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Hey, we're on HN! As mentioned elsewhere we're waiting revenue share tomorrow. We've got a handy timezone-aware site for tomorrow and other future fundraisers:

Hey, we're on HN! As mentioned elsewhere we're waiting revenue share tomorrow. We've got a handy timezone-aware site for tomorrow and other future fundraisers: https://isitbandcampfriday.com https://isitbandcampfriday.com A few records were announced this week that I'm pretty excited for, if you need some inspiration: http://music.sufjan.com/album/the-ascension http://music.sufjan.com/album/the-ascension https://videoage.bandcamp.com/album/pleasure-line https://videoage.bandcamp.com/album/pleasure-line https://washedout.bandcamp.com/album/purple-noon https://washedout.bandcamp.com/album/purple-noon

hobg 6y ago
Y'all are awesome! Any chance that the app will get Chromecast support?
- grmnygrmny2 6y ago
  Hey, thanks! I can't really comment, but it is a common request... I'm curious, are you using Chromecast via TV or Chromecast Audio (or something else)?
  - rch 6y ago
    I'm using both Chromecast widgets.
  - eythian 6y ago
    This is something I'd really like too, I have the speakers in my apartment set up with a pair of Chromecast audios, and would use the bandcamp app a lot more if it could work with them. At the moment I just try to find the bands on Google music instead, because that does work.
  - hobg 6y ago
    I have both devices but in this case it would be Chromecast Audio. I currently get by with casting my screen but native Chromecast support in Bandcamp would be much better - music would go directly from bandcamp.com to Chromecast Audio as opposed to bandcamp.com to my phone to Chromecast. Would save a lot of phone battery and the extra decode + reencode on phone that happens in casting the screen.
Semaphor 6y ago
Just wanted to say thank you for what you helped build. I buy almost all my albums on BC nowadays (the exception are those few who aren’t on there). And I love being able to listen through a whole album before deciding.
- grmnygrmny2 6y ago
  You are very welcome, and that's great to hear :) Thank you for supporting independent artists (and us)!
  - bjelkeman-again 6y ago
    You guys really seem to be one of the very few companies in this space that manage to put the artist and the listener first, without some kind of adversarial relationship. We hope to release our first EP at the end of the summer. Looking forward to putting it on Bandcamp!
  - Semaphor 6y ago
    > Thank you for supporting independent artists While many are independent, you also have a lot of labels on BC (at least for metal) ;)
LockAndLol 6y ago
If you're affiliated with bandcamp, I have a question: is there something like bandcamp radio coming out sometime? I don't know about others but I have trouble actually discovering stuff on bandcamp. Every artists page seems to be cut off from other artists and I haven't found a way to just let random or similar artists be played. Jamendo has radios, "best of" and "trending" lists per genre, artist, tag and across their whole music selection which makes discovery really easy. For bandcamp, knowledge of who's who seems to be necessary and I don't have the time to be that into music. That's why jamendo has been getting my money lately.
- ShiftedClock 6y ago
  The Discover section on the front page is good for this: https://bandcamp.com/#discover https://bandcamp.com/#discover You can sort by genre and a few other variables, but I leave it on the default settings and listen to anything that seems interesting, one page at a time. The Discover section is available on the android app, but it doesn't give me the same feeling that I'm rummaging through a record store.
  - LockAndLol 6y ago
    Hmm, I had a look at it and though I like the top layout, what's missing is automatically playing the next item. I can't just hit play, resume doing something else and when the occasional good song pops up add it to my favorites, a playlist or just open it in a new tab and play the whole album. Maybe my way of discovering music isn't normal, but I think Soundcloud and Jamendo did it pretty well. I could have music playing for ages and keep adding to my favorites and playlists without actively having to know any artist. Thanks for the link nonetheless.
- rendaw 6y ago
  I plugged elsewhere here, but I put together https://bandhiking.isandrew.com/ https://bandhiking.isandrew.com/ because I had the same problem. It's basically a Bandcamp radio thing. (I've found a few dozen things over the last month or so using to it!)
dijksterhuis 6y ago
Thank you for the last decade or so of amazing music. Love Bandcamp.
fractalf 6y ago
Bandcamp had been my favorite music store since it launched, it's simply "how things should be done" ! It's the first place since the mp3 boom where I actually spend money and feel really good about it. Big up!
tomduncalf 6y ago
Thanks for a great site - I love how shopping for music on Bandcamp feels quite personal. I particularly like that it is all based around the record label - especially in more niche genres, the labels are absolutely fundamental and there’s a good chance that if you like a record, you’ll find loads more interesting stuff on the same label. For whatever reason, Spotify etc. seem to demote the existence of the label to a tiny font with no label “home page” or anything. You can search by label but it’s pretty hidden and doesn’t work 100%. I wonder if part of their long term plan is to remove labels from the equation... Anyway, I was wondering if you had any plans for a public facing API to search your catalogue? I’ve got loads of ideas for content discovery tools but the lack of an API makes them impractical. For example, I built this to find your top Spotify artists on Bandcamp, but without an API all it can do is link off to a search so it’s quite a frustrating UX: https://tomduncalf.github.io/supportify/ https://tomduncalf.github.io/supportify/
- pointsphere 6y ago
  Yes please, an API! Also there's a recurring theme/running gag on NTS Radio that it's faster to find releases on Bandcamp through Google than through the internal search. I've witnessed several times that linking to releases is crowdsourced to the NTS chat because the DJs can't find it fast enough. And they are pushing Bandcamp a lot, with whole shows dedicated solely to music available on Bandcamp. Mostly on the "no-fee fridays". So an improved search or an API to enable external discovery tools would be great!
- ngcazz 6y ago
  An API would be amazing, I'd much rather be pulling new releases than getting newsletters :)
- grmnygrmny2 6y ago
  I can't comment on our plans, but I personally totally agree with you and would love an API (and will continue to advocate for one!). Supportify is super cool :)
  - tomduncalf 6y ago
Inversechi 6y ago
Your platform changed the way I consumed and discovered music. Now I complemented that with a steaming service but still fall back to BC for some material. Really digged the job puzzles you had too... even when I wasn't actively looking was fun to solve. Just a shame you're not hiring at the moment.
- comprev 6y ago
  Ah yes, I remember the "check headers" task as the first step
indigochill 6y ago
A lot of listeners chiming in about how great Bandcamp is for listeners, but I also want to sing the praises of the experience as an independent musician publishing music. Even a nobody like me with no label and no interest in marketing my music can trivially upload my music, manage my own page with my own branding (in theory), and get the stats I care about on how people engage with the music. For free (technically for a revenue share, but I don't sell my music)! And unlike something like Spotify/iTunes/Soundcloud, the platform is not the dominant brand when someone visits my Bandcamp page. On top of all this, Bandcamp's been super generous with dropping their revenue share during the outbreak to help artists. So yeah, I love everything about it. Bandcamp's hands-down my favorite music publishing platform, no contest. Thanks and long may it continue!
- grmnygrmny2 6y ago
  All of that is fantastic! And as a relative nobody independent artist myself I totally agree with you, it's why I work there. Thanks for using the site!
ddevault 6y ago
Thank you for all of your hard work! I consistently hold up Bandcamp as a shining pillar of how to do media distribution right. Keep being excellent!
- grmnygrmny2 6y ago
  Thank you!

