Comment on Kate Nash and Lily Allen on OnlyFans should be a wake-up call for the music industry
Cube6392@beehaw.org 4 hours agobandcamp gets the crown for “most least worst.” i’ve even met a few artists who say they prefer fans to stream on bandcamp to spotify or qobuz because they make enough more money per purchase than per stream, and enough streams convert to purchases, that they get paid more the more people are listening on bandcamp
apotheotic@beehaw.org 4 hours ago
For sure. I try to buy all the music that I enjoy on bandcamp if possible, because as you say a purchase goes a lot further for the artist than any number of streams I might do over my lifetime.
OrlandoDoom@feddit.uk 3 hours ago
I try and buy albums at shows mostly! They don’t put ridiculous markups on stuff at small shows, but some venues want a cut of merch sales too, which is why I’m assuming some venues you can’t get a band shirt at for less than 30 quid. I could be wrong about this if course, but I have seen it at bloodstock where bands were literally just chucking merch off stage because they would have had to pay hundreds of pounds to have merch up in the festival shop.