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2026-07-01 01:35:04

Ben Zanin via DS

gnomon@mastodon.social

It looks like #Bandcamp has fired or laid off the majority of its remaining engineering team¹. Songtradr is eviscerating what used to be a strong, beloved service for musicians and listeners.

It is worth knowing that the list of people making these decisions is short² ³.

I am keeping notes about the people destroying the things I love, since I expect them to keep trying.

¹: https://www.reddit.com/r/BandCamp/comments/1uj68me/bandcamp_has_laid_off_most_engineers/ → https://bsky.app/profile/grmnygrmny.bandcamp.com/post/3mpgvo7l2v22t , 2026-06-29

²: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/songtradr/profiles_and_contacts

³: https://www.billboard.com/business/business-news/songtradr-alex-rigopulos-priyanka-khimani-board-directors-1235711052/

2026-07-01 02:36:47

tom jennings

tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org

@gnomon

"The plan, Wiltshire said at the time, was to “introduce the opportunity of licensing” to Bandcamp artists who are interested in seeding their music to various brands and platforms."

The opportunity of eventual mandatory licensing to the corp, likely....

2026-07-01 15:23:32

*_jߍyrope

jrp@hub.kliklak.net

@Ben Zanin This was foreseeable. Songtradr are sharks -and the reason why I've moved the majority of my music already to https://mirlo.space/earheads @mirlo.space