This is perhaps an incredibly
stupid question, but I'm going to take the risk and post / ask it anyway...
Why isn't there a New Model Army, Mr. Sullivan,
Ms. Denby, or Red Sky Coven presence of any kind,
up at Bandcamp.com?
Where's the harm or hurdle? All of them could sell their merchandise via Bandcamp.com as well as the official NMA online shop, and the other outlets carrying / selling respective merchandise, be it physical or digital in kind.
I think it might prove beneficial to NMA & co., be an additional positive step, considering. What do you think? How do you feel about the idea?
Bandcamp.com has special days called
Bandcamp Fridays, where once a month --- one would have to google it beforehand to be certain, though --- 100% of all sales goes directly to the bands and artists that have created the music. I believe having a few items listed there as well, might potentially invite / welcome new listeners, perhaps of a younger demographic as well, to check out NMA & co.'s work / back catalogue, buy product, etc.
There are a lot of already established independent bands / artists on Bandcamp.com as well as really obscure underground ones, from all sorts of musical genres. I'm a bit puzzled though, as to why NMA & co. haven't yet explored or looked into utilizing bandcamp.com to their advantage, to help them reach more people, sell official merchandise / product to, etc..
Bandcamp is really cool. You can buy single digital tracks, entire digital catalogues in one single go / transaction, physical merch such as brand-new CDs, LPs, cassettes, t-shirts, totes, etc. I'm assuming Bandcamp is quite possibly fairer to independent bands / artists than selling on places like Amazon, especially if core fans buy product on
Bandcamp Fridays -- a special date that takes place once a month, every month and always on a Friday. As previously mentioned, interested folk would have to google the correct
Bandcamp Friday date, particularly if they wish for the bands / artists to receive 100% of the profits of the sale(s).
I'm really sorry, I can't articulate for shit, embarrassed lol, but it genuinely does appear to be a decent platform... better than Spotify, Soundcloud, Amazon among others.Bandcamp is a terrific site to discover and explore new music / artists. You can search bands / artists by city or genre to discover material / music / etc.. You can conveniently, immediately, electronically, sendoff any purchased digital downloads as gifts to friends, etc. It's really convenient that way too.
If there is nothing for NMA & co. to lose, or no real, great risk involved, then please, consider giving bandcamp.com a try as an additional valuable outlet, means to reach a greater audience.
I would love to put in a vote / request for
NMA, Mr.
Sullivan, Ms.
Denby as well as
Red Sky Coven to please, please, please, look into using Bandcamp.com as a means to introduce your respective repertoires / music to a potentially new, music-loving crowd, group of individuals, audience.
Personally, in terms of discovering new material, I think it beats radio, spotify, youtube, by a long shot.
Ok, goes without saying, I continually failed English while at school and do apologize for not getting my words in quite right, and for repeating myself, rambling.Still, I do hope to see
NMA +
JS +
JD +
RSC pop up on Bandcamp.com at some point in the not-too-distant future. Where's the harm in it? Is there?
For folk not already familiar with Bandcamp.com, here's a bit more info and a link.
"How Bandcamp works
When a fan buys something on Bandcamp, an average of 82% of the money goes to the artist or their label — typically in 24-48 hours — and the remainder covers our revenue share and payment processor fees.
Since we only make money when artists make a lot more money, our interests remain aligned with those of our community. It’s a straightforward, artists-first approach, and one we’re happy to say works well. Fans have paid artists and their labels $1.01 billion using Bandcamp. In the past year alone, they’ve spent $188 million on 14.8 million digital albums, 8.0 million tracks, 1.8 million vinyl records, 850,000 CDs, 450,000 cassettes, and 150,000 t-shirts."
More about
Bandcamp here. 
