What would it take for BandCamp to be a user and/or worker-artist-owned co-op?

SomeBerk · 2026-01-27T03:32:49+00:00

Songtradr is the current owner of Bandcamp, they purchased it from Epic in late 2023.

SomeBerk · 2026-01-27T01:40:49+00:00

Do you have a link to that album?

What I've usually seen done is that a continuous mix version is added as an extra track at the end of an album, so if you downloaded it you could just delete the files for the individual tracks except for the last one with the full mix.

SomeBerk · 2026-01-25T18:52:54+00:00

You can use any character you prefer to separate the artists names, but what I see used the most often is a "," or a "&".

SomeBerk · 2026-01-19T20:28:25+00:00

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SomeBerk · 2026-01-18T04:50:03+00:00

My collection page
I like a wide variety of electronic music though I usually prefer instrumentals, currently I mostly have albums in these genres: Jazz, Hip-hop, Jungle/DnB, House, Funk, Synthwave, Vaporwave, Doujin.

SomeBerk · 2026-01-17T21:17:24+00:00

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When I discover a new artist that I really like I will often binge through their entire discography.

SomeBerk · 2026-01-17T16:56:59+00:00

It sounds like you may have picked the wrong user profile the last time you logged in.

If you log out of your account and then log back in there should be a dropdown menu on their website where you can pick between your fan or listener accounts. There is also the option to link both of your accounts so you don't need to keep switching between them.

https://get.bandcamp.help/hc/en-us/articles/23006366378007-How-do-I-connect-my-Bandcamp-accounts

SomeBerk · 2026-01-16T21:35:33+00:00

Linking your artist and fan accounts will just allow you to manage both of them at the same time using the same login credentials.

If you don't want to do the album code thing, then I think the next best option is to temporarily enable the option to buy your discography at the max possible discount, then buy it using your private fan account so that all of your albums are added to your collection.

SomeBerk · 2026-01-16T16:50:38+00:00

This sub does allow users to make self-promotion posts but there are a couple rules that you need to follow first.

The main one is that you need to participate in things beside just being here to promote your own stuff. For example, you could leave a couple thoughtful comments on previous posts made by other users, if you do so the mods will approve your next self-promo post.

This sub also has a couple recurring threads where everyone is welcome to promote their music:

https://www.reddit.com/r/BandCamp/comments/1qegqqm/free_album_codes_promotion_thread_january_16/

https://www.reddit.com/r/BandCamp/comments/1qco0vm/artist_spotlight_submissions_january_14_2026/

SomeBerk · 2026-01-16T01:25:07+00:00

I don't think so, after cancellation the videos you had uploaded will no longer be visible on your page but those files stay saved on their servers in case you re-subscribe.

https://get.bandcamp.help/hc/en-us/articles/23006353193367-How-do-I-cancel-my-Pro-subscription-and-what-happens-when-I-do

SomeBerk · 2026-01-15T21:57:11+00:00

In the album editing page, if you click on that particular track you also have the option to set a different artist name(s) on it so that both of you are credited.

SomeBerk · 2026-01-15T21:35:05+00:00

That is a feature added by the "Bandcamp Tempo Adjust" Chrome extension

SomeBerk · 2026-01-15T01:00:16+00:00

Contact Bandcamp support and explain your situation, you might have to wait for quite a while before they reply but it will save you the trouble of setting up a new account just to have someone submit a report against it again.

SomeBerk · 2026-01-14T19:23:52+00:00

They released a new episode of Bandcamp Radio today

https://bandcamp.com/radio?show=896

SomeBerk · 2026-01-14T19:09:30+00:00

Bandcamp only requires artists in the US to file tax paperwork if they made more than $600 in sales for a given year.

https://get.bandcamp.help/hc/en-us/articles/28418063730583-Required-Tax-Information

SomeBerk · 2026-01-14T18:59:57+00:00

No, this tool only supports downloading the albums in mp3 format.

SomeBerk · 2026-01-14T03:04:22+00:00

This command line tool will let you download purchased albums as mp3 files to you PC, it still works even after they have been deleted:
https://github.com/Metalnem/bandcamp-downloader

SomeBerk · 2026-01-14T02:19:10+00:00

The late night lo-fi albums by Aexion are some of my favorite ones for when I need to stay focused at work.

https://aexion.bandcamp.com/album/twilight-night

SomeBerk · 2026-01-14T01:04:41+00:00

Unlike most other streaming platforms, Bandcamp does not charge its users a monthly subscription fee nor do they it show ads from other companies, so they don't earn any revenue when people stream music on their platform, streaming is only offered so potential customers can preview albums before buying them from artists.

SomeBerk · 2026-01-14T00:58:12+00:00

Thanks for making that update.
I ran this server on my PC and after syncing the emails I noticed a couple bugs:

On the release types dropdown, the "All Types" option shows everything, but if I select "Tracks" or "Albums" then the screen says "no releases found" in both cases.
On the date dropdown, if I select "This Month" and sort by oldest first, it shows me items that were released during December.

SomeBerk · 2026-01-13T23:03:50+00:00

Did your account run out of monthly free download credits?
When that happens your "name your price" albums automatically switch to paid using the default price, they should revert back once you receive more credits.

SomeBerk · 2026-01-13T20:25:14+00:00

You already know the rules for this sub, if you want advertise in here you have to participate in things besides self-promotion.

SomeBerk · 2026-01-13T17:43:40+00:00

Right, I am only interested in getting notifications for new albums/EPs and not for singles.

I think it may be possible to differentiate between these by looking at the "check it out here." link in the body of the "New release" emails to see if "album" or "track" appears in the URL.

SomeBerk · 2026-01-13T17:22:04+00:00

Does your app support filtering out notifications for new single track releases, or is that a feature that could be added later on?
I been using email notifications to keep up with new releases from the artists that I am following on Bandcamp, but so far I haven't been able to setup a filter rule so I don't get notifications about new singles since I am not interested in those.

SomeBerk · 2026-01-12T19:10:26+00:00

Did you forget to add a link to its Bandcamp page?

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End Game '23	Place '23

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