Most new music industry services send a press release when they add an important new feature, while others send an announcement every time they change the color of their home page. But Bandcamp - which offers a suite of tools for selling and giving away music online - seems to prefer to slide their improvements in with only a blog mention to mark their arrival. Maybe its because when you're giving your service away free you don't have time or money for PR, but whatever the reason for their stealth approach, here is the latest trio of Bandcamp upgrades:
1. Soundscan - U.S., Canadian and international sales are now reported every Monday.
2. Bonus Content - PDF booklets, videos, alternate art...if it's digital you can probably now include it in the album’s zip file.
3. Metadata is added almost automatically. This feature may not even be that new but appears to have gotten an upgrade. As they explain it, "As you add information to your site, we automatically attach that data to the underlying tracks, so that when your fans download and import them into iTunes or anywhere else, they come with their title, artist, album, track number, release date, and artwork intact." They we also included lyrics, track-level art, higher-res art in general, and support international characters. Here's a video of how it works:
