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That’s the standard, yes. And the solution is to pirate their music instead? But seriously, why do they even bother with labels then? Don’t get me wrong, I’d like for them to be better paid and for streaming services to allocate bigger cut to them, however, piracy doesn’t help with this at all. Usually it’s just an average Joe excuse to not pay anything at all.

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Powderhorn@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
Almost all of my collection was pirated in college (it didn’t help that someone stole my 96 CD binder from my car). Once I was making OK money and paid downloads became a thing, I slowly rectified that. It was hard to find electronic music any other way in the '90s.

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Deyis@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

But seriously, why do they even bother with labels then?

Labels provide the upfront capital for things like recording studios, distribution (traditionally, less so nowadays when there’s not a physical product to distribute), publicity, marketing, live shows, etc in exchange for a percentage and usually with a contract that the artist will make X many albums with them.

Although things are slowly changing, you are unlikely to be doing huge tours at sold out venues and getting your songs played on the radio unless you have the substantial money to do so in the first place.

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- Powderhorn@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
  Wait … people still listen to the radio?
  
  “Here’s a shitload of ads and someone in Cincinnati choosing what hundreds of stations play.”
  
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  - Deyis@beehaw.org ⁨37⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
    Depends on where you live, I suppose. Where I am, you can’t have someone hook up their phone to a bluetooth speaking to play the world’s most tame Spotify playlist but they will absolutely have the radio on at all times.
    
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