Tag: bandcamp

Ampled had everything you want from a pro-musician platform. So why did it fail?

Sacred beats: Levon Vincent, DJ Disciple, Gehno Aviance aka One A and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, house music from Chicago.

A week after promising to preserve many of the site's most beloved features, Bandcamp's new owner has gutted the company's staff. The writing team at Bandcamp Daily is reportedly down to just 3 people.

While posing as a defender of artists and the "creator economy," Bandcamp's former owner Epic Games paid the largest fine in history for manipulating users into unwanted purchases and violating rules intended to protect children.

Epic Games used, neglected and finally divested themselves of Bandcamp in barely more than a year. Intentions of Bandcamp's third owner since February 2022 are unknown.

Dropping their first solid new feature of 2023, Bandcamp allows labels and artists to invite their followers to Listening Parties to stream, talk about and buy records in real time.

Coflo on the cover, Alland Byallo in the studio, Phil Strand and Jeff Mills at the cinema and more inside 5 Mag Issue 206 out now.

Just three months after its purchase by Epic, Bandcamp is engaged in legal warfare with Google over fees on Android devices.

Louie Vega's love letter to NYC nightlife, the legend and Gil Scott-Heron collaborator Brian Jackson, Beretta Music and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag.

Shocking the industry, Epic Games - publisher of Fortnite and Unreal Engine - has purchased Bandcamp, the leading independent artist platform. What now?

Midnight to midnight on Friday, Bandcamp will be donating the platform's share of all sales to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

"Bandcamp Live" is rolling out and combines ticketed livestreams, merch and chat on one unified platform.

Bandcamp is extending their fee-free "Bandcamp Fridays" concept to the 1st Friday of every month until the end of 2020.

May Day, May Day, May Day: Bandcamp to hold another no fee Friday on May 1st.

Bandcamp sold $4.3 million in records and merch last Friday when they waived their fees to support artists and labels affected by the coronavirus lockdown.

American rave pioneers Drop Bass are restoring and remastering nearly 300 tracks from their catalog, including early records from techno innovators Woody McBride, Frankie Bones, Hyperactive and more.

Among Detroit's finest, Niko Marks' new release CARNAL (Vocal Mixes) is like a foot in the face in the name of funk.

Crowdfunding already had something of a shabby reputation - and that was before funding sites began stealing their customers' money.

Following up on PledgeMusic's implosion, Bandcamp gets into the crowdsourcing business with vinyl crowdsourcing business.

The rest of the industry cannot say as much.