hobg 6y ago

Y'all are awesome! Any chance that the app will get Chromecast support?

grmnygrmny2 6y ago
Hey, thanks! I can't really comment, but it is a common request... I'm curious, are you using Chromecast via TV or Chromecast Audio (or something else)?
- rch 6y ago
  I'm using both Chromecast widgets.
- eythian 6y ago
  This is something I'd really like too, I have the speakers in my apartment set up with a pair of Chromecast audios, and would use the bandcamp app a lot more if it could work with them. At the moment I just try to find the bands on Google music instead, because that does work.
- hobg 6y ago
  I have both devices but in this case it would be Chromecast Audio. I currently get by with casting my screen but native Chromecast support in Bandcamp would be much better - music would go directly from bandcamp.com to Chromecast Audio as opposed to bandcamp.com to my phone to Chromecast. Would save a lot of phone battery and the extra decode + reencode on phone that happens in casting the screen.

Semaphor 6y ago

Just wanted to say thank you for what you helped build. I buy almost all my albums on BC nowadays (the exception are those few who aren’t on there). And I love being able to listen through a whole album before deciding.

grmnygrmny2 6y ago
You are very welcome, and that's great to hear :) Thank you for supporting independent artists (and us)!
- bjelkeman-again 6y ago
  You guys really seem to be one of the very few companies in this space that manage to put the artist and the listener first, without some kind of adversarial relationship. We hope to release our first EP at the end of the summer. Looking forward to putting it on Bandcamp!
- Semaphor 6y ago
  > Thank you for supporting independent artists While many are independent, you also have a lot of labels on BC (at least for metal) ;)

LockAndLol 6y ago

If you're affiliated with bandcamp, I have a question: is there something like bandcamp radio coming out sometime? I don't know about others but I have trouble actually discovering stuff on bandcamp. Every artists page seems to be cut off from other artists and I haven't found a way to just let random or similar artists be played. Jamendo has radios, "best of" and "trending" lists per genre, artist, tag and across their whole music selection which makes discovery really easy. For bandcamp, knowledge of who's who seems to be necessary and I don't have the time to be that into music. That's why jamendo has been getting my money lately.

