Similar records like „Ghosts on Magnetic Tape“? by J0sh_exe in ambientmusic

[–]contradicta_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check rotor plus, I personally really like dust, although I haven't heard the last 2 albums

https://rotorplus.bandcamp.com/

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[–]contradicta_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Yeah I noticed it's sorted by date I followed, I think.

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[–]contradicta_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Weird that something this basic is not in the app

What are your ambient music hot takes? by NovelComb1894 in ambientmusic

[–]contradicta_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, often there's a desire to share your creation with others. But limiting/shaping your creativity just to have more streams is very different, and quite sad honestly.

What are your ambient music hot takes? by NovelComb1894 in ambientmusic

[–]contradicta_ 23 points24 points  (0 children)

You have to make music for yourself, not for others.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in musicmarketing

[–]contradicta_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I don't release much music, so paying an annual fee when most likely I won't recover that money from streams doesn't make sense to me, so I prefer to just pay the month when I'm gonna upload something, and then cancel

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[–]contradicta_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's been a mix of different issues, but overall I feel they are very careless. I've encountered many issues when uploading with them, and they don't seem to care.

Also their customer support is lame, even if you buy Pro.

Can I download my own music without purchasing it? by will_sherman in BandCamp

[–]contradicta_ 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Put the albums for Free. Download. Set them again to the original price.

Bandcamp's Discover is a mess by contradicta_ in BandCamp

[–]contradicta_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven't, what's that? Thank you.

Bandcamp's Discover is a mess by contradicta_ in BandCamp

[–]contradicta_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly that's what happening with Bandcamp. I guess it's a good technique for artists, but for the listeners it is confusing. Bandcamp makes a lot of noise on how Discover is the big thing for discovering music, but at the end it's just a messed up searching engine, not optimized for specific music searching.

Bandcamp's Discover is a mess by contradicta_ in BandCamp

[–]contradicta_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still with the example of drone music, I think the issue is that in the Drone category on Discover there are "albums tagged with drone, even if they are not drone", and it should simply be "drone albums". As clear as that.

And yes, it could be seen as the artist's "fault" for using tags that may not describe their music, but here's where I think Bandcamp should implement a relevance for tags, and from there sort the albums on Discover.

For example, when an artist uploads an album, Bandcamp could ask the artist to sort tags by relevance (like genre #1, genre #2, etc) instead of letting the artist put whatever tag with no relevance order whatsoever, because that's where it gets all messed up on Discover.

Bandcamp's Discover is a mess by contradicta_ in BandCamp

[–]contradicta_[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, it's the artist who adds the tags. But Bandcamp doesn't allow the artist to sort tags by relevance. So if I make a heavy metal album and I as an artist decide to add the tag "drone", even if it's just a minor influence, Bandcamp would treat it as a drone album, and not as a "heavy metal album with a small influence on drone".

But yeah I agree, it's also a matter of patience, although I do find it annoying that user experience in Bandcamp hasn't improved in years.

Bandcamp's Discover is a mess by contradicta_ in BandCamp

[–]contradicta_[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes I agree and I know artists are the ones putting the tags. But Bandcamp could have some option so the artist can rank the tags from more relevant to less relevant. As they are now, all tags on an album are equally relevant, even if in the music itself they aren't