{"id":42944,"date":"2023-09-30T07:19:23","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T05:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mediateletipos.net\/?p=42944"},"modified":"2024-01-28T22:33:31","modified_gmt":"2024-01-28T21:33:31","slug":"existential-cornerstone-of-diy-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mediateletipos.net\/archives\/42944","title":{"rendered":"Existential cornerstone of DIY music"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bandcamp has remained the only distribution network to enable artists to actually make a reasonable income on music sales in recent years, so let\u2019s remain positive that it continues to do so. Perhaps it\u2019s time to halt <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bandcamp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Bandcamp<\/a> Fridays though\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eO0c1RokdC\">https:\/\/t.co\/eO0c1RokdC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Robin Rimbaud &#8211; Scanner (@robinrimbaud) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robinrimbaud\/status\/1707478856955724049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Epic is selling Bandcamp to Songtrdr, a licensing and distribution platform that charges both musicians and licensors a monthly fee. <\/p>\n<p>Somehow, despite the money flowing in from both ends, the sluggish revenue and path to profit has delayed their IPO goals in the AU market. ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XXmk8MzIzH\">pic.twitter.com\/XXmk8MzIzH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Benn Jordan (@bennjordan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennjordan\/status\/1707434547854352666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Are you freaked out about Bandcamp being sold by Epic to Songtradr? Sharing what we know and what we don&#39;t know in this THREAD ?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Future of Music Coalition (@future_of_music) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/future_of_music\/status\/1707553881851404313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bandcamp\u2019s business model is easy to understand but it\u2019s completely opaque what the companies buying and selling it are up to which means it\u2019s only a matter of time till they destroy that sensible business model<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Damon K ? (@dada_drummer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dada_drummer\/status\/1707727244636852673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If I owned Bandcamp, I&#39;d invest in marketing outreach to more people. The average person has never heard of the site.<\/p>\n<p>The default assumption is that there&#39;s only a tiny sliver of the populace who would find it worthwhile.<\/p>\n<p>I think that&#39;s a huge cultural and economic mistake.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BEAUTY PILL (@beautypill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beautypill\/status\/1707521856616448339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I was going to wait to share this but the recent Bandcamp news added some urgency, so let&#39;s do it now. For the past year, I&#39;ve been building <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Eb08zxGGTE\">https:\/\/t.co\/Eb08zxGGTE<\/a>, which I plan on positioning as an alternative to Bandcamp. This is my first time publicly talking about it. ?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Grigg (@subvertallmedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/subvertallmedia\/status\/1707810543522689091?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks everyone for your support &amp; solidarity. We have a short update for you all: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QIPpXHS6k3\">pic.twitter.com\/QIPpXHS6k3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bandcamp United (@bandcampunited) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bandcampunited\/status\/1707901322475733026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bandcamp unionized and Epic immediately sold that shit lmao<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; mirrorish (@mirrrorish) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mirrrorish\/status\/1707429703320064297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Everybody throw $1 in the pot so we can buy Bandcamp together<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; eu-IV ????? (@euIVmusic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/euIVmusic\/status\/1707499713551847496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">fun reminder that you should have a bandcamp account &amp; tie your purchases to it so that you can download the album at as high quality as you want (including wav &amp; flac) at any time &amp; store them on a drive because personal music libraries are the only guaranteed music preservation<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; lena raine is elsewhere (@kuraine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kuraine\/status\/1707461172293992582?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BMHeglKnDV\">pic.twitter.com\/BMHeglKnDV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Songtradr (@songtradr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/songtradr\/status\/1709986126117630051?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bandcamp has remained the only distribution network to enable artists to actually make a reasonable income on music sales in recent years, so let\u2019s remain positive that it continues to do so. Perhaps it\u2019s time to halt @Bandcamp Fridays though\u2026https:\/\/t.co\/eO0c1RokdC &mdash; Robin Rimbaud &#8211; Scanner (@robinrimbaud) September 28, 2023 Epic is selling Bandcamp to Songtrdr, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":42955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[518,762,19],"tags":[20,57,48,244],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mediateletipos.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42944"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mediateletipos.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mediateletipos.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mediateletipos.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mediateletipos.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42944"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.mediateletipos.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43015,"href":"http:\/\/www.mediateletipos.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42944\/revisions\/43015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mediateletipos.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mediateletipos.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mediateletipos.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mediateletipos.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}