The Importance of Bandcamp Friday

What if buying music could really help your favorite artists?

Bandcamp Friday is the day when Bandcamp gives all sales money straight to the artists, without taking any fees.

Your support can help musicians pay bills, buy gear, and keep making music.

It goes directly from you to them.

Since it started, people all over the world have taken part. They buy music and merchandise, knowing that every dollar goes to the creators. It has become a special event each month.

Your help truly matters.

You can help artists do better in a world where every sale is important.

Think of an artist seeing support from their real fans online. Your purchase gives them hope, tools for their craft, and encouragement to keep making music.

Bandcamp Friday has already helped artists by sending millions straight to them. Musicians everywhere say it really helps.

Most artists do not earn enough from their music. Streaming gives them only a small amount of money, and selling music directly is tough.

Every time you listen to a song online, almost all the money goes to big companies, not to the musicians who make you feel something special. This is not fair to the people who create your favorite music.

Bandcamp Friday is different. On this one day each month, all the money you spend goes directly to the artist. You can make a real difference by supporting the music you love.

Artists work hard on their music.

On Bandcamp Friday, all the money you spend goes to help them create, live, and keep going strong.

Let’s join together to support music makers. On the first Friday of each month, your support means everything.

Bandcamp Friday is the day music fans come together to support the artists they care about.

We try to release something for everyone, and all of our digital music is Pay What You Want. This record label is run by the artists and the support goes directly to them. This label technically makes no money; hosting etc comes out of our pockets.

Here is a simple list of all of our releases with short descriptions and links:

megabyteGhost – instrumental industrial

End of An Error is megabyteGhost’s (first) “greatest hits” style release: https://megabyteghost.bandcamp.com/album/end-of-an-err

Dead Man’s Switch is mG’s only full length album (“LP”): https://megabyteghost.bandcamp.com/album/dead-mans-switch

Bio_Hax is an experiment in sound design. Fun but not really “music”.: https://megabyteghost.bandcamp.com/album/bio-hax

Read Us The Names Of The Book Of The Dead is mG’s first ever single, and is very different. It’s minimal and sets the stage for what would eventually become his side project The One And The Zero: https://megabyteghost.bandcamp.com/album/read-us-the-names-of-the-book-of-the-dead-single

The One And The Zero – leftfield dance music

Freezer Meat is the first and so far only release from The One And The Zero, but there are more in the works. This EP comes with 2 remixes and an extended version: https://megabyteghost.bandcamp.com/album/freezer-meat-ep

beatMage – instrumental hip hop, plunderphonics, sampledelica

my little brother turned 30 and graduated this year is the latest single from beatMage and has remixes in the works: https://beatmage.bandcamp.com/track/my-little-brother-turned-30-and-graduated-this-year

A Day At The Carnival With The Beat Mage is the first full album from beatMage and is pretty fun. It is our most popular release on streaming platforms: https://megabyteghost.bandcamp.com/album/a-day-at-the-carnival-with-the-beat-mage

A Night At The Carnival With The Beat Mage is the follow up to A Day At The… with 1:1 remixes of each track, by various artists both on and off of Approaching Utopia: https://beatmage.bandcamp.com/album/a-night-at-the-carnival-with-the-beat-mage

Prefecture Audio – dark ambient music

I: Beach is the first release from Prefecture Audio. It’s mostly dark ambient and drones but there’s some lighter stuff in there, too: https://prefectureaudio.bandcamp.com/album/prefecture-audio-i-beach

II: Swamp is the second release from Prefecture Audio and is darker and at times, harsher than Beach was: https://megabyteghost.bandcamp.com/album/prefecture-audio-ii-swamp

We hope you find something you like.

Our artists have the goal of making a living from their music. Every dollar counts!