I think the most interesting thing to watch is how the culture of the two organizations meld and affect the evolution of Bandcamp. Songtradr has a B2B product line and growth-based aspirations, whereas Bandcamp has a B2C product line and mission-based aspirations. Without a strong, vocal leader at the helm of Bandcamp, its culture will be worn down over time to fit within Songtradr’s empire building goals.
It is certainly true that Songtradr could mess this up and generally impact Bandcamp negatively... but it's also possible that it might leave Bandcamp to do its thing, recognising that it is a solid platform with a great community.
I think that's my point really; yes, it absolutely could go south from here, but at this point there's no concrete evidence to suggest that's going to happen.
Obviously I share your view that ideally Bandcamp will have a strong leadership team and will be given the opportunity to flourish, but again, let's see. I just wish the narrative might shift from an "OMG it's going to die!" kind of mania to something a little more pragmatic. And again, I have no sentiment on Songtradr so it's eminently possible that it might screw this up completely, but let's at least give it the benefit of the doubt first.
I think the most interesting thing to watch is how the culture of the two organizations meld and affect the evolution of Bandcamp. Songtradr has a B2B product line and growth-based aspirations, whereas Bandcamp has a B2C product line and mission-based aspirations. Without a strong, vocal leader at the helm of Bandcamp, its culture will be worn down over time to fit within Songtradr’s empire building goals.
It is certainly true that Songtradr could mess this up and generally impact Bandcamp negatively... but it's also possible that it might leave Bandcamp to do its thing, recognising that it is a solid platform with a great community.
I think that's my point really; yes, it absolutely could go south from here, but at this point there's no concrete evidence to suggest that's going to happen.
Obviously I share your view that ideally Bandcamp will have a strong leadership team and will be given the opportunity to flourish, but again, let's see. I just wish the narrative might shift from an "OMG it's going to die!" kind of mania to something a little more pragmatic. And again, I have no sentiment on Songtradr so it's eminently possible that it might screw this up completely, but let's at least give it the benefit of the doubt first.