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Bandcamp Lays Off 50% of Workforce

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  1. Melody Bot Oct 17, 2023
    Melody Bot

    Your friendly little forum bot. Staff Member

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    The Verge:

    In an email to The Verge, Songtradr confirmed that 50 percent of Bandcamp employees have been extended offers to join Songtradr and reaffirmed from a previous statement the company’s commitment to keeping the Bandcamp experience the same.

    Songtradr’s statement also confirmed that its purchase of Bandcamp had been completed, but it did not confirm if it would voluntarily recognize Bandcamp’s union that employees won earlier this year, despite pressure from employees and the Bandcamp community.

    The union has responded.

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  2. serotonin Oct 17, 2023
    serotonin

    who told you this room exists? Supporter

    I hope a new platform rises from it's ashes instead of Bandcamp just becoming another corporate money maker.

    I feel like a large majority of people that utilize Bandcamp to support artists, do so because it's been a good platform to get as much money back towards the artists as possible. The consumer desire for a platform to exist with that same mentality still seems to be there.
     
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  3. additional_pylons Oct 17, 2023
    additional_pylons

    feeling not found. please contact support. Supporter

    So disappointing man. I can't think of another platform that is as DIY friendly for bands getting started. Editing the HTML colors of the pages brought back big Myspace era vibes. Can't imagine a scenario where they emerge on the other side of this with a better platform but glad they have the support of a union during all of this
     
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  4. Chase Tremaine Oct 17, 2023
    Chase Tremaine

    Albums/EPs for free/pay-what-you-want on Bandcamp Prestigious

    I wanted to remain optimistic following the Epic acquisition, but this seems pretty dour.

    From an artist perspective, Bandcamp has been huge for me - I release Bandcamp-exclusive albums, I use the platform to give my music away for free / pay -what-you-want, and I currently use Bandcamp as my sole shop for selling physical copies/merch. It'll be such a big loss to see Bandcamp become an unhealthy platform (or to watch it die altogether).

    I'm not going to jump ship prematurely, but I'll need to start looking for what a replacement platform could be.
     
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  6. Raku Oct 18, 2023
    Raku

    Regular

    Yeah, as someone who just listens to music I really do enjoy discovering new bands/artists on there and listening to their entire discography (or most of it) on bandcamp. Would be a bummer if we lost that due to all these changings of leaderships/hands.
     
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  7. wisdomfordebris Oct 18, 2023
    wisdomfordebris

    Moderator Moderator

    Ugh, this is awful. Why can't good things ever last?

    bc capitalism
     
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  8. bradsonemanband Oct 19, 2023
    bradsonemanband

    a band called frick. Supporter

    such a bummer...
     
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  9. topshelfsquad Oct 21, 2023
    topshelfsquad

    kevin duquette

    i've been working on a music listening service with some friends for a couple years now:

    https://tone.audio

    open source, public database, co-op architecture. owned and operated by everyone who uses it. can't be bought, can't be sold. modular and interoperable by design. we need dev help if you're interested!

    check out our discord here: https://discord.gg/mxFhn3kQjR
    check out our github here: sone

    ;-p
     
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