Here is the long and short of it: yes, since taking ownership of Bandcamp, both Epic Games and now Songtradr have done some incredibly shitty things to the small company that provided a space for artists to publish and sell music and merch. It’s absolute ass to lay off half the staff, including the person who came up with Bandcamp Friday, a periodic day started during the COVID pandemic where the company would forego its revenue share so that artists could take in a little more money during hard times. At the same time, artists are still there, and since they can get a larger cut there than say, Amazon or other mainstream outlets, I have zero problem supporting the music I like through the platform. If a better system comes along and the artists I love move to it, I’ll be there. In the meantime, I’ll keep using it to support the music I love. Like the tracks below.

No commentary this week, no YouTube or Spotify embeds because a lot of this music isn’t available there. Also no bndcmpr embed, since apparently WordPress doesn’t support it unless I upgrade to a business account.

This isn’t a business, this is a passion for me. So here’s an image of the playlist which – if you click it – should bring you to the playlist:

And even though it isn’t Bandcamp Friday, and the site isn’t all you want it to be, it still helps artists.

I implore you to support the music you love.

Be safe, be good to each other. See you next week.