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I follow 2 rules: 1. If an artist has a bandcamp, I buy. 2. there is no second rule

freedomben 2y ago
Indeed. I used to buy amazon mp3s, but they jacked around a couple of times to make it harder to download whole albums, at which point I stopped and won't buy on amazon anymore. I know currently it's pretty easy to download whole albums, but they torched my trust. On Bandcamp, I buy it. Not on Bandcamp, nope.
- skydhash 2y ago
  Qobuz has a pretty chill process too. I don't actually trust their servers that much, (or anyone server) so I download albums as soon as I bought them. What I wish for when downloading digitally is getting the booklet (or liner notes) of the albums. It's nice knowing who was involved in the project and the thoughts/story of the artists.
lancesells 2y ago
0. If an artist sells direct I buy directly from their site.
- comprev 2y ago
  Only if that artist can provide me with a voucher code to “purchase” the bandcamp music which allows me to stream/play offline in the app. Exception being vinyl-only releases by which usually a high quality WAV is provided to buyers. Many artists I follow are not on Spotify anyway.
efilife 2y ago
Once one of my favorite underground artists deleted his album that was available on soundcloud. I messaged the guy without expecting any response, imagine how shocked I was when the guy made the album public on bandcamp just for me so I could download it for free. No way, I had to buy it
Semaphor 2y ago
7/10 is my Bandcamp threshold (NYP releases can go as low as 6/10), off-Bandcamp that rises to 8/10 (personal ratings, not some music site), both for CDs that I’ll then rip into the FLACs I’d have downloaded off Bandcamp, and the bad-for-archival MP3s. And of course, there’s the Japanese where you are often lucky if they even release something on a public streaming platform, physical releases are expensive imports and even Apple/Amazon often don’t sell the digital files.

Indeed. I used to buy amazon mp3s, but they jacked around a couple of times to make it harder to download whole albums, at which point I stopped and won't buy on amazon anymore. I know currently it's pretty easy to download whole albums, but they torched my trust. On Bandcamp, I buy it. Not on Bandcamp, nope.

skydhash 2y ago
Qobuz has a pretty chill process too. I don't actually trust their servers that much, (or anyone server) so I download albums as soon as I bought them. What I wish for when downloading digitally is getting the booklet (or liner notes) of the albums. It's nice knowing who was involved in the project and the thoughts/story of the artists.

lancesells 2y ago

0. If an artist sells direct I buy directly from their site.

comprev 2y ago
Only if that artist can provide me with a voucher code to “purchase” the bandcamp music which allows me to stream/play offline in the app. Exception being vinyl-only releases by which usually a high quality WAV is provided to buyers. Many artists I follow are not on Spotify anyway.

efilife 2y ago

Once one of my favorite underground artists deleted his album that was available on soundcloud. I messaged the guy without expecting any response, imagine how shocked I was when the guy made the album public on bandcamp just for me so I could download it for free. No way, I had to buy it

Semaphor 2y ago

7/10 is my Bandcamp threshold (NYP releases can go as low as 6/10), off-Bandcamp that rises to 8/10 (personal ratings, not some music site), both for CDs that I’ll then rip into the FLACs I’d have downloaded off Bandcamp, and the bad-for-archival MP3s. And of course, there’s the Japanese where you are often lucky if they even release something on a public streaming platform, physical releases are expensive imports and even Apple/Amazon often don’t sell the digital files.