By José Gandue @Gandour
I don't know if you've noticed, but Our favorite digital music platform is Bandcamp. An online music store open to all artists worldwide, where the relationship between the musician and the company is direct, and where anyone who wants to access affiliates' songs can do so. without the need for subscriptions or advertising space. Whenever we review an album or individual recording and know it's on Bandcamp, we don't hesitate to grab its code, paste it into our updates, and showcase the work of the featured musicians on our page that way. This way, no one has to go through the hassle of listening to the material, and anyone can easily purchase the featured albums for a low cost. The deal between the bands and the platform is fair and clear. We have every reason to appreciate the work and effort put in by this US-based company since 2008. And now, at a time when a would-be tyrant is demonstrating a racist and xenophobic exercise of power, we have even more reason to support their work.
Ethan Diamond, founder and director of Bandcamp, He has addressed both colleagues and outsiders to express the rejection by all the workers of his company of the measures taken by Donald J. Trump and his government to close borders against the people of seven countries (Syria, Iran, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia, Iraq and Libya) and the desire to build a wall on the border with Mexico. Diamond, in a letter addressed to the international community, warns that «Like the 98% of American citizens (including the President), I am a descendant of immigrants. He goes on to say that «In this context, last week's Executive Order banning immigrants and refugees from seven Middle Eastern countries from entering the United States is not merely immoral, but violates the very spirit and foundation of the republic. His speech rounds off the idea by saying that «It is an unequivocal moral error, a cynical attempt to sow division among the American people, and is in direct opposition to the principles of a country where the principle of religious freedom is written directly into the Constitution. This is not who we are, and it is not what we believe in. We at Bandcamp wholeheartedly oppose the ban and extend our support to those whose lives have been harmed.
For all these reasons, Bandcamp, our favorite online store, during All day this Friday, February 3 (starting at 12:01 p.m. Pacific Time), for any purchase you make there, He will be donating 100% of his commission to the American Civil Liberties Union., «"who is working tirelessly p"to combat these discriminatory and unconstitutional actions.".
Many of his favorite independent bands from across the continent, and much of the music being produced in the world right now, It is available for purchase for a limited time at www.bandcamp.com. It's just a matter of going to the site and starting to investigate, knowing, moreover, that this Friday, you can contribute to a good cause., which is not exclusively North American, but belongs to the entire world. Or, as Diamond says at the end of his letter, «We hope that, by listening to these albums, you will not only discover great new artists, but also gain a greater appreciation and understanding of how music transcends all borders, remembering that, even in the darkest of times, there is life.There are more things that unite us than things that can divide us.
