Yesterday’s Bandcamp listening party felt exactly like I’d hoped it would. Intimate, genuine, properly connected. We went through the entire EP together whilst chatting in real time, and those forty minutes showed me what direct artist-listener dialogue can actually achieve.
The questions came naturally. People wanted to know about my stage name LEMY (meaning ‘let me’ do my thing) and about Vlad’s guitar work throughout the album. Someone picked up on his harmony vocals immediately, which made me smile because those subtle layers often go unnoticed.
When ‘Part of the way (to mother)’ played, I shared that it’s written about my mum. The chat went quiet for a moment, then filled with genuine warmth. Not performative sympathy, but real human recognition of what music can carry. One listener said they hope everything’s good now, and I could explain how music became my saviour through difficult times.
The international element struck me particularly. Here we were — various time zones, different backgrounds — but connected through these five tracks I’d been crafting for two years. Someone mentioned wanting the war to end so more Russian music could reach wider audiences, and that conversation felt important beyond just my own work.
By the end, people were asking about future online concerts. The idea hadn’t occurred to me before, but their enthusiasm planted seeds. Bandcamp’s format creates space for actual dialogue rather than one-way broadcasting.
Musical community in its purest form.
— Indie pop artist, musician Anastasiia Ledovskaia