You all know this story. You go to a gig and watch a local muso you love play to a room of about two hundred people. Everyone in the room has their phone out. The music is amazing. She makes enough from the gig to pay the band… but not to get ahead.

And she made $11 from streaming that month. Make you wonder how she'll fund recording her next album, hey… or whether she'll even bother.

We built The Pack Music Co-operative because we thought there was a better arrangement available — one where 70% of every subscription goes directly to the artists you actually listen to, where discovery surfaces music being made locally, and where the platform is owned by the musicians on it.

We thinking streaming should be a realistic supplementary income, not an extraction racket.

We're crowdfunding now, from $25. https://crowdfunding.startsomegood.com/thepackmusiccoop #ThePackMusic #FairPay #AustralianMusic #SupportLocalMusic

All my Bandcamp Friday purchases yesterday were Philly local bands (except Snail Mail…she’s MD).

Barney Cortez https://barneycortez.bandcamp.com

Heaven Man https://heavenman.bandcamp.com

Cosmic Guilt https://cosmicguilt.bandcamp.com/album/palace-of-depression

Vulgar Devito https://vulgardevito.bandcamp.com

Automatic Love https://automaticlove.bandcamp.com/album/automatic-love

Snail Mail https://snailmail.bandcamp.com/album/ricochet

#BandcampFriday #shoplocal #supportlocalmusic

Throwback to opening for Pieces of Molly!

More shows to be announced soon

Magnificent photography as always from Juanita Rose Photography

#tbt #throwbackthursday #music #musician #art #guitar #rock #hardrock #supportlocalmusic #newzealandmusic #nzmusic

🔥 DIE ANSTALT (Berlin) // Synth Punk
📅 25.03. | 🕘 21:00 Uhr (Einlass 20:30)
📍 Altes Volksbad Mannheim

Ihr Sound: rohe Synth-Punk-Energie, durchzogen von markanten, Western-inspirierten Gitarrenriffs. Laut, intensiv und kompromisslos

Bandcamp: https://dieanstalt.bandcamp.com/

🎤 Support: Unerwuenscht (MA) // Postpunk

🫶 Spende

www.altesvolksbad.de | www.brandherd.org

#SynthPunk #PostPunk #LiveMusik #KonzertMannheim #DIY #Underground #SupportLocalMusic #DieAnstalt #BerlinBand #Brandherd

Laced just got its first review!

Massive thanks to Jack at Flash Trax for the incredibly kind words!

Read the full review here: https://flash-trax.com/2026/01/25/saurian-laced/

#music #musician #rock #hardrock #supportlocalmusic #newmusic #nzmusic #newzealandmusic

Laced by Saurian is Josh’s pick for Song of the Week

Trust him on this one, it’s a banger!

Check it out: https://open.spotify.com/track/0orvSufiUthI6GTQsYWqio?si=vEnbkmjwRceJBSAkjK0siw

All our picks are here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6bbqGtNVt4LC7jvHwShXME?si=v1Rgs4vPQzWFnr6EUnxDIQ&pi=JD3HZLglRvG5F

#music #musician #art #artist #rock #hardrock #supportlocalmusic #newmusic #nzmusic #newzealandmusic

Our next goal is to build "Scene" group functionality into Subjam.

Scenes are groups you'll be able to create and join that are associated with IRL local music scenes and communities around the world.

This is a core feature of Subjam—to help artists/bands/musicians, music fans, venues and others communicate, collaborate and congregate online

We're seeking business sponsorships to make this happen.

Link: https://subj.am/sponsors

#subjam #sponsor #music #supportlocalmusic #apple #android #app