Streaming music made up 83 percent of the record industry’s revenue in 2020

Posted on 26/02/2021 by Engadget

The coronavirus pandemic may have made it nearly impossible to check out live shows last year, but the music industry still found a way to grow despite all the hardships. According to the Recording Industry Association of America’s annual year-end re...

Bandcamp finally gets in on livestreaming music

Posted on 17/11/2020 by Engadget

Look, the pandemic has ruined a lot of things. Few of those things are more near and dear to my heart though, than live music. But as much as I miss live music, the musicians who actually play live music, miss it even more. If you make your living as...

Bandcamp will make annual Juneteenth donations to the NAACP

Posted on 19/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Bandcamp has announced that this Friday, June 19, it will donate 100 percent of its share of sales to the NAACP legal defense fund -- and that it will do so annually. In its announcement, the music publishing platform cited the killings of George Flo...

Bandcamp got me back into buying music

Posted on 01/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

As the coronavirus situation has developed, one of the things I’ve been following closely is how different music platforms have responded to the pandemic and its effects on musicians. Spotify's response, for instance, has been to assist artists in ra...

Stream Dischord Records’ entire discography for free on Bandcamp

Posted on 05/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

You probably can’t go to the record store at the moment, but you can listen to 40 years’ worth of punk and hardcore music from Dischord Records, which has its entire discography available to stream for free on Bandcamp. The independent label was foun...

Bandcamp will waive its fees every first Friday of the month until July

Posted on 01/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Bandcamp is once again waiving its commission fees to help musicians impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The company won’t take a cut of any music or merchandise you buy between now and 12AM PT / 3AM ET. Several labels, such as Arts & Crafts an...

Bandcamp will waive its fees to help musicians affected by coronavirus

Posted on 18/03/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Tours and concerts are being cancelled left and right due to the coronavirus pandemic. This is taking a toll on musicians who rely on income from live shows to pay the bills -- most artists only take home about 10% of their record sales, so the major...

Bandcamp’s new service is like Kickstarter for vinyl

Posted on 18/04/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

Bandcamp is launching a Kickstarter-style vinyl crowdfunding service for artists. Once a musician's campaign hits its funding goal, Bandcamp will press the records, print the packaging, and handle shipping to boot. Artists will be able to set the pri...

Bandcamp will open its first record store in California next month

Posted on 18/01/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

Bands and indie artists using Bandcamp to sell their music and merchandise might soon see their creations sold in the service's first brick-and-mortar location. The online platform, known for providing musicians an online portal where they can sell d...

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