Ears To The House

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Is Bandcamp heading into a spot of bother next year? The United Union claims so – saying effects of 50% of workforce being laid off by Songtradr will soon be felt far and wide…

Ears To The House Team 27 December 2023

Back on Christmas Eve, you might recall that Ears To The House published an article about the future of Bandcamp Friday. In short, it’s staying around for a little while longer, with the next...

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They’re not rushing to make their final decision! Songtradr had to choose what to do with Bandcamp Friday – and they’ve confirmed it’s staying around (at least for now)…

Ears To The House Team 24 December 2023

If the founders of Bandcamp were hoping that 2023 was going to be their year of stability, their hopes were finally dashed altogether a few months ago – the company had new owners sizing...

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Reviewing music makes you famous now? Norway’s own Bandcamp fanatic Viljar Sæbbe reviews almost everything going on the site – and First Floor decided to ask him a few questions…

Ears To The House Team 26 November 2023

For a genre that only exists due to the advancement of technology, the dance music world has a bizarre attitude towards a lot of things. Many would have you believe, for example, that in...

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“F**k Bandcamp United!: the unsurprising (and remarkably forthright) reply of a boss against a union that he can’t even join – but is there a valid point hidden somewhere in his words?

Ears To The House Team 30 October 2023

Ever since Bandcamp was bought by Epic Games last year, the Bandcamp United union has been desperate for the company to give them some recognition. They didn’t get very far with the previous owners...

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Has he been drinking Elon Musk’s kool-aid? Paul Wiltshire’s Songtradr reveals he’s sacking half of new acquisition Bandcamp’s employees – but Bandcamp Friday remains safe for now…

Ears To The House Team 17 October 2023

The news cycle moves at an alarmingly fast rate these days – but try and cast your minds back to 2022. Multi-billionaire Elon Musk spent quite a lot of time flirting with the idea...

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Just why DID Epic Games buy it in the first place? As another Bandcamp Friday gets underway, sources tell us Songtradr is “undecided” on the now tradition’s ultimate fate…

Ears To The House Team 6 October 2023

When Epic Games took over Bandcamp back in March 2022 for an undisclosed sum, there were many questions from existing users of the music site. What changes would their new owners implement? Would Bandcamp’s...

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Just why DID Epic Games buy Bandcamp in the first place? Songtradr acquire the site after 18 months – with the previous owners having cut jobs and, er… not much else…

Ears To The House Team 1 October 2023

When Epic Games announced they’d bought Bandcamp last March at an undisclosed price, they were quite proud to tell the world about it. Their own official statement on the subject proclaimed that “Epic and...

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Is Bandcamp Friday staying permanently? It might and it might not…

Ears To The House Team 27 January 2023

One of the most popular articles in the Ears To The House archive dates from May 2021, when our editor – who ran this site solo in those days – ran a feature querying...

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Will Bandcamp Friday ever end? New dates have been announced

Ears To The House Team 30 August 2022

Over the weekend, Bandcamp sent out emails to inform everyone about what was happening with their long-running Bandcamp Friday event. In case anyone’s unfamiliar, these are events which Bandcamp stage on the first Friday...

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Is Bandcamp Friday becoming permanent?

Ears To The House Team 1 June 2022

This isn’t an industry with a lot of good guys in it. Call us cynical if you like, but the truth is there are a lot of people in music who are out for...

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Buy now, get paid six weeks later – Bandcamp’s legal battle heats up…

Ears To The House Team 25 May 2022

Back in March, Epic Games confirmed they had acquired Bandcamp. Cue much scratching of heads amidst the heavy publicity for the news. Epic’s official statement said “Epic and Bandcamp share a mission of building...

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You read it here first! Bandcamp Fridays extended for the rest of 2021 – but no comment on rumours it’ll be a permanent fixture post-pandemic

Ears To The House Team 28 May 2021

If you want to find out news that you won’t read anywhere else, Amateur At Play’s House isn’t a bad place to look for it. So it turns out, even slightly to my surprise....

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Is Bandcamp Friday going to become a permanent feature on the site? Whispers that music retailer is “seriously considering” keeping it past the pandemic

Ears To The House Team 9 May 2021 1 Comment

Bandcamp Friday began last year back in March. It was the website’s response to the coronavirus pandemic decimating several income streams for artists, producers, singers and others in the industry – who saw live...

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Is your Bandcamp ready yet? Is your Bandcamp ready yet?

Ears To The House Team 9 February 2021

No, in a word. I know that a few of you are waiting on this. But it’s almost there. I’m just preparing some new material at the moment which is going to be exclusive...