Quad Cities Bands Get 100% of Profit From Bandcamp on Friday
The return of live music is inching it's way back this weekend in the Quad Cities. If you check your events on the Facebook, you'll see bands and venues are populating shows.
But if you're still looking for an online way to support QC musicians...this Friday, Bandcamp is waiving all fees to help out artists. According to TechCrunch.com, March 20th raked in an impressive $4.3 million for musicians....which is the biggest numbers they've ever seen at Bandcamp.
"The earnings from music and merchandise amounted to 15x Bandcamp’s normal haul for a 24-hour period, with 11 items being sold per second."
On the first Friday of this month, June 5 and next month, July 3 you can help your neighbors by purchasing from their albums or singles online. Some of them have prices in place while others have a "name your price" option. Either way...100% of the proceeds will go directly to the band on these days specifically.
So, if you're itching to get out & support local musicians...you have that opportunity. If you want to be tentative about public spaces...this is a perfect way to help out those that need it.
Here's a short list below of some of the local bands that will get some extra love from bandcamp. In face, they typically collects 15% of sales from digital music and 10% from physical goods and for these days specifically, they'll give that money directly to the artist.
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