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Everybody Wants Options
From time to time, we get emails from kind folks alerting us to one music download service or another, imploring us to make our music available at their preferred digital storefront. The notes are always positive, but sometimes the services suggested just aren’t worth the time it takes to upload the masters to yet another online retailer.
That said, Bandcamp is an example of a service suggested to us that we feel is done right. You can download albums or individual tracks, plus there are tons of choices when it comes to file formats and bit rates, and pricing options are fantastic. Also, full previews let you scrub the whole track prior to purchase rather than an arbitrary 30 second sample. Easy to share widgets and ‘share’ embeds are also a nice touch.
Another nice feature is the ability to generate discount codes, which we thought would be fun to try. So, in honor of this expansion, we’ll be offering a short promotional discount code valid until tomorrow (Sat. Oct. 22) at 5:00 pm US Pacific Time, on all the music we currently have up on our Bandcamp page.
Enter the code “camper” at the checkout and get everything 50% off.
Thanks to all who’ve already downloaded, we appreciate it. And as always, if you have any questions concerning licensing for sync rights to use our audio in your project, please contact us directly via email.
Got me a radio, Ain’t got no speakers.
Springfield, TN
Right Back Where We Started From or: Thanks California
It never fails.
We always seem to come out on top when it comes to “meeting great folks”. SF and LA were great to us last week. Well, SF was a bit warm for my internal nw-native thermostat, but LA was darn near perfect with awesome meet-ups to match.
Through the years, I’ve noticed that there seems to be a fairly consistent and direct correlation between the quality of the individuals we’re fortunate to meet in person and those that take the time to respond to the actual requests to meet up. Now, we could get into a whole correlation vs. causation thing, but we’d rather just put on the blinders, not take it too seriously, and believe that the universe has some sort of cosmic filter that automatically sorts out the wheat from the chaff. There has to be, since everywhere we go we find that everyone who’s able to get together is awesome. That’s a fact. And, we’re wise enough to know that the world isn’t 100% populated with winners, so those may just be the folks we miss or don’t hear back from. It’s the unseen, yet all seeing, omnipresent coffee filter holding back the grounds. Or if not, it’s fun anecdotally to think of in that way.
Great studio meet ups, meals, coffees, and beers all made for a fun trip. Though, just meeting in person, face to face, is reward unto itself. Phone calls and written correspondence only go so far. Sharing stories in the same space, learning about other people’s work with inflection only perceivable when in proximity, and laughing hard enough to squeeze out a tear are like health food for the soul…Difficult to grow on your own, sometimes hard to find, but you always feel better for having been fortunate to sample.
An honest and sincere thanks to those that offered up countless hours from their busy days. Truly appreciated, and we’re always happy to return the favor anytime you all find yourselves up North in our small piece of the world.
-Daniel
Hello LA
I beat feet out of SF this afternoon and am now in LA enjoying the simple pleasure of a/c on high with the fan on low. I, Daniel, will be here until Friday meeting up with folks new and old while a guest in el ciudad de Los Angeles.
If you’re here while I’m here and would like to meet up, then tweet or DM me @impactist or send an email and we’ll see what’s up.
Time to hit up a favorite for dinner. Shhh, it’s a secret!
-Daniel
