Notices by Dan Kletter 🥑 (soundclamp@mastodon.xyz)

@erik @platenworm It’s weird that “Freezedgrume” is missing, but it’s replaced with a previously unreleased piece, so it feels like you kinda have to get both to be complete! 😂😭

Second volume of the “Parks” book series, is a brand new collection of over 300 United States National Park maps and brochures documented by photographer Brian Kelley. Available via #StandardsManual now. https://standardsmanual.com/products/parks-2

#NowPlaying “First Utterance” (1971) by #Comus, a British folk/prog rock band, was in the #NWWList, and later in 1997 #Current93 did a super dark cover version of ‘Diana’, which seemed to supercharge interest in the band all over again. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mUNzulfrFcvCxz5EPN9wCrILZTXP39wbc

My eyesight isn’t what it used to be. Alt-Text is really valuable to me. Especially when you provide a little extra context to the image. You don’t have to write a Megillah. Write like you’re trying to explain a something to a friend over the phone.
https://toot.community/@thesweetcheat/113062077642432772

@GossiTheDog @zbender Sounds like you’re saying small companies are just now finding out about the breach? https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/01/25/midnight-blizzard-guidance-for-responders-on-nation-state-attack/

#Upcoming Originally released in 1986, “TGCD1” is a long collage of studio recordings by from 1976, foreshadowing the live #ThrobbingGristle experience. Available again on CD after 25 years, and vinyl for the very first time via #MuteRecords, August 23rd. https://throbbinggristle.bandcamp.com/album/tgcd1

#Upcoming Originally released in 2004 as two separate versions contrasting his sonic spectrum — one Soft, the other Violent — “Black Blues” is one of #KeijiHaino’s most provocative recordings for improvised guitar and voice. Available via #Room40, August 2nd. https://room40.bandcamp.com/album/black-blues

@splorp Do you know someone in Canada with a working PAL D-1 video tape machine? https://poly.cybre.city/objects/c76d4ce8-b6cc-4934-af43-3f4c925f045f

@splorp Thanks. I just noticed that, too. Maybe I copied the link wrong? Cc @Polychrome

Good afternoon! I know there’s a lot going on in the world right now, but today is a great day to sign this petition (if you haven’t already done so) in support of #Bandcamp, and especially the employees who make it great. Ask SongTradr to recognize @bandcampunited so that we can feel confident Bandcamp will continue to be great for artists and fans. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/songtradr-recognize-bandcamp-united

#ListeningClub Okay, is this the part where the strobe lights are going off and our hero is cleaning up the entire house and mowing the lawn in 5 minutes before his parents get back?

@pettter I know what you mean, but let’s remember that before the internet musicians used to do mail order all the time.

Been thinking about the #Bandcamp news… Before they existed I bought music directly from record labels or mailorder like Midhaven/Revolver, Soleilmoon, Forced Exposure, Bleep, Boomkat, Fusetron, etc. That isn’t going to change. What makes Bandcamp special is connecting with artists, getting exposed to new music from curated editorial, or by idly checking out hashtags or what other people have in their collections. I’ve found communities here and elsewhere which fill that need quite well.

And yeah, getting a digital download in my preferred format with each purchase is a nice perk. If #Bandcamp becomes shitty, it’s going to hurt individual artists the most because who has the time, resources, or ability to run their own server? It’s hard enough to make a living and Bandcamp seems to have made the hustle a little less difficult.

I didn’t really understand why Epic Games acquired #Bandcamp in the first place. I’m a bad armchair economist, but Fortnite has generated like a LOT of revenue over the years, inflation notwithstanding. Doesn’t seem like payroll is the problem? Also, am I the only person who had never heard of SongTradr before this?

The conspiracy theories are… interesting: #Bandcamp was just a pawn in Epic’s ongoing lawsuit against Apple’s App Store pricing, inflation has hurt sales, the Chinese economy is on a downturn, Tencent (which owns a minority stake) called in a favor because Bandcamp employees unionized. I’m curious, but we won’t really know the details until journalists dig in.

This is a half-baked idea, but wouldn’t it be nice if #Bandcamp licensed standalone software (or maybe there’s an open source project already?) which allowed artists and labels to sell their music through their own websites without needing to know a lot about coding? Been thinking about it for a while, but this thread from @pluralistic drives the point home. https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/111183068362793821

@litherland I might be wrong, but it seems like “hard to join” is more of a shorthand for saying “it’s hard to rebuild or even just build a network of friends once here”. I’ve noticed it with certain people I used to be mutuals. They struggled to adapt when their old ways of reaching an audience didn’t work, or they got hall monitored, or worse harassed, and they just gave up. That lack of universal welcoming and stickiness is a legitimate problem.

@Sveinbjorn @litherland Recommend following @feditips it’s a great way to get started. I have found likeminded music and vinyl enthusiasts, but I’m on the fence about joining a specific instance since my tastes are broad, y’know?

Hitman: Who am I killing?

Dog: Ever heard of a guy named Pavlov?

Hitman: Rings a bell.

Dog: *narrows eyes* That's right.