#BandcampFriday coming up.
https://isitbandcampfriday.com/

If you like music, if you buy digital music instead of streaming music, and if you don't like the company behind #Bandcamp - #Songtradr - then here's your chance to buy music while Bandcamp waives their share and more money goes to musicians and labels.

A while back, musicians and their supporters were expressing concerns about the acquisition of BandCamp, first by Epic Games, then by Songtradr. So ... how is it all panning out?

Is buying music through BC still a good way to support the artists who make the music we love? Or do you recommend some other platform, or taking the time to find the act's homepage and follow the purchase instructions there?

#BandCamp #EpicGames #Songtradr

@hoergen mit @noscript als addon kann man sehen wer oder was im Hintergrund alles läuftu gegebenenfalls blockieren. Wir blockieren damit alles von #google usw was wir nicht kennen. Auf #iOS benutzen wir #firefoxklar #bandcamp gehört jetzt zu #songtradr …

https://c418.bandcamp.com/album/wanderstop

Today is #BandcampFriday and I'm not going to buy anything. Even though today most of the revenue goes to the artists, there's still a small percentage that will end up in US pockets, so that's a no go for me.

I do want to support my artists though, and extend my music collection. So what are the alternatives?

european-alternatives.eu/ mentions three: #Spotify (evil), #Deezer and #SoundCloud. All three are streaming servers, with a monthly subscription that is then thrown into a pool and distributed over the artists. SoundCloud does offer downloads of some tracks, but it's not a guarantee.

I used to buy music at #7Digital, a UK firm. But that's now been bought by #Songtradr, the same US-based company that owns Bandcamp.

That's not what I want. I don't want a monthly subscription fee. I want to buy specific albums, download them and then own them, without a single cent of my purchase going to the USA.

Any recommendations?

#BoycottAmerica #BoycottUSA

@benda @SingleBass

Sadly, #songtradr / #Bandcamp don't honour #FairTradeMusicFriday (yet?), only their own #BandcampFriday - the next of which is on 6th December...

@mensch #bandcamp wg der #fair #music policy auch wenn Bandcamp letztes jahr an #songtradr verkauft wurde bekommt der #Musiker 80% von einem Euro

➡️ https://bandcamp.com/fair_trade_music_policy

Whoa!! Is it usually this long between #BandcampFriday s or is this a new thing from #bandcamp 's new "owners"?

4 mos?!?

We want #musician and #music support, not help #songtradr 's bottom line. We appreciated supporting Bandcamp when their focus was service for #indiemusic

Anyone have updates on practical/accessible options; perhaps a #coop like #nebula or #meanstv ??