raise some $ for a good cause in Mimi Parker's memory, with my new (Bandcamp-only) release:

https://www.twitter.com/musicophiliamix/status/1709305109006442906

God I would hate to lose Bandcamp so much. The ease, convenience and ability to directly support artists and labels has rightly been widely praised, but I also want to just acknowledge how it's made it more convenient to get stuff from foreign artists as more of the jump to Bandcamp. As a specific recent example, Ekrto (home of Circle) has gotten more stuff on there lately and it's a breeze to order from them, where previously you'd have to either wait for a store like Aquarius (RIP) or site like Forced Exposure to list them, if not questionable looking websites that kill you on shipping. It's definitely made it much easier to support artists all over the world.

if we lose bandcamp we will lose a vast number of labels as so many labels now do the vast majority of their sales via it. using my label as an example, on some digital only releases 90% of the total revenue is via bandcamp. i think if we lost bandcamp i'd very likely give up.

To be clear I don't think Bandcamp literally going away is in the cards, but it would suck if they axed the editorial, treated employees poorly, and generally felt bad to use/support as a platform.

yeah, i doubt bandcamp is going to disappear, but it could certainly start sucking.

yeah, to be clear, I don't anticipate it to be *poof* gone, but rather seemingly small changes that compound and end up making it much worse

a slow slide to oblivion would not be a much better outcome.

Please sign and share this petition.

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/songtradr-recognize-bandcamp-united

signed and shared.

just came here to post the same, thanks everyone!

Happy Bandcamp Friday, sign the petition as linked above, also read this

https://www.wired.com/story/epic-games-sale-bandcamp-music-platform-limbo/

At least one person I know has been laid off from Bandcamp Daily. Let the ugh begin...

Yeah, fucking garbage right there.

ugh

officially laid off, after two weeks of limbo where i expected that would be the case but had no confirmation. nearly eight years at bandcamp and it’s over. if anyone is looking for a dedicated, talented, and professional editor and culture writer, i’m on the market

— jj skolnik (@modernistwitch) October 16, 2023

fuck this

I've heard of at least one other layoff, I suspect there will be more.

this fucking sucks. some of the most insightful criticism and useful deep dives on the entire internet.

GRIM!!

With the announcement last week that Bandcamp is being acquired by Songtradr, I wanted to assure you that the Bandcamp Daily will continue as usual, and you will continue to get paid for your work.
With the announcement last week that Bandcamp is being acquired by Songtradr, I wanted to assure you that the Bandcamp Daily will continue as usual, and you will continue to get paid for your work.
With the announcement last week that Bandcamp is being acquired by Songtradr, I wanted to assure you that the Bandcamp Daily will continue as usual, and you will continue to get paid for your work.
With the announcement last week that Bandcamp is being acquired by Songtradr, I wanted to assure you that the Bandcamp Daily will continue as usual, and you will continue to get paid for your work.
With the announcement last week that Bandcamp is being acquired by Songtradr, I wanted to assure you that the Bandcamp Daily will continue as usual, and you will continue to get paid for your work.

craven fucking tech philistines

https://x.com/la_meme_young/status/1713971812550271163?s=46&t=u2ZSlsY3trRV36IPP6jNDQ