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Bandcamp allows musicians to sell their music directly to listeners. From DistroKid.com: "We'll put your music on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and Amazon." D
by jwallaceparker 13y ago
Bandcamp allows musicians to sell their music directly to listeners.
From DistroKid.com: "We'll put your music on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and Amazon."
Different model, no?
DistroKid helps musicians get their music in the mainstream stores. Bandcamp is its own store.
I think they're serving different ends.
- MichaelGG 13y agoDoesn't that sorta directly compete? Why bother buying on Bandcamp when you can support the artist right from Google Play/iTunes/Amazon MP3, which you're already using?
- jwallaceparker 13y agoI buy on Bandcamp because it's significantly less expensive. Artists set their own prices and many are below the $0.99 price point. A lot of albums are "name your price" and you can't beat that.
- jzzskijj 13y agoIn Bandcamp you can buy with Paypal. I appreciate that. On the other hand Bandcamp is a bit more like that brick-and-mortar record shop next door compared to those huge corporations. Music and corporations don't match too well for me. I know my reasoning is out there for the most, but can't help it :)
- flylib 13y agoto be fair, you can listen to the whole song on Bandcamp before buying compared to 90 seconds on iTunes
- signed0 13y agoIf I remember correctly, Bandcamp takes a 15% of revenue (it drops to 10% once you go above 5K) while Apple takes 30%.
- nikatwork 13y agoBetter audio quality, cheaper price, better shopping experience, can buy physical products eg vinyl and tshirts, shopping page is customized by artist and has links to their online presence, bigger cut goes to artist, some tunes given away free, traffic is driven by music review blogs, the list goes on and on. Did I mention that I love bandcamp?
- thirdsun 13y agoBecause there are many people who simply don't. They may require lossless audio or local storage instead of streaming. I know I do - and none of those services offers these options. That said, bandcamp, boomkat or qobuz are indispensable lossless audio stores for me.
- roycoding 13y agoMy money flows primarily to stores that sell FLAC, so Bandcamp still has an edge there.