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This is interesting! When I saw the Epic news the first worry I had was regarding Bandcamp. Even after I quit trying to get a job there I'd look at their jobs p

This is interesting! When I saw the Epic news the first worry I had was regarding Bandcamp. Even after I quit trying to get a job there I'd look at their jobs page all the time to get a sense of their health. It's been empty for a few months. One of the suppositions people had about Epic buying Bandcamp was that maybe it would allow Epic to more easily license music for their games. From the press release[1] it seems like they did that. I have no idea how well that worked but here we are with Songtradr, "a music licensing platform and marketplace company," acquiring them. On its own Bandcamp is (was?) a profitable enterprise.[2] I wish they'd go back to being on their own. That said, if Songtradr does nothing more but give artists more diverse ways to make money off their music I'm all for it. That said multiple changes of ownership can play hell with continuity and morale. I'm worried about that. [1] https://finance.yahoo.com/news/songtradr-acquires-bandcamp-epic-games-162200297.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/songtradr-acquires-bandcamp-e... [2] https://components.one/posts/bandcamp-the-chaos-bazaar https://components.one/posts/bandcamp-the-chaos-bazaar

jzb 3y ago
If Songtradr doesn't screw it up, I'm fine. I too used to look at their hiring page a lot. I think that Bandcamp has so much untapped potential, but it's held back by a mediocre site and terrible interface if you own more than 100 albums. They added playlists, I think, this year but I have > 1200 albums on the service (I buy a lot of full discographies and subscriptions when labels have them) and it's so painful to try to go back past the first 100 or so. Music discovery is OK through the site - their Bandcamp Daily and other content is great - but it could be so much better. And it's screaming for better social features. Sigh.

jzb 3y ago

If Songtradr doesn't screw it up, I'm fine. I too used to look at their hiring page a lot. I think that Bandcamp has so much untapped potential, but it's held back by a mediocre site and terrible interface if you own more than 100 albums. They added playlists, I think, this year but I have > 1200 albums on the service (I buy a lot of full discographies and subscriptions when labels have them) and it's so painful to try to go back past the first 100 or so. Music discovery is OK through the site - their Bandcamp Daily and other content is great - but it could be so much better. And it's screaming for better social features. Sigh.