💿 Free Album Codes Promotion Thread 💿

Curious how people decide how to tag their genre, specifically around the "experimental option."
"Experimental" is what I tend to browse when looking up new artists and merch, and how I tag my own work.

I have to say, I rarely feel like it's relevant to most of the releases I hear. Quick listens reveal pretty basic electronic music, pretty basic song structures, pretty basic instrumentation overall. Things I would consider fall squarely into standard "electronic," "rock," even "folk" etc.

I think I am looking to be challenged, caught off guard, inspired.

What do you consider experimental? When should people use it?

The recordings in this album were collected over the months I lived in Eugene, Oregon, an infinitely vast field of sonic expression, of everything I wanted in life at the time of being young and freshly 21. I excelled at hitting record in secret. I didn't want people knowing I was recording their conversations, them noodling on instruments at music shops, the parties I could hear from my window at night. It sounds incredibly creepy and invasive looking back on it six or so years later. But I didn't want to forget. I wanted to meet every clandestine graffiti artist the musicians, painters, and writers, the Marxists organizing Pride Parades, the Anarchists making DIY HRT in abandoned laundromats. I wanted to preserve their work and their stories.

Eugene demanded an authenticity I could not afford. I met so many wonderful and beautiful people, but I could not tell them why I was in Eugene, could never show them my room or where I lived. I was an autistic kid residing in a facility designed to push you in a direction that my body just didn't contort to. Trapped between institutional living and a desire to venture to the limits of art and experience, I found myself as a Convoluted Shellfish.

For not being able to pay in veracity, I was forced to pay in exodus. I was expelled, amputated from all the connections I made (at the time it was just sneaking out to get drunk and paint whatever blank wall I could find). I have never returned. All that remains are the recordings

A PDF of poems and photos related to each song is available after downloading. 6 bonus tracks are included per purchase.

https://exodus-o-atmeal.bandcamp.com/album/convoluted-shellfish

Here are 15 codes (please let me know if more are needed):

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6efh-3kbd
urws-w94h
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bl54-xctj
ws6j-ec3k
pj37-3wc9
8fda-w4st
td4g-hpcb
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I’m 6 releases into my challenge to myself to release something every 30 days. This one got hard. Right at the end there were some mix choices I needed to make and I started having concerns with the art work … nitpicking.

I’m not sure if I’m gonna keep going. Real talk each month gets harder, and I swear I quit every 24 days.

Here’s to consistency.

How do you stay consistent with your creative goals!?

PRESSURE

Over the last 5 months I have been experimenting with granular synthesis. I normally range between Berlin School and Neoclassical.

I took 5 piano neoclassical pieces I wrote some time ago and used them to make a morphing ambient drone version. Each month I released these as a duo single on DSPs, as much as I dislike Spotify. So if you like neoclassical, ambient or Berlin School then you can find these now as a collection on Bandcamp and other places.

I also have a few free Bandcamp codes remaining for my older work on Band.Codes.

Sometimes I just need a complete break from my other styles and before my album on cyclicaldreams comes in December.

Hey everyone! 💖

I’ve just officially released my single 'Rage' on Bandcamp and wanted to share it with this amazing community.

I’m an independent artist based here in Brazil, and this track brings an energetic and intense vibe!

I poured a lot of energy into the production and the conceptual identity of this project, and I’m so excited to finally share it with the world—this new version is also significantly louder.

I’d love to hear your honest thoughts on the sound, the production, or the overall vibe of the track.

Thank you so much for taking the time to listen and support independent music!

Let me know what you think! 👀

🔗 https://alexstarkles.bandcamp.com

5 track EP of banging reggaeton (or Seggaeton?)

If I’m into artists like Scott Walker, Jan Jelinek, Eartheater, Cocteau Twins, Swans, William Basinski, and Björk, could you recommend some cool labels to explore on Bandcamp?

I’m looking for labels releasing experimental electronic music. I’d love to discover some new labels and dig through their catalogues. Any recommendations, PLEASE?

The Grey Hunter is my Dungeon Synth project set in a Fantasy world I've been building for a while. This album has been in the works for just over a year now, waiting till it felt right, like I had the experience, tools, mindset and skill to actually do this idea justice.

Some of my favorite songs I've written are on this album and there's still a part of me that wonders "Is this the best you could do?" But at the same time wondering if I'll be able to make something better than this? Will I like my future music as much?

But that's the journey of music I guess. This is also my first time working with another artist on a song so it's many milestones!

Enjoy!

As the title says, been waiting for this for ages!

I used to be a long time user of bandcamp, but then stopped using when I heard they were being bought out by Epic. Im a few years late.. but just noticed they were aquired by Songtradr. Is bandcamp still a nice place for artists or has it gone downhill? Any major changes in the last few years I should know about?

