Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos by Epic Games and Band Camp
Music history is full of stories of indies going mainstream. Here’s the latest: The online music platform Bandcamp has been acquired by Epic Games, the company behind Fortnite. Bandcamp allows artists to sell music and merch and keep a high percentage of the profits — even 100 percent on Bandcamp Fridays, which the company began doing in the COVID-19 pandemic to support independent musicians. “Bandcamp will keep operating as a standalone marketplace and music community,” Ethan Diamond, co-founder and CEO, wrote in a statement on the acquisition. Diamond went on to say that Bandcamp will continue paying artists as it does and offering Bandcamp Fridays and that the…
