Music is quite nice I think, and I enjoy listening to it very much. However I must admit I didn’t actually start to support artists directly until I discovered Bandcamp.
Everything started when I got a great little videogame known as Hades for the Nintendo Switch. It came with a neat surprise, a code to redeem the official soundtrack on Bandcamp. Since I love to get stuff for free, creating an account there was worth it, and I ended up finding a whole new world…
Since then, I’ve decided to support creators there whenever I can, I won’t deny I still get some music from other sources, but if I can find it on Bandcamp, I will often get it from there— though sometimes Steam or GOG have the soundtrack for much cheaper. If I like the artist a lot I actually don’t mind to pay the extra, especially when they get a bigger cut when acquiring music from there.
My first purchase ever was the whole soundtrack of 1000xRESIST, because it’s some of the best music ever, and right after that? Well, the score for Hollow Knight and Silksong of course, because they’re some of the best music ever.
One of my favorite finds also has to be Natsu Summer. I love City Pop, and I love what Ryusenkei has done—Tokyo Sniper is such wonderful album—and when I saw these albums on Bandcamp I simply had to get them. I’ve struggled to find other original City Pop artists on the platform—I don’t really care about the remixes that mess with the tempo and such—so, if you know artists that make original music with that style, definitely let me know.
Now that Bandcamp Friday is upon us, I thought I’d share some of the stuff I plan to buy right after I publish this blog!
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Fixer’s Song [darkmode] EP by sunsetvisitor - This song from the original game was remixed for the release trailer for other consoles (it was on Switch and PC only at first) and I think it is amazing! However, please play the game itself. I am begging you. - It’s on sale on Steam right now…
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Q-UP OST by kariomart - Probably my most random pick, this is a videogame soundtrack for a game I haven’t even played, but I have heard so much praise for it from Brendon Bigley that I was very interested. I checked out a couple songs and yep, it’s amazing, buying. It feels like elevator music but hyped up to the extreme and I love it.
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Into The Breach Soundtrack by Ben Prunty - This is from a game I really like, although I really have to return to it one of these days. Still, the soundtrack is pretty chill and it makes for great background music while focusing on work or writing blogposts like this one!
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Chrono Trigger and Super Metroid by dracula9antichapel - This artist has many other arranged tracks from old games I love, and I really enjoy them. I may snatch up the rest of them as they are free to get, but I’ll definitely send a couple bucks. These are from 2017 or so. I have to admit, I feel iffy about modern remixes because it could be made with AI. I highly appreciate the work put into these arrangements and I’ll be happy if you know real artists doing stuff like this nowadays as well.
Feel free to check my Bandcamp profile, if you want to see some other stuff I bought before. I gotta reiterate about my request for more City Pop style music! If you know some artists who sell their work on Bandcamp (or in other sites that offer DRM-free music), I’d be happy to check them out!
This is day 29 of #100DaysToOffload
