cm0002And they mocked me for my WoW subscription š
This is why I download all the music I want. I still listen to it primarily on youtube, but it is a ājust in caseā. I also never paid for music.
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UnderpantsWeevilI doubt they notice. Most artists either get income directly from fans at concerts, via merch, or through explicit patronage (Bandcamp, Patreon, etc).
The money they get from streaming isnāt remotely enough to support a professional career. Streaming is more about promotion - to get you in the door at the next concert - than actual income.
Do artists benefit more from ad-dense, algorithm gamed, corporate controlled media outlets kicking them a few bucks every month?
Or is a guerilla campaign of populist free-at-download distribution better for long term concert attendance and merch sales?
Do artists benefit more from ad-dense, algorithm gamed, corporate controlled media outlets kicking them a few bucks every month?
No idea, I donāt use those.
The service I use pays (for the 2023-2024 fiscal year) around US$0.01873 per stream in royalties to labels and publishers. Spotify (as of 2025) does $0.003-$0.005 per stream, so it actually improved massively - itās only 6 times less than Qobuz (used to be 12 times less).
Or is a guerilla campaign of populist free-at-download distribution better for long term concert attendance and merch sales?
Doesnāt work for small acts that donāt do massive, world-wide tours. Nor for fully independent artists who just donāt have the budget to do larger concerts.
The actual difference is that if you are pirating or file-sharing, youāre about 30% likelier to actually buy music
Cool. Apparently Iām not āaverage personā, because that doesnāt apply to me.
Iām not sure thatās something to be proud of