Note this is not me telling anyone what to do, more to collect the news, various thought pieces and options for those lost and looking for them. I will keep using Bandcamp until the artists I like are off it and follow them.
What's the fuss?
- Every member of Bandcamp union bargaining team was laid off in huge cuts at Oakland firm
- Bandcamp Staff Laid Off After Sale to Songtradr from Epic
- Bandcamp sold to Songtradr – 50% of employees now laid off
- Every member of Bandcamp union bargaining team was laid off in huge cuts at Oakland firm
- Is Bandcamp as We Know It Over?
- About half of Bandcamp employees have been laid off
Articles/Commentary
- So, you want to make a Bandcamp...
- How to Compete with Patreon
- bandcamp and where to for artist agency, listener choice, general agency and ownership
Alternatives
- MinimServer - "MinimServer is a UPnP music server with a number of innovative features that make it easier to organize and explore your music collection. If you have a network music player that supports UPnP or DLNA, you'll get much more from your music collection if you're using MinimServer as your music server software. "
- Batchcamp - "A browser extension to bulk download your purchases from Bandcamp"
- Faircamp - "A static site generator for audio producers"
- Faircamp - Faircamp tutorial
- Mountain Technology
- jam.coop
- ampled
- blamscamp editor - "create a bandcamp-style audio player for selling albums on itch.io."
- Rauversion - "Rauversion is an open source music sharing platform."
- CD-R 700mb - "This is a static site generator for "burning" a modern mixtape. It's platform-independent and won't get scratched up in your car."
- Fun Music Place
- Scritch Editor - "Scritch is a media player + customization tool, spawned out of an interest for music artists to upload their albums to itch.io."
If you have any more stuff that could be added, hit me up at my email.