Don't make these 5 mistakes on Bandcamp...

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  • @ctrprog
    @ctrprog 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    1. @2:25 - You Don't have images for your physical merch
    2. @3:52 - Not submitting music ahead of time to bandcamp editorial
    3. @5:24 - Not using the mailing list feature
    4. @6:17 - Not adding Bonus Items to Albums
    5. @7:25 Exclusivity; You re not giving your engagement a focus.

  • @bobbarker6540
    @bobbarker6540 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    VIDEO STARTS AT 2:00

  • @corporalquigg7873
    @corporalquigg7873 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Oh man I never knew about submitting to bandcamp 🤦‍♂️
    Thanks for the great advice! 👍

    • @OtherRecordLabels
      @OtherRecordLabels  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Happy to help! -Scott

    • @Job311_
      @Job311_ ปีที่แล้ว

      @@OtherRecordLabels what ever platform your on I just link my BC page

  • @naitsavesmusic
    @naitsavesmusic ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Hey Scott, I've been trying to find an answer to my question but watched tons of tutorials and read tons of guides and nobody really knows for sure. Here I go: how should I pick genres and subgenres for my artist and albums if I wanna be featureed in the Discover section? I know picking subgenres of my main genre should be a must, but what if I make an equal blend of electronica, ambient and soundtrack? I mean they are all main genres :( Can I pick alternative main genres as subgenres? Can I pick subgenres that aren't from my main genre? Hope you can send me some light

  • @TheArtOfCello
    @TheArtOfCello ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was a great help. I had no idea about the editor's review process.

  • @Jazzmentl
    @Jazzmentl 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for sharing your knowledge & experience.

  • @dirtydollarbeatz2581
    @dirtydollarbeatz2581 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Nice video ! Very helpful ! I also started using Bandcamp ! 🔥 💖

  • @GeoZero
    @GeoZero 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Great info. Looking at leaving CDBaby and this was very helpful.

    • @OtherRecordLabels
      @OtherRecordLabels  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you found it helpful! - scott

    • @azarlane9553
      @azarlane9553 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just curious. Why are you dissatisfied with CDBaby?

    • @argomars6493
      @argomars6493 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@azarlane9553 I’ve seen a lot of people calling it a scam

    • @JuiceboxDesmond
      @JuiceboxDesmond ปีที่แล้ว

      @@argomars6493 CDBaby has worked fine for me. I like it because its a one-time payment to get your project to the streaming platforms. You pay $35 once and your album is up forever. Distrokid is an annual fee where if you don't pay after the first time, your release becomes unavailable. There are drawbacks to CDBaby vs other distributors but its not fair to call it a scam.

    • @todoranandrei8716
      @todoranandrei8716 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JuiceboxDesmond it s 20 frickin dollars AN YEAR. is it really that much a matter to pay them?

  • @OtherRecordLabels
    @OtherRecordLabels  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Head over to otherrecordlabels.com/Bandcamp for a bunch of helpful Bandcamp resources!

    • @GIANTSKY
      @GIANTSKY 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      thanks for the advice!

    • @SomberShroud
      @SomberShroud ปีที่แล้ว

      why not pin this comment instead of forcing us to scroll down so far?

  • @dakotajames_music1619
    @dakotajames_music1619 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lots of good information here.

  • @ernestgreen254
    @ernestgreen254 ปีที่แล้ว

    Appreciate you Scott
    Ernie aka Introverted Visionary
    Linden NJ

  • @IamRozie
    @IamRozie ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Than you!

  • @fitness1ststeps
    @fitness1ststeps 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My problem with Bandcamp is they give people the whole song to play and do not allow snippets! My setting is currently allowing people 3 free full plays of every song. I can not find out how to change this to 1 free play. There are sites out there where you can put bandcamp links in and take the audio like there are with soundcloud, TH-cam and other sites. Why Bandcamp don't allow snippets is beyond me.

