If you're curious - you can check our profile on the platform here. In addition, as a label, we've been exploring Bandcamp for about a year, but as a listener, I've been using and support artists since before Stereofox existed. 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. 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.
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