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I can't see it as a good thing at all. They're effectively being thrown about to yet another operating model which will have a disruptive impact on them. The n
by politelemon 3y ago
I can't see it as a good thing at all. They're effectively being thrown about to yet another operating model which will have a disruptive impact on them.
The new company Songtradr focuses on licensing, it's a b2b, while Bandcamp is a b2c. So it can be easy to see how they'd want to make Bandcamp more like themselves. Of course I'm being negative and cynical, apologies. I share the same fondness for Bandcamp.
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- Springtime 3y agoLooking at their Wikipedia they also apparently bought 7digital, another online music store, earlier this year. Had no idea about this until now. Edit: to clarify meant Songtradr.
- ericfrazier 3y agoEpic probably doesn't know they own it either.
- jerrycruncher 3y agoAs someone who also loves Bandcamp, I can't help but assume that enshittification is nigh.
- JAlexoid 3y agoI mean... Bandcamp is also licensing, all of works of art "copy sales" are just licensing agreements. B2C is just commonly a preset non-commercial license. (I believe that Bandcamp also allows you to sell a commercial license) Let alone Bandcamp is a good source for smaller DJs to acquire tracks, which isn't a long shot for Songtradr.
- WorldMaker 3y agoThere are some advantages to having b2b and b2c in the same house, especially when some of the b2c involves b2b licenses (it in theory makes it easier for artists to do remixes and cover songs if they can buy those licenses in the same place they sell their final product). Before Bandcamp a store I trusted was Loudr.fm and that was their big deal was that they were a b2b license shop for the rights to things like covering video game music and then were a trustworthy b2c consumer shop for the covers the musicians had an easier time licensing. Ironically as Bandcamp ascended most of their musicians needed/wanted Bandcamp presences and they shuttered their b2c shop and encouraged everyone to just move to Bandcamp, refocusing to just the b2b side of the business. The internet tells me that what remained of Loudr.fm was then eventually swallowed by Spotify in 2018, and that interestingly and likely but not necessarily a coincidence 2019 was when Songtradr got serious about expanding, and so it goes.