    • @OtherRecordLabels
      @OtherRecordLabels  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Great point! Maybe email them this feature suggestion! I agree! - scott

    • @fitness1ststeps
      @fitness1ststeps 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@OtherRecordLabels I did. They said sorry but that's how it is. I finally found the free play setting and 3 is the lowest you can set it to.

    • @JoeFellaga
      @JoeFellaga 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      True, I think that's the thing that annoys me the most. The music can be stolen too easily. I wouldn't even mind putting one minute of the track. Or Actually chose the duration of the snippet for each song. Something more tailored.

    • @fitness1ststeps
      @fitness1ststeps 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@JoeFellaga yeah, it must be simple to do. That's what cdbaby do, they allow you to choose 20 seconds of any track. The best thing about Bandcamp is you get paid as soon as someone buys! I'm looking for another app that does both that then I will move everything!

    • @JoeFellaga
      @JoeFellaga 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@fitness1ststeps Thank you for the update :)

  • @seeyoucu
    @seeyoucu ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks so much for this video.

  • @DrKoulOfficial
    @DrKoulOfficial 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hey there! Great content as always. Just to clarify: the point about the “window” just means releasing on Bandcamp before relasing elsewhere?

    • @OtherRecordLabels
      @OtherRecordLabels  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes! Exactly! I'm going to do a few more videos on Bandcamp soon!

    • @DrKoulOfficial
      @DrKoulOfficial 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@OtherRecordLabels Thanks a lot. My fear about uploading on bandcamp first is if it would reduce chances to get on official streaming platform playlists because it's not a new release or something. Am I overthinking it?

    • @todoranandrei8716
      @todoranandrei8716 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DrKoulOfficial welp I guess the people who were gonna listen to your music on bandcamp right just when you published it there, they weren t going to stream your music on other platforms that much anyway :)) so I d say go for it

  • @thevibeinternational5289
    @thevibeinternational5289 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Looking forward to upload my album on BankCamp hope people will buy it...

    • @OtherRecordLabels
      @OtherRecordLabels  ปีที่แล้ว

      All the best and good luck!!

    • @hiphopheaven
      @hiphopheaven ปีที่แล้ว

      You should promote it as much as the spotify and apple music

  • @buzzpsy
    @buzzpsy ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much for the advice ❤❤❤❤

    • @OtherRecordLabels
      @OtherRecordLabels  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are so welcome!

    • @buzzpsy
      @buzzpsy ปีที่แล้ว

      @@OtherRecordLabels ❤️❤️

  • @ka7760
    @ka7760 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thanks for this info, i love your channel

  • @DEVAULT.
    @DEVAULT. ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great upload . Thank you

  • @dustymckayOfficial
    @dustymckayOfficial 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video. Thank you.

  • @LifeofJoshChelsea
    @LifeofJoshChelsea 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey thanks a lot, really good info.

  • @timmyholiday
    @timmyholiday 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    cool channel, cheers for the info

    • @OtherRecordLabels
      @OtherRecordLabels  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      My pleasure! Thanks for checking out the videos! - scott

  • @einarsigursson4904
    @einarsigursson4904 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I didn't know about submitting to editorial. Every time I've released something it appears in the new and notable section for my niche subgenre, I thought it was just an algorithm that decides what to put there. It is actually chosen by people? Why is my stuff appearing there even though I've never submitted?

  • @oceansiderecordingstudio
    @oceansiderecordingstudio 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great info. Love your channel. Cheers

  • @bigred7271
    @bigred7271 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Handy video. Thank you.
    Go on... tell us... what was the album that you found via the great packaging shots?

    • @OtherRecordLabels
      @OtherRecordLabels  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      music.apple.com/ca/album/shore-pine-walk-single/494895075

  • @Just1Mic
    @Just1Mic ปีที่แล้ว

    I just got on bandcamp again. Its kinda alot to take in.

