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I use Bandcamp a lot. Tbh, if I had acquired Bandcamp, in efforts for streamlining, I probably would have laid the editors off too. I've never read a single ban
by brink 3y ago
I use Bandcamp a lot. Tbh, if I had acquired Bandcamp, in efforts for streamlining, I probably would have laid the editors off too. I've never read a single bandcamp article. Did anyone actually read them, especially enough to justify their cost?
- diggan 3y ago> I use Bandcamp a lot. Same here. I wasn't even aware Bandcamp had articles! But I basically just navigate to specific labels/artists/albums, buy what I need and resync my local backup of my collection.
- dylan604 3y agoI'm not a bandcamp user, so maybe this is an obvious question, but if bandcamp were to shutter operations, would the files in your local backup still be usable by you?
- piperswe 3y agoYes, the Bandcamp files are fully DRM-free. You can download the music in just about any DRM-free format, I always go with FLAC. The FLAC files are exactly the same as any other FLAC file, just losslessly compressed samples.
- dylan604 3y agoMaybe I should pay attention in case Bandcamp continues to stumble, and take advantage of any fire sales to which that might lead.
- piperswe 3y agoBandcamp doesn't really have any say in pricing, that's all up to the artists/labels.
- amatecha 3y agoYeah, it's actually freakin' awesome sometimes. I got the entire discography of one of my favorite artists for like.. $10 or something? I think I bumped up the price because I felt bad and felt they deserved more haha
- Zambyte 3y agoYes
- JohnFen 3y agoI've purchased thousands of dollars of music through Bandcamp, and every purchase is a FLAC file I download. Bandcamp has no control of or connection to the music I've purchaed after the download is complete.
- Macha 3y agoThe author is reporting two seperate things. 1. Half the company were laid off 2. Two editors were laid off I doubt editors account for the majority of that half, even if every last one was laid off.
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- stryan 3y agoTheir niche genre articles were actually pretty good, I would read them every now and then to find new bands to listen to. They hit a nice sweet spot of highlighting five or so releases per article so that you weren't overwhelmed with picks but had options, and the writing surrounding them was usually pretty good, you could tell the authors really cared about the music.
- NewJazz 3y agoYeah same. I didn't read the articles often, but the ones I did I usually walked away with at least one new artist I enjoyed.
- fivre 3y agoi definitely read them. bandcamp had a very skilled editorial team that would reliably surface both new and interesting scenes and archival labels that wouldn't have found much reach otherwise, and ive definitely bought albums and found stuff i wouldn't have heard otherwise based on their recommendations not everything, but their work definitely brought me to music i wouldn't have found otherwise
- josteink 3y ago> I've never read a single bandcamp article. Did anyone actually read them I didn’t read all of them, but occasionally when they touched on a subject of interest, I really appreciated them, and they helped me find new music by both known and unknown artist. They were clearly written by someone knowledgable and who cared. That’s getting increasingly rare these days and that’s a shame.
- greenie_beans 3y agoyes. there are gems to be found. the music writing has helped a lot of artists gain an audience.
- chunk_waffle 3y agoNope, the only time I discovered music on Bandcamp was when some indie label was selling their whole catalog for a low price and I got the whole bundle. 99% of the time, I knew what I was looking for and came there for the lossless digital releases and/or to support the artist.
- tessierashpool 3y agoif I had acquired Bandcamp, in efforts for streamlining, I probably would have laid the editors off too that's not what happened. they're not streaminlining for the sake of streamlining. SongTradr is in the business of B2B sync licensing. Bandcamp's in the business of selling music to fans. SongTradr's probably throwing out the articles not because they didn't move sales to fans, but because SongTradr doesn't care about selling music to fans. they're probably more interested in converting Bandcamp creators to a sync licensing business model. I've never read a single bandcamp article. Did anyone actually read them, especially enough to justify their cost? yes. your experience is your experience. it is not universal. Bandcamp was making money with those articles, both for itself and its creators, for many many years.
- headbee 3y agoYes, and they're truly phenomenal pieces of music journalism in an era where many of the music blogs have withered or degraded.
- lghh 3y agoI read them all the time and have discovered some of my favorite music through them. Bandcamp Daily has been a highlight of my day for years.
- famahar 3y agoTheir articles are fantastic and they curate and promote such diverse and unique musicians. I don't know any other publication that goes so in depth with such niche music. I hate thinking about this in terms of profits. Those articles celebrated and expanded on music culture so much.