Thoughts on Band Camp (bandcamp) |
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stegor
Forum Senior Member Joined: March 23 2013 Location: Minnesota Status: Offline Points: 1982 |
Posted: November 05 2013 at 19:48 | |
We use Bandcamp to share our music with the world for free. Not because
it has no value but because we are well aware that it has limited appeal
to a select few. We don't know who they are so it's available to
everyone. Funny thing is somehow someone out there downloaded it and
distributed it to numerous download sites around the world, mostly in
Russia by the looks of it. A couple of them are charging for the
downloads which I find humorous because it's available for free on about
a dozen websites thanks to the pirates. So yes, in a way we're being
ripped off but I seriously doubt any real money is being made with our
esoteric musings.
I don't really promote it because I don't think that works. People have a completely different reaction to music when their attention is alerted to it via solicitation than when they find it on their own. Instead I try to put subtle hints here and there. I really like the stats they give you. You can see where your traffic is coming from. I'm really pleased to see how much of it comes from progarchives.com. |
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Smurph
Forum Senior Member Joined: January 11 2012 Location: Columbus&NYC Status: Offline Points: 3167 |
Posted: November 05 2013 at 19:46 | |
I don't know how to promote more effectively on bandcamp unless you already have fans and you use particular tags and you become the top seller in extremely common tags. This is kind of the beauty of bandcamp as it forces you to advertise elsewhere. |
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smartpatrol
Forum Senior Member Joined: April 15 2012 Location: My Bedroom Status: Offline Points: 14169 |
Posted: November 05 2013 at 19:20 | |
But artists can sell physical copies over Bandcamp if they have them
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Man With Hat
Collaborator Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Canterbury Team Joined: March 12 2005 Location: Neurotica Status: Offline Points: 166178 |
Posted: November 05 2013 at 18:51 | |
It's a good service. Always a plus to have band sanctioned samples to listen to (If not whole albums). Certainly can't replace physical media, but it's probably the best alternative to it out there.
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smartpatrol
Forum Senior Member Joined: April 15 2012 Location: My Bedroom Status: Offline Points: 14169 |
Posted: November 05 2013 at 18:47 | |
I use bandcamp and many artists I admire and/or artists I know use it, too. I think it's incredible. I'm able to put all my stuff in one place, organize it, and in the future, sell it. I'm sure I wouldn't be able to get the amount of success I have (which isn't very much, but i digress) if all I had was, like, Mediafire and the like.
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Padraic
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 16 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 31165 |
Posted: November 05 2013 at 18:37 | |
For me, the main selling point is FLAC. |
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RyanElliott
Forum Senior Member Joined: November 14 2011 Location: Cardiff Status: Offline Points: 109 |
Posted: November 05 2013 at 18:31 | |
That's great to see you utilising it so well! A question I however may wish to ask is how to do you encourage your fans to pay via bandcamp instead of somewhere else, say Itunes? Writing the aforementioned blog on my part my help but any ideas on how to promote your music via that page more effectively? |
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Horizons
Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 20 2011 Location: Somewhere Else Status: Offline Points: 16952 |
Posted: November 05 2013 at 18:27 | |
Some of my yearly Top 10 albums come from this amazing website. Great website. Anyone who hasn't tried to use it, I suggest devoting an hour or two and end up with a dozen albums or bands you're in love with.
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TheGreatSopko
Forum Newbie Joined: July 04 2013 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 13 |
Posted: November 05 2013 at 17:26 | |
I love bandcamp! It gives my band their own website and lets us sell our music on there site without a monthly charge. They will take some out of each purchase of the song but its better than paying iTunes $90 and get less than half out of every purchase. Plus i can customize my page and it can show up on the bandcamp homepage if enough people buy our music! Plus its the best possible way to get our music out without a record deal.
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Padraic
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 16 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 31165 |
Posted: November 05 2013 at 15:09 | |
Absolutely love love love bandcamp.
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Smurph
Forum Senior Member Joined: January 11 2012 Location: Columbus&NYC Status: Offline Points: 3167 |
Posted: November 05 2013 at 14:38 | |
Anyone that doesn't use bandcamp is insane. There's so much great music to experience by bands that no one has ever heard of.
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RyanElliott
Forum Senior Member Joined: November 14 2011 Location: Cardiff Status: Offline Points: 109 |
Posted: November 05 2013 at 14:18 | |
Hello Prog Archives, I was wondering about people's thoughts on Band Camp. Similarly to myself, I imagine many here stand as advocates of physical music. But since Digital music and streaming is flourishing more than ever before, I am curious about what services that are out there that allow artists to see more income out of it. I have written this recent article in my blog about Band Camp being a digital service that is moving digital music forward, making music sales digitally more beneficial for the artist as well as the fans. Here it is, http://ryanelliottblog.com/2013/11/05/bandcamp-sending-the-digital-format-in-the-right-direction/ How many artists here use Band Camp? How many fans use it to download music? I'll be interested to see the results. Many thanks!
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