ShiftedClock 6y ago
The Discover section on the front page is good for this: https://bandcamp.com/#discover https://bandcamp.com/#discover You can sort by genre and a few other variables, but I leave it on the default settings and listen to anything that seems interesting, one page at a time. The Discover section is available on the android app, but it doesn't give me the same feeling that I'm rummaging through a record store.
- LockAndLol 6y ago
  Hmm, I had a look at it and though I like the top layout, what's missing is automatically playing the next item. I can't just hit play, resume doing something else and when the occasional good song pops up add it to my favorites, a playlist or just open it in a new tab and play the whole album. Maybe my way of discovering music isn't normal, but I think Soundcloud and Jamendo did it pretty well. I could have music playing for ages and keep adding to my favorites and playlists without actively having to know any artist. Thanks for the link nonetheless.
rendaw 6y ago
I plugged elsewhere here, but I put together https://bandhiking.isandrew.com/ https://bandhiking.isandrew.com/ because I had the same problem. It's basically a Bandcamp radio thing. (I've found a few dozen things over the last month or so using to it!)

dijksterhuis 6y ago

Thank you for the last decade or so of amazing music. Love Bandcamp.

fractalf 6y ago

Bandcamp had been my favorite music store since it launched, it's simply "how things should be done" ! It's the first place since the mp3 boom where I actually spend money and feel really good about it. Big up!

tomduncalf 6y ago

Thanks for a great site - I love how shopping for music on Bandcamp feels quite personal. I particularly like that it is all based around the record label - especially in more niche genres, the labels are absolutely fundamental and there’s a good chance that if you like a record, you’ll find loads more interesting stuff on the same label. For whatever reason, Spotify etc. seem to demote the existence of the label to a tiny font with no label “home page” or anything. You can search by label but it’s pretty hidden and doesn’t work 100%. I wonder if part of their long term plan is to remove labels from the equation... Anyway, I was wondering if you had any plans for a public facing API to search your catalogue? I’ve got loads of ideas for content discovery tools but the lack of an API makes them impractical. For example, I built this to find your top Spotify artists on Bandcamp, but without an API all it can do is link off to a search so it’s quite a frustrating UX: https://tomduncalf.github.io/supportify/ https://tomduncalf.github.io/supportify/

pointsphere 6y ago
Yes please, an API! Also there's a recurring theme/running gag on NTS Radio that it's faster to find releases on Bandcamp through Google than through the internal search. I've witnessed several times that linking to releases is crowdsourced to the NTS chat because the DJs can't find it fast enough. And they are pushing Bandcamp a lot, with whole shows dedicated solely to music available on Bandcamp. Mostly on the "no-fee fridays". So an improved search or an API to enable external discovery tools would be great!
ngcazz 6y ago
An API would be amazing, I'd much rather be pulling new releases than getting newsletters :)
grmnygrmny2 6y ago
I can't comment on our plans, but I personally totally agree with you and would love an API (and will continue to advocate for one!). Supportify is super cool :)
- tomduncalf 6y ago

Inversechi 6y ago

Your platform changed the way I consumed and discovered music. Now I complemented that with a steaming service but still fall back to BC for some material. Really digged the job puzzles you had too... even when I wasn't actively looking was fun to solve. Just a shame you're not hiring at the moment.

comprev 6y ago
Ah yes, I remember the "check headers" task as the first step

indigochill 6y ago

A lot of listeners chiming in about how great Bandcamp is for listeners, but I also want to sing the praises of the experience as an independent musician publishing music. Even a nobody like me with no label and no interest in marketing my music can trivially upload my music, manage my own page with my own branding (in theory), and get the stats I care about on how people engage with the music. For free (technically for a revenue share, but I don't sell my music)! And unlike something like Spotify/iTunes/Soundcloud, the platform is not the dominant brand when someone visits my Bandcamp page. On top of all this, Bandcamp's been super generous with dropping their revenue share during the outbreak to help artists. So yeah, I love everything about it. Bandcamp's hands-down my favorite music publishing platform, no contest. Thanks and long may it continue!

grmnygrmny2 6y ago
All of that is fantastic! And as a relative nobody independent artist myself I totally agree with you, it's why I work there. Thanks for using the site!

ddevault 6y ago

Thank you for all of your hard work! I consistently hold up Bandcamp as a shining pillar of how to do media distribution right. Keep being excellent!

grmnygrmny2 6y ago
Thank you!