One thing I appreciate about Bandcamp Friday is that it encourages listeners to think about how or if their money gets to the musicians whose work they love. And it’s pretty inexcusable to pressure anybody to buy a cheap TV from a company whose profits will jack up the already obscene fortune of a billionaire who’s become the planet’s richest person on the backs of underpaid and overtaxed workers. That kind of push can feel fraught in the face of a pandemic that has killed more than a quarter million Americans, shuttered entire industries, and left millions on the brink of destitution, even when we’re talking about donations to unambiguously good causes. This “Bandcamp Friday” follows Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Giving Tuesday, all of them highly publicized drives to get people to part with their money. ![]() On Friday, Bandcamp will pass along its usual cut of sales to artists and labels for a 24-hour period-the ninth time it’s done so since March, when COVID-19 destroyed live music.
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