Bandcamp Music Platform

Users enthusiastically recommend Bandcamp as the premier service for purchasing DRM-free, high-quality music directly from indie artists, praising its fair revenue model, discovery features, and superiority over streaming services like Spotify and iTunes.

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Lacerda69 Jul 26, 2023 View on HN

Have you tried bandcamp? It's a great way to pay artists directly while having the convenience and discoverability of streaming services.

gdilla Aug 9, 2012 View on HN

bandcamp as a source would be great too. lots of great music there.

dekz Jan 4, 2012 View on HN

Bandcamp is a fantastic service, my friends and I absolutely love it. I love the ability to preview the mp3 audio at 128kpbs without flash. Noting that bandcamp takes 10-15% of the sale, with the rest going to the artist is what keeps me going back there first to look for music instead of iTunes.Only downside is discovery of music on bandcamp, a side project I'm currently working on is a tool for myself to find new music on bandcamp; unfortunately their APIs aren't designed for finding simila

aarmenante Aug 20, 2016 View on HN

Bandcamp is now my go to place to buy music. It's a welcome relief from the bloat of iTunes, and the oversaturated wasteland of Spotify. It's a great place to discover new music, and it plays fair with artists.

tmikaeld Feb 8, 2022 View on HN

Bandcamp, you “own” the music and get the source files, plus unlimited high quality streaming using their app. You pay what the artist asks for their work, usually 7-9$ for a full album.They even have creators Fridays which removes bandcamps chunk of the revenue (15%)

bigstrat2003 Aug 31, 2025 View on HN

Bandcamp has a wider selection than you'd think. I've been pleasantly surprised at how often I will find an artist who sells music there. Qobuz is good too, I use them both.

ardaozkal Feb 5, 2017 View on HN

Bandcamp is a good source of indie songs. The cut is less than spotify too.

bpiche Sep 28, 2023 View on HN

That's the whole reason to use bandcamp

exolymph May 9, 2018 View on HN

Bandcamp is the best way to support indie/small label bands. Buy their albums with actual dollars, then stream them.

n4r9 Oct 17, 2023 View on HN

Sounds like Bandcamp is perfect for you. You can stream full albums for free, then buy and download the odd ones that you really like.