I set myself up with a solo artist page there where you can listen to, read about, and buy my music. What is Bandcamp? https://bandcamp.com/ It's an American online record store, and digital music platform based in California. I did this fairly early in their existence, so my music has been available there for over 15 years now, and my entire self-released discography is available on there. I sold some CDs on there for a while, but now I only offer high-resolution digital downloads. It's definitely a cool place to find/stream/buy music from "niche" indie artists like me.
I'm posting this at around 7PM Eastern on a Friday evening with the hope it will reach some of you who are either listening to and/or reading about music after wrapping up your work week. What if I told you that you could permanently own all Scott Cooley songs in hi-res for only $5.00?
Today is Bandcamp Friday. It's supposed to be a day when you can buy music from an artist like me and the funds go directly to me. So, if you did that today (or tonight), it would be cool. It would help to offset some of the recording costs. You would feel good about supporting independent music and the people who make it (like me). I'm not out to raise awareness for any particular cause or charity like some artists do. I am the charity! In other words, Bandcamp does this to waive their revenue share and pass it on to me. It seems they promote one of these days per month, and have been doing it since the pandemic.
I've had some people buy some of my music on Bandcamp in the past, which is of course great, and also I've had people subscribe to me as an artist, which is an especially great thing because for 5 bucks, you get all 13 of my albums immediately!
It is a great deal and incredible value because:
- You get all of my music at once
- You get all of it in any high-quality format you want
- You get to feel good about meaningfully supporting me as an artist
- You get complete control as a collector and curator of your personal library
- You get your profile picture listed on my page in the supporter section
- You own it and can listen to it without an internet connection
Some cool things about Bandcamp are:
- It's easy to discover new artists
- It's easy to discover artists from a certain region or state
- You get to read detailed liner notes like you could back in the vinyl record days
- You can stream music for free before you buy
- You can get the music in lossless, high-res formats such as WAV, AIFF, AAC, ALAC, FLAC, or Ogg Vorbis files
- You can pay artists any amount you want to for their music
- The user interface is easy to use
I would love it if you bought my music. When you do, your profile shows up on the "supported by" section, so the world will know you support me. I would also love it if you just followed me on there. It's free to sign up for a Bandcamp fan account. Takes a few seconds. You can do that here: https://bandcamp.com/fansignup
Then after you have the Bandcamp fan account, navigate to https://music.scottcooley.com and click the Follow button. Or, just click this: https://music.scottcooley.com/follow_me
If that still sounds overwhelming, even though it's only a few seconds of effort, I get it. But don't worry, you'll have other chances. Here are the other upcoming Bandcamp Friday dates:
- August 7th
- September 4th
- October 2nd
- November 6th
- December 4th
Thanks in advance for supporting me, in whatever form that may take!
