Bandcamp has added free Listening Parties, allowing your artists to market releases and celebrate milestones in an exciting new way.
A scheduling tool sets up the party, then at showtime, the album plays once from start to finish and features the full tracklist and liner notes. There’s a live chat for Q&A, and fans can pre-order or purchase the album and any merchandise directly from the Listening Party.
This community driven approach to releases and milestone celebration stays true to Bandcamps grassroots ethos, whilst becoming more accessible than ever.Listening Parties are free to host and attend and are listed on the homepage or the Bandcamp Live schedule page.
Why Should YOU Care?
Bandcamp has long been a great tool to help market and release music for independent musicians. With this new listening party feature pulling down the pay wall that is up for the majority of the Bandcamp site, it may create more opportunity to grow hype around your artists releases.