No, those are all the right things to do. The problem is more about the indie musician who spends a few thousand dollars producing a collection of songs, only

No, those are all the right things to do. The problem is more about the indie musician who spends a few thousand dollars producing a collection of songs, only to be told to not even try to sell the cd, release the songs through a streaming service for hundredths of pennies per listen, and then expect to make their recording costs back through "touring and merchandise" while releasing their songs for basically-free as a "marketing expense", even while the market is saturated by other musicians that have bought into the same advice. The fan that actually makes a point to listen to the music, and buy the cd, and attend the local concert is a good fan, but the market forces are actually against that activity.