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YSK: Bandcamp is waiving its fees today and all money is passed to the artist (until 12 a.m. PST)

https://lemmy.world/post/33818335

YSK: Bandcamp is waiving its fees today and all money is passed to the artist (until 12 a.m. PST) - Lemmy.World

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/33818262 [https://lemmy.world/post/33818262] > Today is Bandcamp Friday > > From now until 12 a.m. PST, Bandcamp will pass 100% of revenue directly to artists. From its website: > > > Bandcamp Fridays began in March of 2020 at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic when the shuttering of venues led to a loss of vital tour revenue for artists. Since then, Bandcamp Fridays—on which we waive our revenue share and pass the funds directly to artists & labels—has resulted in millions of fans paying over $120 million directly to labels and musicians they love. In addition to helping artists pay the rent, or fund album recordings and tours, Bandcamp Fridays have also become a beacon for artists and record labels looking to raise awareness for causes or raise money for charities.

Aug 1, 2025 at 5:02pmWeb
Show threadShannareshAug 1, 2025
I love Bandcamp Fridays, I save up for them, always a good time
Show threadArcane2077Aug 1, 2025

Also worth mentioning, this happens every Friday

edit: no it doesn’t

Show threadunderline960Aug 1, 2025

Not every Friday:

Bandcamp Fridays will continue in 2025 on the following dates:

  • September 5th
  • October 3rd
  • December 5th
Show threadtrashcanAug 1, 2025

Is that still true? This announcement states:

Bandcamp Fridays will continue in 2025 on the following dates:

September 5th
October 3rd
December 5th

Show threadEchAug 2, 2025
First Friday of the month, but not every month. They announce the next ones a few months in advance.
Show threadTeddEAug 1, 2025
That is a decent advertising model. Feels like it’s been a while since I’ve seen one of those
Show threadNico198XAug 1, 2025
Today was the day I bought into band camp! Thanks to all of you for sharing this info!
Show threadjjjalljsAug 1, 2025
I get a lot of music from Bandcamp. Unfortunately while unemployed I’m not spending much money on fun
Show threadPsaldornAug 1, 2025
I went looking today to see if I could transfer Spotify or Deezer playlists and how much it would cost to buy all the tracks but the first few I checked were unavailable 😔
Show threadNico198XAug 1, 2025
It’s a lot more indie, honestly
Show threadramenshamanAug 1, 2025
There’s software that let’s you easily download your music/playlists to your hard drive. I forget what it’s called tho
Show threadPsaldornAug 1, 2025
I could but I would also like to pay the artists (if it’s not gonna bankrupt me)
Show threadramenshamanAug 1, 2025
Absolutely, same here, but if there’s music that I simply couldn’t find and pay for then I would just use that
Show threadAmbitiousProcess (they/them)Aug 1, 2025

Actual downloadable software or just a website?

I've heard of Soundiiz before for migrating playlists to something like YouTube, though it's paid for larger playlists, and after that yt-dlp will work well for the now non-DRM protected playlists on sites like YouTube Music, but not on DRM-protected ones like Spotify, or ones that only show samples by default like Deezer.

Show threadtrashcanAug 1, 2025
Bigger acts are less likely to be on it but any smaller artists will likely be there.
Show threadAmbitiousProcess (they/them)Aug 1, 2025

If you ever find that an artist on other platforms isn't on Bandcamp, you'll usually find them on Qobuz's Download Store since that's a common place that they also tend to publish.

It's a little less convenient than Bandcamp, and is often a little more randomly priced across artists and even individual songs from an artist, but if your goal is to compensate them and get a high quality audio download, it'll be another option.

They also have a streaming offering with way better payout rates for artists at what tends to be around $0.01873 per stream as of last year, in case you're not ready to ditch streaming, though I can't speak to how good it is as I haven't tried it myself.

Streaming and music Downloads in 24-Bit Hi-Res - Qobuz

Qobuz is the world leader in 24-bit Hi-Res downloads, offering more than 100 million tracks for streaming in unequalled sound quality (FLAC 16 Bits / 44.1kHz)

Qobuz
Show threadswab148Aug 2, 2025
Hey, maybe someone will buy my album!