4 ms·

Interesting to know, thank you! Do your friends use any other service, say iTunes, to sell their music, and can compare between the two? And I’d be interested

Interesting to know, thank you! Do your friends use any other service, say iTunes, to sell their music, and can compare between the two? And I’d be interested in a link to their Bandcamp if possible!

user_7832 3y ago
Not the person you replied to, but apparently Deezer is waaay nicer with paying out artists than Spotify/Apple music. It's apparently due to how revenue is distributed (paying per total minutes played vs share of user-minutes or something, I'm not very clear.) Essentially with Spotify the vrey popular Tailor Swifts get a much nicer payment whereas if you listen exclusively to indie artists on Deezer they actually see more of your money. Fun fact, Deezer started off as a piracy website that grew big enough to turn legitimate when sued :)
- throwaway290 3y ago
  Since you mention "per minutes played", not sure it compares with Bandcamp... If you like to buy HQ files instead paying for streaming. Could be that Bandcamp is ripe to be disrupted by someone more friendly to artists. Edit: good to know, I'll have to take a look at it.
  - tourmalinetaco 3y ago
    Deezer offers both a way to purchase and a way to stream music. They have a monthly subscription plan to stream their catalog alongside the ability to purchase outright and download in standard formats.
- tourmalinetaco 3y ago
  Deezer has definitely caught my eye in the past! Them paying artists better is an even sweeter deal. And I love piracy-turned-legitimacy stories. For instance, Crunchyroll, originally an anime piracy streaming site, turned legit and eventually overtook a monolith in the US anime industry with Funimation. Funimation and Crunchyroll were both bought by Sony, and Funimation’s brand identity was deemed weaker (something unthinkable back during their 90s/00s peak) and had everything renamed to Crunchyroll. Unfortunately though I can’t recommend Crunchyroll, as last I was aware they heavily underpaid their subtitler staff.
throwaway290 3y ago
They did mention Spotify is pretty bad too (worse?). I want to ask them later about the details and if they make any money from digital music. Sounded like they don't and it's mostly from merch, concerts and regular jobs.

user_7832 3y ago

Not the person you replied to, but apparently Deezer is waaay nicer with paying out artists than Spotify/Apple music. It's apparently due to how revenue is distributed (paying per total minutes played vs share of user-minutes or something, I'm not very clear.) Essentially with Spotify the vrey popular Tailor Swifts get a much nicer payment whereas if you listen exclusively to indie artists on Deezer they actually see more of your money. Fun fact, Deezer started off as a piracy website that grew big enough to turn legitimate when sued :)

throwaway290 3y ago
Since you mention "per minutes played", not sure it compares with Bandcamp... If you like to buy HQ files instead paying for streaming. Could be that Bandcamp is ripe to be disrupted by someone more friendly to artists. Edit: good to know, I'll have to take a look at it.
- tourmalinetaco 3y ago
  Deezer offers both a way to purchase and a way to stream music. They have a monthly subscription plan to stream their catalog alongside the ability to purchase outright and download in standard formats.
tourmalinetaco 3y ago
Deezer has definitely caught my eye in the past! Them paying artists better is an even sweeter deal. And I love piracy-turned-legitimacy stories. For instance, Crunchyroll, originally an anime piracy streaming site, turned legit and eventually overtook a monolith in the US anime industry with Funimation. Funimation and Crunchyroll were both bought by Sony, and Funimation’s brand identity was deemed weaker (something unthinkable back during their 90s/00s peak) and had everything renamed to Crunchyroll. Unfortunately though I can’t recommend Crunchyroll, as last I was aware they heavily underpaid their subtitler staff.

throwaway290 3y ago

They did mention Spotify is pretty bad too (worse?). I want to ask them later about the details and if they make any money from digital music. Sounded like they don't and it's mostly from merch, concerts and regular jobs.