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"buy music directly if you don't want to subscribe! A lot of smaller artists provide ways to purchase their music that give them a large percentage of the proce
by jzb 3y ago
"buy music directly if you don't want to subscribe! A lot of smaller artists provide ways to purchase their music that give them a large percentage of the proceeds, and you can get the music DRM-free if that's something you care about."
Amen. If you have the money and really like a band or artist, find a way to put some money directly in their hands if at all possible.
One: They're going to see a lot more money this way and be able to make more music in the long run.
Two: Music can and does disappear from Spotify and other services due to rights and licensing issues.
Three: It's not super-common but sometimes the originals are replaced with remasters or something that isn't quite right to my ears. Robyn Hitchcock's first album ("Black Snake Diamond Role") is on Spotify, last I looked. But it was remastered for digital or whatever and they couldn't find all the original masters - meaning that one of the songs that used to have saxophone doesn't. It sounds entirely wrong now.
- hackernewds 3y agoProducers and record labels do provide a service with distribution which artists share their commissions for. The idea that the record labels don't deserve their cuts is confusing, do they also not have employees and artists? Jack Harlow might be one example, but you see the dearth of D2C music and platforms like TIDAL that the marketing and distribution network does matter, and helps good artists take off. Whether you believe mainstream music is "good" or not, is up to your preference
- jzb 3y agoI didn’t say anything about not paying labels. My point was you should buy music rather than counting on it to trickle down from Spotify. Note that many of the artists I’ve been buying from aren’t on major labels, though.