Wud Records: the cost of downloading our music

The cost of downloading our music from Bandcamp will be increasing during January. This is due to inflation, which affects both increased running costs and the value of music in general.

As a rule of thumb, a €7 album will be increasing to €9, and a €1 track will be increasing to €1.50.

We know that nobody enjoys price rises, especially in the current climate. We also believe that recorded music still has real value — not just as entertainment, but as culture, history, and human expression.

Every release on Wud Records represents hours, weeks, and sometimes years of writing, collaborating, recording, mixing, mastering, publishing and artwork. This is usually done by one member of our team or another, working independently in bedrooms, living rooms, offices and small studios. We don’t use any big commercial facilities.

Bandcamp remains one of the few platforms where artists and labels are treated fairly. Listeners can genuinely support the people who make the music they love on Bandcamp.

A larger share of each Bandcamp sale goes directly to the artists, and to keeping this label alive and active. This in turn encourages and enables us to continue releasing legacy recordings, new material, and experimental projects that would otherwise never see the light of day. And that’s not to even mention our Archives, a collection of bands we have known and loved over the years that the world needs to hear and love as much as we do.

If you have been thinking about picking up an album or a single from one of our artists on Bandcamp, or even our entire discography, now is a good moment to do so before the new prices start to take effect. Everything purchased before the changes will remain yours, downloaded and in your Bandcamp collection, in full quality, forever. Of course, it will afterwards as well.

We are not increaing the cost of downloading our music to chase profit. We need to make sure Wud Records can remain sustainable, independent, and creatively free. The alternative would be less time to make music, meaning fewer releases, fewer remasters, and fewer opportunities for overlooked or underground music to reach the audience it deserves.

Thank you, as always, for your continued support. Whether that is through buying music, sharing links, telling friends, or simply listening, we genuinely appreciate it all. Every download, every play, and every message helps more than you might realise.

We look forward to bringing you many more releases in the months and years ahead.

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