[motohagiography]

I chose bandcamp over soundcloud because I don't have face tattoos, but that kind of judginess really just covers for risk aversion and perfectionistic failure chasing. I may switch based on the rationale that a product is only as good as it needs to be and crapiness that persists can be a leading indicator of growth. While bandcamp is earnest and comfortable for the kind of stuff I do (just a place to share with friends), it may be a bit too cool for school if I actually ended up producing something people want.

Soundcloud really looked like they were growing faster than their ability to handle it. Thinking it may actually be the smarter play.

[dyeje]

They are entirely different products. Bandcamp is a digital storefront and SoundCloud is audio social media.

On a related note, their business models are completely different. Bandcamp is bootstrapped and profitable, while SoundCloud is dependent on investment money and almost went bankrupt a few years ago.

[motohagiography]

> They are entirely different products.

Well, if you have to say it...

Was going through both of them again, and curation-wise, they're both landfills. At least on bandcamp I can search for genre/city, but for say, electronic music, you have to sift through stuff that is literally disgusting to find the gems. It's when they mix things that aren't meant to be mixed, they create that kind of dread. Good for bandcamp being profitable though, that's very good news. I'm probably just not their target market.

[goblin89]

Bandcamp is a way to enable your existing fans to support you. They don’t really have the popularity contest or “discovery mechanisms” over there.

Soundcloud is a radio and Bandcamp is a CD shop, if you like a retro metaphor. One is Instagram, the other is Shopify. Apples and oranges. Find new fans through Soundcloud and Spotify, sell your work through Bandcamp.