in her caption she says she went full out Estonian on it
Ok just please, please don’t email bandcamp with suggestions. My wife works in support there.
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I think this is a very english native speaking centric view on the name. I am german. It sounds like a good name for an Internet music service to us . Much better than „Wicks“… 
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I don’t think it is more than that and it doesn’t need to be.
The internet needs a bandcamp.
Camp is also a name given to supporters of some sort of collective idea/political viewpoint/etc. You could also think of it in military terms, where each side is a “camp”.
So in this case, the company name explicitly tells us that they’re foremost placing themselves on the side of bands (rather than record labels etc).
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agree with the sentiments but the culture or ‘kids music camp’ is so strong all over the world that I just think the sentiment that you speak of isn’t the first tier sentiment, I think it comes after you break it down…
I wonder if it’s the Name that keeps Bandcamp as the second tier on the majority of artist introductions at least that I’ve heard from for example… when someone introduces you to their band camp hasn’t it been more so than not the second part of the intro, like they will say something like " here’s my website, and I’ve got a band camp, or here’s my Soundcloud and I’ve got a band camp, etc…?
I rarely hear someone lead with here’s my Bandcamp, and this is my ‘other thing’…
too much thinking.
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Remember when the first iPad was announced? 
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Go back to your first post. Read what you said there. Then read that quote again. Rinse and repeat as necessary.
Newsflash to you: a mark of a good name is that some people will love it, and some will hate it. You can never please everyone, and you happen to be one of those people who’s not being pleased by “Bandcamp”. Your MyRecords suggestion is the kind of lukewarm name that everyoner would forget. “Bandcamp” at least gives people images of American Pie and… US bandcamps as a concept… and arguably the service itself has become a thing of its own, too.
MyRecords? Nothing.
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Not in the UK. I’d never heard of it until I saw American Pie.
We don’t do summer camps the same as Americans do.
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as any topic about Marketing should be
oh hell yeah, I remember that!
imo though we do pad, so I never got the angst…
sure ‘my records’ nothing, but that’s hardly a fair comparison since surely you know it was jut thrown out for the post before it…
the reason Bandcamp was in American pie the movie in the first place is because it reminds people kids music programs… I’m not putting down anyone like yourself who likes services that remind of such, I’m just saying that for what Bandcamp is and does that it’s not gonna win any marketing trophy awards since it’s name makes people think of something totally different…
of course I don’t hate the name as I wouldn’t use the service if I did, I just think it’s not on par with the notion of the service.
kinda like if someone had a donut shop called deez nuts… you might like it but I’d think they could do better
got a surprise for you then
I’m so glad there’s finally a forum for this discussion.
I was going to suggest they change their name to “The People’s Front for Consenting Musicians in Non-Canonical Commerce”.
TPFCMNCC for short, because seriously, Bandcamp sounds way too gay.
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Is it really though? As an Australian, I’d never even heard of the concept until American Pie came out. Turns out they do exist here - could be a new thing or something that’s been going on for a good while. Either way, the concept isn’t exactly ingrained in our national consciousness. On the other hand, the other usage of the word turns up in the media here on a significantly more regular basis.
As to the seriousness of the name, it certainly hasn’t stopped a plethora of some of the biggest names in industrial (Skinny Puppy, FLA, Wumpscut, KMFDM, VNV Nation etc etc) from using the service despite the subculture being stacked with a “serious” fanbase (i.e. big-brain tossers who are too cool for school). So if it’s good enough for them, then it’s definitely good enough for me.
If done well double, meanings in marketing can generally considered desirable. Some people might be more inclined to respond to one over the other. Perhaps some people such as yourself will automatically respond negatively, but just as many are likely to think of it as delightfully tongue-in-cheek or simply not care at all. For both of those groups of people, the word “bandcamp” is well lodged in the grey matter and unlikely to be forgotten even when drunk - which is a marketeers wet dream. And then other people (such as myself) actually appreciate the word play.
Lastly even if the name “Soundcloud” was a more appropriate name for a service, they’ve certainly managed to squander a great deal of the goodwill they might’ve had now that so many people see it as the Geocities of the audio world. On the other hand, Bandcamp (crappy name or not) has done quite the opposite.
Anyways, that’s all I’ve really got to say about the matter. Quite happy to agree to disagree.
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crappy name is not how I would describe it… for me it leans more towards hobby or a nostalgic vibe vs the vibe of the service itself which I think is stellar
but yeah I think sound clouds name is more apt but they are just an example of name marketing , their business practices or neither here nor there in this regard
and yeah wherever there are kids and kids that love music there seems to be some form of band camp… I never thought that would be so mysterious
this one time at band camp lol
it always reminds me of that
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I thought of it as a take on base camp. All those Silicon Valley types are obsessed with summiting mountains.