Epic Games is selling Bandcamp and Cutting 870 Jobs, 16 Percent Of Its Workforce (kotaku.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Pxtl@lemmy.ca to c/music@beehaw.org

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Most of the article is unrelated to music but Bandcamp being sold to Songtradr is big news

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[-] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 1 year ago

I hope Bandcamp continues like before. It wasn't changed by Epic and I hope Songtradr doesn't change it.

[-] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

They also bought 7digital this year which is primarily a b2b music rights company but they also operate an mp3 store -- here in Canada where Amazon doesn't sell mp3s, 7digital.com and Bandcamp are the only websites where you can buy digital music instead of rent it (unless you want to go through the hassle of iTunes).

[-] Shmandom@feddit.uk 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

7Digital and Bandcamp are my go to when I need music in flac. I'm concerned to have all those eggs in the same basket... I hope there are still other stores I can diversify to (excluding Apple and Amazon).

[-] EndHD@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

does Qobuz operate in Canada? i have had good experience with them so far

[-] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

checks. Oh. I never even heard of them, but yes. They apparently need better marketing in Canada, because they don't come up in Google searches for buying mp3s in Canada.

Their site looks way nicer than 7digital.

[-] EndHD@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

i agree their marketing is lacking. i had to go out of my way searching through forums to find out about them. but i guess money not spent in marketing is spent in bettering the platform (hopefully)

only downside from my experience is no access to some asian songs, but ototoy usually sells it

[-] pipariturbiini@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

This is weird. Literally yesterday I was wondering when Epic would kill Bandcamp by making it streaming-only or some shit.

[-] misk@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

They are likely making considerable amount of money on taking a cut of merch sales like physical records and apparel. If not then it's still fairly hassle-free. Layoffs at marketing could mean that they don't see much room for growth and that's what business is about these days.