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You can also say it benefits the artist because it makes it easier to listen to them, which incentivises people to give them money to support them. This is more
by Asooka 6y ago
You can also say it benefits the artist because it makes it easier to listen to them, which incentivises people to give them money to support them. This is more or less the entire model of Bandcamp.
- glenstein 6y agoRight, and Bandcamp is probably the most pro-artist of the major music platforms, I would say. The project also benefits the artist but creating an infrastructure not controlled by Youtube or Soundcloud.
- TheOtherHobbes 6y agoYou can indeed say that - and people who demand artists work for "exposure" often do. But there's no evidence it's factually correct. And Bandcamp's model is based on selling tracks and albums with free previews, which is entirely different to free listening.
- BRedSox 6y agoSource?