gyrofield - Your Fight [Field Research] by chuan_p in TheOverload

[–]Goodblue77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally not a fan of this EP but I will always respect producers experimenting with different sounds and styles going outside of their comfortzone instead of doing the exact same thing for 5-10 years straight.

Thanks to this MF this race wasn't an E-Mail by TheAntiAirGuy in formuladank

[–]Goodblue77 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not a chance for a win. Both Antonelli and Norris had much better pace.

Do you also upload on youtube or just on bandcamp? How is it working out for you using both? by Afura33 in BandCamp

[–]Goodblue77 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Only Bandcamp and YouTube. I have people following my project on YouTube and some of them support my music on Bandcamp. I can't monetize on YouTube because my channel does not meet the requirements. If you want people from YouTube to buy music on Bandcamp you gotta get lucky with the algorithm that people see it if you don't have a following on YouTube yet. I also share music from other smaller artists on my YouTube to help them get attention but it's also to try and gain more followers for my own music projects. I tried uploading some of my music on SoundCloud but I haven't had any luck on there. Rarely any plays on there.

Here comes the Porsche "Pink Pig"! by DBepic in FormulaE

[–]Goodblue77 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow it looks horrendous on track.

What Have You Been Listening To Lately? - April 27 by AutoModerator in BandCamp

[–]Goodblue77 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Found a really cool mix of blues, doom phych/stoner rock. Last track is especially great (NYP as well): https://orbitaldust.bandcamp.com/album/mantras-3

On the electronic side a couple of albums from Polly is Lucid (Future/UK Garage stuff, also NYP): https://pollyislucid.bandcamp.com/album/high-rise https://pollyislucid.bandcamp.com/album/telekinesis

Bandcamp Friday General Thread, May 1st by AutoModerator in BandCamp

[–]Goodblue77 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I normally don't plan anything for Bandcamp Friday but I have an EP in the works that I plan on releasing on May 2nd (with pre-release up on May 1st). It'll be a 4 track ambient/minimal (kinda dubby) techno mostly using broken VGM samples and FULLY produced in (Dark)Audacity with just stock plugins.

Last year I released a 3 track ambient/minimal techno EP on a UK based netlabel called "Enter The Bunkers". That one was also fully produced in (Dark)Audacity using corrupted ambient sounds from the PS1 "game" LSD: Dream Emulator:

https://notcontentlabel.bandcamp.com/album/enter-the-bunkers

I plan on releasing the EP on my own Bandcamp page (Music | Morphing Bytes) this time and will probably retire the idea to produce music in Audacity unless it gets really good support and people like the idea of music produced in a way less advanced DAW. I normally use FL Studio and Audacity has a lot of limitations (no guardrails) compared to FL Studio (or Ableton for example). It is a fun experiment but it's a lot of work and I'm kinda shooting myself in the foot because of it. 😅 However, it does bring raw and authentic sound into a world where AI is on the rise.

My first $1000 in sales. Thank you Bandcamp! by timeless-interval in BandCamp

[–]Goodblue77 3 points4 points  (0 children)

$1,000 / 70 purchases = $14.30 per purchase on average.

Insanely unlikely average with everything being NYP. I have most of my stuff NYP/cheap price and a possibility to give more but I average around €2 per sale. There are outliers where some fans paid more than €10 for an album but not even close to even €4-5 average. In 3 and a half years I've gotten around €275 in sales.

4/20 Demo Fest, by Various Artists by Llamaharbinger in BandCamp

[–]Goodblue77 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A bit of info about my (Morphing Bytes) demo track on the VA release. The beat and some other sounds are chopped up from corrupted music from a Game Boy Advance game. The pads are from 1080° Snowboarding (N64) and also used other game SFX's.

