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

[@ctrprog]

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]

VIDEO STARTS AT 2:00

[@OtherRecordLabels]

Thanks Bob!

[@TheArtOfCello]

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

[@OtherRecordLabels]

Awesome!

[@IamRozie]

Than you!

[@OtherRecordLabels]

My pleasure!

[@buzzpsy]

Thank you so much for the advice ❤❤❤❤

[@OtherRecordLabels]

You are so welcome!

[@buzzpsy]

@@OtherRecordLabels ❤️❤️

[@Jazzmentl]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge & experience.

[@dustymckayOfficial]

Great video. Thank you.

[@OtherRecordLabels]

My pleasure. Thanks Dusty!

[@bigred7271]

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

[@OtherRecordLabels]

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

[@seeyoucu]

Thanks so much for this video.

[@OtherRecordLabels]

You are so welcome!

[@fitness1ststeps]

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, KZbin and other sites. Why Bandcamp don't allow snippets is beyond me.

[@OtherRecordLabels]

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

[@fitness1ststeps]

@@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]

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]

@@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]

@@fitness1ststeps Thank you for the update :)

[@dakotajames_music1619]

Lots of good information here.

[@OtherRecordLabels]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!

[@LifeofJoshChelsea]

Hey thanks a lot, really good info.

[@GeoZero]

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

[@OtherRecordLabels]

Glad you found it helpful! - scott

[@azarlane9553]

Just curious. Why are you dissatisfied with CDBaby?

[@argomars6493]

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

[@JuiceboxDesmond]

@@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]

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

[@corporalquigg7873]

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

[@OtherRecordLabels]

Happy to help! -Scott

[@Job311_]

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

[@dollario]

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

[@OtherRecordLabels]

Great 👍

[@thevibeinternational5289]

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

[@OtherRecordLabels]

All the best and good luck!!

[@hiphopheaven]

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

[@einarsigursson4904]

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?

[@kdwo3701]

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

[@ernestgreen254]

Appreciate you Scott Ernie aka Introverted Visionary Linden NJ

[@OtherRecordLabels]

Thank you!!

[@DEVAULT.]

Great upload . Thank you

[@OtherRecordLabels]

My pleasure!

[@DrKoulOfficial]

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

[@OtherRecordLabels]

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

[@DrKoulOfficial]

@@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]

@@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

[@ILikeItfilms]

CAn you sell your music videos on band camp??

[@OtherRecordLabels]

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]

PayHip is better than Bandcamp

[@MrpottyMouF]

WHOS THE ARTIST U FOUND

[@OtherRecordLabels]

Probably a guy named JP Haynie.

[@ka7760]

thanks for this info, i love your channel

[@OtherRecordLabels]

Thank you so much! - scott

[@Just1Mic]

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

[@OtherRecordLabels]

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

[@DrKoulOfficial]

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

[@OtherRecordLabels]

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

[@DrKoulOfficial]

@@OtherRecordLabels Thanks man 🙏

[@talkdemonic]

Awesome suggestions :)

[@OtherRecordLabels]

Thanks Kevin! - scott

[@81ForMula]

Enjoy the videos and the channel 🤙

[@timmyholiday]

cool channel, cheers for the info

[@OtherRecordLabels]

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

[@oceansiderecordingstudio]

Great info. Love your channel. Cheers

[@OtherRecordLabels]

Thank you!! Really appreciate that! - Scott

[@MosKou2KH1]

Is Bandcamp even popular in France ?

[@T_Smoke]

Oui

[@TheMfmccarthy]

02:05 jump to beginning of useful information

[@OtherRecordLabels]

Thanks Francis!

[@RealMusicHype]

Very good, keep it up!

[@OtherRecordLabels]

Will do! Thanks pal! - scott

[@OtherRecordLabels]

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

[@GIANTSKY]

thanks for the advice!

[@SomberShroud]

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

[@initiativemusicworks6459]

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

[@OtherRecordLabels]

That’s true I believe.

[@initiativemusicworks6459]

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

[@SomberShroud]

@@initiativemusicworks6459 how do you do it?

[@neverknownsofmetronome9184]

@@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…

[@alipaulstagram]

Bandcamp

[@OtherRecordLabels]

Yep.

[@youtube_moderator]

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]

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]

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?

[@beaniebloob2009]

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

[@partymarty6969]

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]

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