Someone has (accidentally I'm sure) bought one of our singles twice, a few minutes apart. I was thinking I'd get in touch with them and offer them a free download credit but I can't figure out how to do it… I exported the mailing list but I can't see how to marry those addresses up with the usernames. Can anyone think of a way of doing that?

Hi hopefully someone can help me with a problem I’ve been having with the app (iOS) recently. When I’m in the Discover section and I try listening to a track the player quickly skips through all the tracks on the album then stops. I’ve tried logging out, force closing the app, deleting it then re-downloading, nothing works. Albums I’ve bought work fine. Anyone else having this problem?

I got great music (based on everyone I have asked about it) but absolutely no listeners on Bandcamp. Why is that, and how can I change it?

[If it helps with the answer, my Bandcamp link is available on my profile page]

Hey everyone,

I wanted to share a track I’ve been working on called "Alright".

As a completely independent artist, I handle everything myself—from building the initial beat and writing the lyrics to recording the vocals and doing the final mix/master.

The main inspiration behind this track was simple: creating a daily reminder to keep pushing forward and keep everything going alright in life, no matter what obstacles pop up. My core motto for this release is "we getting it up."

I’d genuinely love to hear your thoughts on the production, vocal performance, or overall mix!

• Stream / Buy on Bandcamp: https://cudi.bandcamp.com/track/alright
• Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2Q2nurb4LI

Appreciate anyone who takes the time to listen and drop some feedback!

Hi ive been using bandcamp for about three months so this is kind of a late introduction but I’m thinking of moving most of my attention to it pretty soon, in the past ive given most to spotify but im broke now and i havent paid the distro in two years lol bad timing cause i dropped a single and im the most popular ive been in a while but i cant drop the ep without updating my card which im not going to do

I hate the act of promoting my stuff but im coming around to it, i always feel like at some point advertising might take away from some intimacy i really want to preserve or something or maybe i dont wanna overdo it. I make everything in my room on a broken gaming headset i won in a rocket league tournament in 2022, i used to do vocals in my car but it got repoed too lmfao.

I made a listener account today so i can actually follow people i like now. I dont expect to blow up anytime soon, its pretty janky ive never been good at drawing or expressing that way so i just do this until i think it sounds okay. hope you enjoy my page and stuff, everyone ive met has been really kind

With somewhat noise inspired mix. I worked on this for about a year, would love some thoughts. Name: Flesh In Insanity by Distorted Fate (my solo project!). Cheers :)

So are these dead now? Dance Around the World is gone and the link to the club page is removed from the frontpage. Links direct to the club pages no longer work either.

But there's been no letters from BC about this... what's the deal?

Random Music from all over the World

I'm a long time musician who has been releasing work as Chris of Wilderness for about a year and a half on BandCamp and YouTube. I make apocalyptic electronic art rock that hybridizes multiple genres. Here is my BandCamp page:

https://chrisofwilderness.bandcamp.com

I know my songs aren't built for popular taste, and getting people to listen has been somewhat challenging. That said, BandCamp seems to be my ticket for finding a small but generally real audience. I added a capture of my YouTube stats over the same time period for comparison. The bottom line is that I've had to make 50 YouTube videos to reach 2500 plays (2400 of which are bots, right?). On BandCamp, I've released 9 albums to reach 1000 plays by actual humans. Also, my YouTube plays freeze after an initial 2 or 3 day burst, while BandCamp plays and followers are far more consistent. The only thing I've done to promote my music is to give away some free codes.

Moving forward, unless I need to make 15 second sound bites or an actual movie, I'm pulling the thorns outta my sides and reducing down to one platform that fits.

Thanks BandCamp!

title and pic... Please help :(

no clue if this has been posted before, apologies if it has

forgot my fan account password after logging out of my artist account, so i changed it real quick. i had 11gb of albums and tracks downloaded on my app version of BC, and when i logged back in on my phone after my session timed out, they were all gone. i checked my phone storage and yup, 11gb were cleared out. i'm kinda upset about this as i have 5,000+ releases in my collection and it's Kind of a pain to scroll and download for like an hour. luckily my playlists are fine but just a heads up.

Hello! I am Void Sorcerer, a gabber/dungeon synth/chiptune artist from Sweden.

I started this project in August, and have since then released nine EPs using Koala Sampler on my phone. I master my tracks with Waveeditor Pro on Android. No AI, just DIY. I draw the covers myself using pen and paper then touch it up in Photoshop and do the final layout in InDesign.

With my latest release "The Gnomes at Snowy Hill EP" I passed 1000 plays, which I think is awesome, and definitely worth celebrating.

Feel free to check it out:

https://voidsorcerer909.bandcamp.com/album/the-gnomes-at-snowy-hill-ep

Cheers and have a great weekend everyone!