After pulling their music from Spotify following CEO Daniel Ek’s investment in AI military drone technology, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have successfully taken over the entire Top 25 of Bandcamp’s best-selling albums and are letting fans “name your price.” While Bandcamp’s default pricing for albums is set at …
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Just as music licensing service Songtradr officially closed its deal to buy beloved music distribution platform and marketplace Bandcamp from Fortnite creator Epic Games, the platform’s new parent company confirmed on Monday that half of Bandcamp’s staff has been laid off. “Over the past few years the operating costs of …
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When Epic Games acquired Bandcamp in March 2022, fans of the Oakland, CA music streaming and distribution platform reacted with alarm. Since its founding in 2007, Bandcamp has become an artist-friendly alternative to platforms like Spotify and Apple Music that caters to independent artists and labels by giving them control …
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