Ethan Diamond: Last News

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pic.twitter.com/EBhd1RrBSD— ron knox (@ronmknox) February 19, 2023Last year, it was announced that Bandcamp had been bought by Fortnite maker Epic Games. The platform announced the news on March 2 in a lengthy statement on its website.Bandcamp co-founder and CEO Ethan Diamond said: “Bandcamp will keep operating as a standalone marketplace and music community, and I will continue to lead our team.”He continued: “The products and services you depend on aren’t going anywhere, we’ll continue to build Bandcamp around our artists-first revenue model (where artists net an average of 82 per cent of every sale), you’ll still have the same control over how you offer your music, Bandcamp Fridays will continue as planned, and the Daily will keep highlighting the diverse, amazing music on the site.“However, behind the scenes we’re working with Epic to expand internationally and push development forward across Bandcamp, from basics like our album pages, mobile apps, merch tools, payment system, and search and discovery features, to newer initiatives like our vinyl pressing and live streaming services.”Back in January 2022, Bandcamp also announced that their popular Bandcamp Fridays would return in February.

Bandcamp has been acquired by Epic Games, the publisher behind the megahit online game Fortnite. Ethan Diamond, Bandcamp's co-founder and CEO, revealed the acquisition in a statement published on Wednesday, March 2.

Fortnite maker Epic Games.Badcamp announced the news today (March 2) in a lengthy statement on its website.Bandcamp co-founder and CEO Ethan Diamond said: “Bandcamp will keep operating as a standalone marketplace and music community, and I will continue to lead our team.”He continued: “The products and services you depend on aren’t going anywhere, we’ll continue to build Bandcamp around our artists-first revenue model (where artists net an average of 82% of every sale), you’ll still have the same control over how you offer your music, Bandcamp Fridays will continue as planned, and the Daily will keep highlighting the diverse, amazing music on the site.“However, behind the scenes we’re working with Epic to expand internationally and push development forward across Bandcamp, from basics like our album pages, mobile apps, merch tools, payment system, and search and discovery features, to newer initiatives like our vinyl pressing and live streaming services.”Bandcamp is joining Epic Games! Read more here: https://t.co/dvLEhURZYG pic.twitter.com/4t1MRvugmG— bandcamp (@Bandcamp) March 2, 2022He added: “Bandcamp’s mission is to help spread the healing power of music by building a community where artists thrive through the direct support of their fans.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorVideo-game developer Epic Games announced that it has bought Bandcamp, the online music store and community geared around independent musicians.Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. “Fair and open platforms are critical to the future of the creator economy,” Epic Games, best known as the company behind battle-royale game “Fortnite,” said in announcing the pact.

launched the initiative back in March 2020 to aid those musicians whose livelihoods have been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, with Bandcamp waiving their revenue share to ensure that as close to 100 per cent of the profits as possible from fan purchases, downloads and merch goes directly to artists and labels.CEO Ethan Diamond said that the 13 Bandcamp Fridays so far have “paid artists and labels $56million (£40million), helping cover rents, mortgages, groceries, medications, and much more.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSince the beginning of the pandemic, online music retailer Bandcamp has graciously waived its fees on the first Friday of every month, allowing nearly 100% of all sales to go to artists and labels — providing a rare opportunity to maximize the amount of that money that goes to artists.

Cloud Nothings, Hatchie, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are among a number of artists to have already announced live performances on Bandcamp. You can find a full list here.“When the pandemic eliminated a major source of musicians’ income, we immediately began working on ways to help the artists and labels on Bandcamp, without whom we would not exist,” wrote the platform’s founder Ethan Diamond in an article accompanying the launch.He went on to note that Bandcamp has already raised $35 million for artists via their ‘Bandcamp Fridays’ initiative, which sees the site waiving their revenue share of sales for one day each month.

Bandcamp CEO Ethan Diamond doesn’t like talking about his company’s fundraisers. He’s worried that doing so could make it seem like he’s capitalizing on a national catastrophe. But, he says, the online record store where artists around the world sell their music directly to consumers simply wants to do the right thing. “I just have always preferred, ‘Let’s just do it and we don’t have to talk about it very much,’” Diamond explains. On March 20,

Bandcamp is responding to the novel coronavirus crisis's catastrophic effect on the music industry with a special one-day event. On Friday, March 13, the site will donate the service fees it receives from each sale of music and merchandise to the artists whose work was purchased.

Bandcamp has announced that for 24 hours on March 20 (from midnight to midnight PST), the site will waive its revenue shares on music sales in an attempt to “put much needed money directly into artists’ pockets.” The action is in direct response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, which has had a massive effect on the music industry due to tour cancelations.

To support artists during the coronavirus pandemic, online music marketplace Bandcamp will waive its revenue share on all sales made Friday, March 20. The one-day event, which will run from midnight to midnight PST, is designed to "put much-n