cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/33818262
Today is Bandcamp Friday
From now until 12 a.m. PST, Bandcamp will pass 100% of revenue directly to artists. From its website:
Bandcamp Fridays began in March of 2020 at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic when the shuttering of venues led to a loss of vital tour revenue for artists. Since then, Bandcamp Fridays—on which we waive our revenue share and pass the funds directly to artists & labels—has resulted in millions of fans paying over $120 million directly to labels and musicians they love. In addition to helping artists pay the rent, or fund album recordings and tours, Bandcamp Fridays have also become a beacon for artists and record labels looking to raise awareness for causes or raise money for charities.
17 Comments
Shannaresh@sh.itjust.works · 42 pts · 1y
I love Bandcamp Fridays, I save up for them, always a good time
TeddE@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y
That is a decent advertising model. Feels like it's been a while since I've seen one of those
Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 1y
Also worth mentioning, this happens every Friday
edit: no it doesn’t
underline960@sh.itjust.works · 54 pts · 1y
Not every Friday:
can@sh.itjust.works · 22 pts · 1y
Is that still true? This announcement states:
ech@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
First Friday of the month, but not every month. They announce the next ones a few months in advance.
Psaldorn@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
I went looking today to see if I could transfer Spotify or Deezer playlists and how much it would cost to buy all the tracks but the first few I checked were unavailable 😔
Nico_198X@europe.pub · 6 pts · 1y
It's a lot more indie, honestly
can@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y
Bigger acts are less likely to be on it but any smaller artists will likely be there.
AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social · 5 pts · 1y
If you ever find that an artist on other platforms isn't on Bandcamp, you'll usually find them on Qobuz's Download Store since that's a common place that they also tend to publish.
It's a little less convenient than Bandcamp, and is often a little more randomly priced across artists and even individual songs from an artist, but if your goal is to compensate them and get a high quality audio download, it'll be another option.
They also have a streaming offering with way better payout rates for artists at what tends to be around $0.01873 per stream as of last year, in case you're not ready to ditch streaming, though I can't speak to how good it is as I haven't tried it myself.
ramenshaman@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
There's software that let's you easily download your music/playlists to your hard drive. I forget what it's called tho
Psaldorn@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
I could but I would also like to pay the artists (if it's not gonna bankrupt me)
ramenshaman@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Absolutely, same here, but if there's music that I simply couldn't find and pay for then I would just use that
AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social · 1 pts · 1y
Actual downloadable software or just a website?
I've heard of Soundiiz before for migrating playlists to something like YouTube, though it's paid for larger playlists, and after that yt-dlp will work well for the now non-DRM protected playlists on sites like YouTube Music, but not on DRM-protected ones like Spotify, or ones that only show samples by default like Deezer.
Nico_198X@europe.pub · 8 pts · 1y
Today was the day I bought into band camp! Thanks to all of you for sharing this info!
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network · 7 pts · 1y
I get a lot of music from Bandcamp. Unfortunately while unemployed I'm not spending much money on fun
swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y
Hey, maybe someone will buy my album!