Focusing on what YOU can control...
Oct 21, 2023
If you haven't seen the news, Bandcamp is going through yet another change of ownership, and a lot of artists are responding with fear and anger.
While nothing has actually changed with Bandcamp as a platform at this point, I can certainly understand those sentiments as a lover of Bandcamp both as an artists and a fan. However, in my experience, fear and anger usually arise from feelings of hopelessness and lack of control. We see it in seemingly every aspect of life today, and if you spend too much time on Twitter (X?) or watching the news, it's easy to get sucked into that swirl of depression.
That's why I'm going to leave the "old man shouts at cloud" energy for others to handle in this particular situation.
I'd rather look at ways we can take ownership of our own future and not have to live in fear that we'll be blindsided by the potential loss of a platform we've come to rely on.
This week's video addresses how we can move forward, regardless of what happens, and continue to reach the people who care about what we do as artists.
P.S. Oh, and if you don't believe me about people responding with fear/anger, just take a scroll through the comments.
"Don't be overheard complaining...not even to yourself."
- Marcus Aurelius
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