Yep. Somehow actually paying independent artists is not a profitable business model. Someone needs to suck the blood out of them for the "system" to work…
You make a fair point but in Bandcamp's case they offer a download like Steam or streamed playback if someone prefers. It's the one place where I DON'T HAVE to resort to piracy or buying massive collections of CDz if I want to be able to listen to music without restriction. I want to pay the people who did the creative work. I don't want to pay a whole bunch of people with a small fraction of it reaching the original creator.
I'm weird that I do listen to the same 7 song album for hours some days. (Turbo being one example)
But also other artists I listen to like Michael Jackson aren't on Bandcamp and I haven't found a local used CD shop since I last moved. They also aren't stuffing money I'd give for Michael's music into his grave anyway.
Yep. Somehow actually paying independent artists is not a profitable business model. Someone needs to suck the blood out of them for the "system" to work…
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You make a fair point but in Bandcamp's case they offer a download like Steam or streamed playback if someone prefers. It's the one place where I DON'T HAVE to resort to piracy or buying massive collections of CDz if I want to be able to listen to music without restriction. I want to pay the people who did the creative work. I don't want to pay a whole bunch of people with a small fraction of it reaching the original creator.
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I'm weird that I do listen to the same 7 song album for hours some days. (Turbo being one example)
But also other artists I listen to like Michael Jackson aren't on Bandcamp and I haven't found a local used CD shop since I last moved. They also aren't stuffing money I'd give for Michael's music into his grave anyway.