Setting up Bandcamp with multiple aliases

[aymat]

@​samuraitracks

Hi Val, I have some info for you about setting up your Bandcamp account with multiple aliases. It's pretty straight forward and they have it built in to their system:

First, you want to go through the artist menu where you can select "add more artists," and those artists or "aliases" get added to the artists pane on your settings page. Here you can switch between each alias page, profile, tools, and stats pages. So basically one main artist login that handles multiple alias bc pages, each with their own name/identity. It's not necessary to create a new account for each alias, although some people prefer separate accounts / logins for cleaner separation. For me, I just use one main account to handle my aymat and latent forms pages. Either works, it's a matter of taste.

For connecting your aliases to Latent Forms, there's nothing you need to do. I do that through the Latent Forms label page that hosts the release, and your alias gets credit/link-back in the release notes. and you handle the split manually on the back end.

One practical note, I think its easier to set up separate aliases under one account, and have them all tied to the same PayPal account (its just simpler to manage and for bookkeeping). You do have to set up either a Paypal or Stripe account with Bandcamp for transferring funds from purchases, so if you don't have one you'll need to set one up first. Let me know if you need any help with any of this and we can schedule a quick call.

Let me know as soon as you have the Bandcamp page set up so I can start organizing the release - J

[Laszlow]

I've been trying to do this for the last 30 minutes... it seems I can't There's no "add more artists" nor artist menu. I even checked the help and documentation pages but nothing.

It's ok though. I set up this one:

https://houseofforgottentapes.bandcamp.com/

and we can just change "ARTIST NAME" on each release when needed. Less hassle as well. Maybe I need the pro feature? No idea, but I've tried every setting page or dropdown menu lol. Again, not a big deal, since I just remembered while doing it that we can use a custom artist name on each release

[aymat]

@​samuraitracks 

Ah sorry man, for some reason I remembered it as "add more artists", its actually called "Connected Accounts". So if you go to Settings, Connected Accounts, thats where you can add additional accounts.

[Laszlow]

Music | Laszlow

(ftlaszlow.bandcamp.com)

Got it! Here's Laszlow

I looked for that option EVERYWHERE... I swear to God. Maybe I had to verify my email first or something? Anyway, just checked and did it... thanks a lot!

[aymat]

@​samuraitracks Awesome man!

Val, one last thing... I was trying to find the link too your Youtube and I can not find in my email. Can you send me the link again? 

Btw, I'm prepping everything for the release today and I'll send everything to you by this afternoon so we can officially launch it tomorrow! I'm so excited for you man, will be in touch shortly! -J

[Laszlow]

Hi Aymat,

great, thanks. This is the YouTube. Honestly though, I wouldn't even link it since you're already linking the Bandcamp and the label anyway. But you know better than me! So here's the link https://www.youtube.com/@forgottentapesmusic/videos