It is also not particularly Patreon-esque. You don't pay the artist a recurring fee. You can listen to the music for free only a handful of times, then you need to buy it, in a one-time transaction.
Bandcamp is really a place to discover music, buy it and download it. It's not similar to Soundcloud, or Spotify, which focus on streaming. A more apt comparison would be Beatport.
The target audience of Bandcamp are DJs and music connoisseurs, who want to own the music they like, in high-quality formats.
Bandcamp does a really good job of staying focused on these core user groups, and apparently is also doing rather well, financially:
It is also not particularly Patreon-esque. You don't pay the artist a recurring fee. You can listen to the music for free only a handful of times, then you need to buy it, in a one-time transaction.
Bandcamp is really a place to discover music, buy it and download it. It's not similar to Soundcloud, or Spotify, which focus on streaming. A more apt comparison would be Beatport.
The target audience of Bandcamp are DJs and music connoisseurs, who want to own the music they like, in high-quality formats.
Bandcamp does a really good job of staying focused on these core user groups, and apparently is also doing rather well, financially:
https://daily.bandcamp.com/2017/01/24/everything-is-terrific...
I guess they're something of a reverse Soundcloud.