I really enjoyed his talk with Guy Raz for his How I Built This podcast and that's where the podcast idea came to be. I do remember those days where all those pages were flashy concert flyers and follow-for-follow spam. Something which at that time Myspace had failed to do so. In that post-Myspace and pre-Spotify era he decided he can create a platform that does just that - helps artists sell their music and connects directly to fans. After a few unsuccessful payment attempts, he ended up getting a random zip file with weird track names. The story of Bandcamp begins in 2008 when founder Ethan Diamond was frustrated with the website experience he had with one of his favorite bands at the time (and maybe now?). Follow / share is highly appreciated *smiles*. The article is built around our podcast conversation with Aly Gillani ( who is a label representative at Bandcamp and founder of First Word Records. For this week’s Bandcamp Day, several artists and labels will also be donating their proceeds to organizations like Black Visions Collective and various bail funds, as highlighted on the platform’s homepage.In a nutshell, Bandcamp is a digital community that facilitates the process of fans directly supporting artists in the first place, and also (nowadays) serves as a gathering spot of like-minded people who want to discover new music and build relationships with the artist. And in response to the recent killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and other black Americans, Bandcamp recently announced an annual Juneteenth drive during which it will donate its share of sales to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. In August 2017, the company responded to the Trump administration’s proposal to ban transgender people from the military by donating its revenue share to the Transgender Law Center, an Oakland nonprofit focused on transgender rights. In addition to being artist-friendly, Bandcamp can also seem more empathetic than streaming services. Founded in 2007, the company has helped artists earn $518 million through sales of digital albums, vinyl, cassettes, CDs, and assorted merch. Bandcamp’s small-scale success has run counter to the mainstream narrative.

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