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minus-squareUgurcan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·edit-23 days agoBandcamp is still owned by Epic Games though. Edit: Wait, it’s worse. They just sold it to a Songtradr which immediately laid off half of the company.
minus-squareSilentKnightOwl@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoWell shit. Is there anywhere to actually buy music from the artist?
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoGo to local shows and buy their… Shit, do they even sell CDs still? 🤔
minus-squareSnortsGarlicPowder@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoVinyl? But then the band has to have a big enough fanbase, don’t think anyone in their right mind would press 100 vinyls to only sell 10.
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days ago CDs Yup. And if you can’t find one, you can still get most of that second hand from pages like discogs.
minus-squareSilentKnightOwl@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoI honestly don’t think it’s that common anymore, I’ve seen QR codes for Bandcamp or streaming more than CDs in the last 4 years or so.
minus-squarecyberwolfie@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoBut Bandcamp Friday still gives all money to the artists, right? Or have they changed this?
minus-squareprimemagnus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days agoIf it’s under new management I’d say all bets are off. Especially when they gut half their workforce. Something tells me they won’t miss axing a program that costs them money.
minus-squarenoodlejetski@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agothey’ve announced how it’s going to be continued during this year just over a month ago: https://blog.bandcamp.com/2025/03/04/why-bandcamp-fridays-matter-even-if-youre-not-releasing-new-music/
Bandcamp is still owned by Epic Games though.
Edit: Wait, it’s worse. They just sold it to a Songtradr which immediately laid off half of the company.
Well shit. Is there anywhere to actually buy music from the artist?
Go to local shows and buy their… Shit, do they even sell CDs still? 🤔
Vinyl? But then the band has to have a big enough fanbase, don’t think anyone in their right mind would press 100 vinyls to only sell 10.
Yup. And if you can’t find one, you can still get most of that second hand from pages like discogs.
I honestly don’t think it’s that common anymore, I’ve seen QR codes for Bandcamp or streaming more than CDs in the last 4 years or so.
But Bandcamp Friday still gives all money to the artists, right? Or have they changed this?
If it’s under new management I’d say all bets are off. Especially when they gut half their workforce. Something tells me they won’t miss axing a program that costs them money.
they’ve announced how it’s going to be continued during this year just over a month ago: https://blog.bandcamp.com/2025/03/04/why-bandcamp-fridays-matter-even-if-youre-not-releasing-new-music/