bandcamp sold to Songtradr...

Apparently I missed it but bandcamp was sold in March 2022  to Epic Games
and now has been sold again in September 2023 to Songtradr.

I haven't really noticed any changes since March 22 from the consumer end,
at least the way I use it... maybe it's changed from an artist perspective?

The transaction amount is undisclosed, so I'm assuming it's big money...
in my experience, when big money / corporate gets involved,
the thing tanks...

I really like bandcamp, hopefully it's left alone or made better,
though I'm pessimistic about that...

I hope it sticks around too because I think it is a really neat platform. I would love to see them drop the woke ideology though.

^Same here.  Though I wonder with the new ownership, maybe, possibly... hopefully they will?  (Doubtfully...)  It'd be nice if I could purchase stuff any day of the month with a clean conscious instead of only on their Bandcamp Fridays haha.

^For real. This month was the first time in ages that I didn't forget about bandcamp Friday. Really frustrating when I want to buy something but I have to wait for a date that I'll probably forget about.

There's a lot of info and message board discussions about this sale to Songtradr.

Apparently Songtradr fired around half the Bandcamp staff.

You can look up what other sites say but the below might help for now because it mentions them promising to keep Bandcamp Fridays. 

It came out a few days ago from Billboard:

https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/october-17-2023-billboard-bulletin.pdf