đ 296 WISHLIST ITEMS
Ancestors, David Edren, Greengoat, and more
Today weâve got a birthday, and theyâve got a wishlist of 296 items.
If youâre able, buy an album for someone you donât even know on their birthday.
Otherwise, scroll through their wishlist and find something nice to listen to.
If youâd rather not give any money to Bandcamp today, we understand. Our birthday person has offered these organizations as an alternative:
âĄď¸ Equality Texas
âĄď¸ Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project
âĄď¸ Trans Lifeline
âĄď¸ Safelight
If you can, stop by Metal Bandcamp Gift Club Discord, where weâre discussing the recent Bandcamp layoffs, and how those actions might affect Metal Bandcamp Gift Club moving forward.
Weâve been doing Metal Bandcamp Gift Club since 2016 (hereâs our interview with Bandcamp). Seven years.
Weâve helped bands and labels and artists sell a lot of music. This helped put gas in vans and shirts on merch tables. We love that.
It also made people feel good.
People loved getting music for their birthday, and the people who bought music - sometimes for absolute strangers - they felt something good, too.
All along, we knew a part of that money was going to Bandcamp, which was, at the time when we started this, an independent and profitable company.
We swapped emails with Bandcamp employees. They knew what we were doing, but it wasnât anything official. It was a chill relationship.
But things arenât so chill now. People losing jobs, people losing trust in a company thatâs been so beloved to us for so many years.
We could sneer at the streaming services, knowing we had Bandcamp in our corner. Until, well, maybe theyâre not in our corner anymore.
I donât know the answer, I donât know where this ends up.
Come join the discussion, or hit reply to this email and let me know how youâre feeling.