    • @OtherRecordLabels
      @OtherRecordLabels  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Great place for fans and artists and label! Check out otherrecordlabels.com/bandcamp

  • @81ForMula
    @81ForMula ปีที่แล้ว

    Enjoy the videos and the channel 🤙

  • @RealMusicHype
    @RealMusicHype 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very good, keep it up!

  • @talkdemonic
    @talkdemonic 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome suggestions :)

  • @DrKoulOfficial
    @DrKoulOfficial ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Hey Scott quick question:
    Do you recommend submitting singles to bandcamp curation or only « full » projects?

    • @OtherRecordLabels
      @OtherRecordLabels  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hey! I don’t think they accept singles actually. They prefer albums or eps as far as I know.

    • @DrKoulOfficial
      @DrKoulOfficial ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@OtherRecordLabels Thanks man 🙏

  • @kdwo3701
    @kdwo3701 ปีที่แล้ว

    I would like to ask if it is okay to purchase a beat from Bandcamp, work on it, and release it on the platform

  • @MosKou2KH1
    @MosKou2KH1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Is Bandcamp even popular in France ?

    • @T_Smoke
      @T_Smoke ปีที่แล้ว

      Oui

  • @MrpottyMouF
    @MrpottyMouF ปีที่แล้ว +1

    WHOS THE ARTIST U FOUND

  • @TheMfmccarthy
    @TheMfmccarthy ปีที่แล้ว

    02:05 jump to beginning of useful information

  • @initiativemusicworks6459
    @initiativemusicworks6459 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bandcamp does not offer the ability to upload your ISRC Codes when uploading your files.

    • @OtherRecordLabels
      @OtherRecordLabels  ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s true I believe.

    • @initiativemusicworks6459
      @initiativemusicworks6459 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@OtherRecordLabels OK, correction, I figured out how to upload the ISRC codes in Bandcamp after hours of typing with the useless ai chat.

    • @SomberShroud
      @SomberShroud ปีที่แล้ว

      @@initiativemusicworks6459 how do you do it?

    • @neverknownsofmetronome9184
      @neverknownsofmetronome9184 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SomberShroud You have to go to each individual track and there is drop down box where you add it. My problem was I was editing the overall album…

  • @ILikeItfilms
    @ILikeItfilms ปีที่แล้ว +1

    CAn you sell your music videos on band camp??

    • @OtherRecordLabels
      @OtherRecordLabels  ปีที่แล้ว

      Don’t think so! You might be able to attach them to an album and include it as a bonus when someone buys an album.

    • @partymarty6969
      @partymarty6969 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      PayHip is better than Bandcamp

  • @alipaulstagram
    @alipaulstagram ปีที่แล้ว

    Bandcamp

  • @youtube_moderator
    @youtube_moderator 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    IT's crap that they take 15% of your profits even if you pay $20-50/month as a label. $240-600/year just for the right to sell your music and make 85% profit, not including transaction costs.

    • @OtherRecordLabels
      @OtherRecordLabels  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think I agree with you. Great point. For example, with Squarespace e-commerce package, at their highest paying level, they take 0% of sales. So yah, I think that should be reduced to 1-5% for paid memberships.

    • @azarlane9553
      @azarlane9553 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What escapes most people is that the selling of the “dream” is more profitable than realizing the dream itself. As long as you believe in the dream, you are easy prey to labels, etc. Maintaining the dream is also expensive because who is going to keep track with marketing your material and maintaining a myriad of social media sites and still have a day-job?

    • @Lakoopa2009
      @Lakoopa2009 ปีที่แล้ว

      I just make music for fun on there. Don't really care about money

    • @partymarty6969
      @partymarty6969 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      PayHip only takes 5% + transaction fees, whereas Bandcamp takes 15% + transaction fees. Spotify pays for streams, whereas Bandcamp does not pay for streams.
      Bandcamp sucks.

  • @ygsmgentertainment6593
    @ygsmgentertainment6593 ปีที่แล้ว

    BUY MY NEW SINLE NOW! skullzrillamuzik.bandcamp.com/track/outta-my-head