Jack de Quidt

God, thinking about Bandcamp kind of crushes me right now. A sustainable, beloved platform for musicians and listeners. Music discovery powered by daily hand-curated lists. Radio shows. Sold by Ethan Diamond for a quick buck from Epic Games, who did precisely nothing with it than sold it unceremoniously to Songtradr, who laid off most of its staff including its entire union bargaining team. Now, per Nathan Grayson at Aftermath, Bandcamp is "just trying to 'keep the lights on'".

Jack de Quidt@jdq9/1/2023, 10:52 PM Jack de Quidt@jdq Jack de Quidt@jdq9/1/2023, 10:39 PM the day in which bandcamp passes on its revenue share directly to artists, so that all of your purchase goes straight to them (minus a bit for Paypal, who do not want to play along.) I only have three recommendations this time because I'm in the process of packing up my entire apartment to move house (more on that in a bit) but what I do have for you is All Good Stuff. Bangers through and through.

Today's the day when Bandcamp waives its revenue share and all the money (bar an amount that payment processors take) goes directly to the artists. I cannot overstate how much this helps musicians, not just in the sense of passing along revenue, but as a monthly focus on sharing and buying music you love. There is so much good music out there and today I'm going to tell you about some of it.