Rolling Stone Profiles Bandcamp Co-founder Ethan Diamond
From Rolling Stone’s recent profile of Ethan Diamond, co-founder of Bandcamp (aka, my favorite music service):
In the era of plummeting revenue from actual recorded music, Diamond’s service has evolved into the information-age equivalent of your favorite indie record shop, a place where hundreds of thousands of artists and around 6,000 labels sell music and merch directly to fans.
There are things I wish Bandcamp would do differently — like, ahem, offer playlist functionality — but I also agree with the quote that kicks off the profile: I really don’t want them to screw it up.
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