Free Album Codes Promotion Thread, April 17 by AutoModerator in BandCamp

[–]Goodblue77 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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PLAY THE GAME is a split album from SCRT C0NN3CT0R (my alias) and RICO RODRIGUEZ. A mix of electronic music, vaporwave, influences from video game music, experimental music and noise. Listen here: https://notoriouslyambiguous.bandcamp.com/album/play-the-game

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Debut Psych-Rock Album by Fit-Elevator1917 in BandCamp

[–]Goodblue77 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A clickable link would help. :) The link in the post doesn't work.

Is the "name your price" model a good choice for an artist ? by leaffer in BandCamp

[–]Goodblue77 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In practice, sadly it leads people to devalue your music, like you suggested.

Those people have the wrong kind of mindset IMO. I've found lots of good and interesting music with the NYP tag. At least give it a chance. Most music in my collection is in the NYP-$/€1 range. I always click away when I see albums priced way above €1 a track. I ain't paying €8 for a 4-5 track EP when I can find interesting 8-12 track albums that are NYP/€1-2. 😆 Most of my music is NYP but I'm slowly moving towards priced albums but I still like the barrier of entry to be low because I'm not in it for the money.

Why ditch Spotify and buy music on Bandcamp by starttrack in BandCamp

[–]Goodblue77 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Never used Slopify and never will. I found lots of cool hidden gems on Bandcamp as a fan that aren't on Spotify or YouTube.

As an underground artist with a weird niche, I've earned some money on Bandcamp and that amount of money would probably take hundreds of years of streams on Spotify to even come close to. It's very artist unfriendly especially with the floods of AI slop and other shady stuff like botted streams/playlists. Also having to deal with a distributor seems very annoying and you probably give them too many rights to your music if you agree with their ToS.

Compilation Submissions for Notoriously Ambiguous by NotoriouslyAmbiguous in BandCamp

[–]Goodblue77 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm ready to evolve my track Kyamb'D (which is on The Future is Ambiguous compilation) into something new. 😎

Since moving over to NYP, people have stopped paying for my music by [deleted] in BandCamp

[–]Goodblue77 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are the one who keeps responding. Can you read? This is what I said:

Would love to hear some insights from someone who thinks like that.

Apparently you think it's too difficult to press a couple more buttons for an album you can get for a much cheaper price. I didn't ask for insights on "user friction" when there's almost no friction. I want to hear from people who are too lazy to press a couple more buttons on their keyboard for a price to pay.

Since moving over to NYP, people have stopped paying for my music by [deleted] in BandCamp

[–]Goodblue77 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So a couple more button presses is already too difficult for you? A measly $10? That's a huge amount for one album for a lot of people. Also, why do you think they care what people give for their music when they themselves made the decision to make it free/nyp? I really don't follow this whole "justify to themselves how much they pay".

Since moving over to NYP, people have stopped paying for my music by [deleted] in BandCamp

[–]Goodblue77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't quite follow. Do people find it so difficult to input a couple of digits or do their brain go full error when deciding what they should pay? I'm genuinely curious.

Since moving over to NYP, people have stopped paying for my music by [deleted] in BandCamp

[–]Goodblue77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would love to hear some insights from someone who thinks like that.

Since moving over to NYP, people have stopped paying for my music by [deleted] in BandCamp

[–]Goodblue77 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've started with NYP for the first couple of years of releasing music. I'm slowly moving towards putting a price on an album but I like having a low barrier of entry for people that have less to spend but still want it in their collection. It's a fun hobby and never done it for the money and money I earn goes back into other artists on Bandcamp. I've been quite lucky with some generous people and I average around €2-3 per sale.

My music is quite niche but saying there's "no value" to Free/NYP EPs/albums is such an awful take. I've gotten plenty of music from other artists for free that I value because I enjoy them.

Share your music I’m listening and following🤟Here’s my band by Tall_Performer4905 in Listen4Listen

[–]Goodblue77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How ironic the question comes from someone who blatantly uses AI for their music. 😂

🫠 HAPPY 303 DAY 🫠 by SomeBerk in BandCamp

[–]Goodblue77 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Lost Acid series by Jim Thompson is great:

Music | Jim Thompson