Chris Siebenmann

Fediverse people: who do we like these days for buying DRM-free music in lossless format? Bandcamp is the obvious one but I know a bunch of (often artist-friendlier) alternatives got started up when BC had some ownership changes. However, I've lost track of them.

(Boosts welcome, and this is triggered by the conversation at https://mastodon.social/@cks/116126426837771351 )

Feb 24 at 7:42pmWeb
Show threadCarlos ValienteFeb 24
@cks I love https://www.prestomusic.com/ for classical
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Satisfy your appetite for music at Presto Music: the UK's leading e-commerce site for classical & jazz recordings, sheet music, books and musical instruments

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Show threadFazal MajidFeb 24
@cks Qobuz sells downloads too, Presto Music, eClassical, Hyperion Records, Linn Records, ProStudioMasters. Heavily biased towards classical and jazz.
Show threadBen ZaninFeb 25
@cks https://mastodon.social/@gnomon/115101937580947430
Show threadHaelwenn /элвэн/ Feb 25
@cks Not BC-related but been buying from ototoy and 7digital.

One you might want to look at is https://codeberg.org/jessienab/AwesomeListOfMusicRetailers
AwesomeListOfMusicRetailers

A collection-in-progress of online stores offering music in high quality, accessible, and permanently ownable formats. This is the Codeberg mirror of upstream. Issues also accepted: git [at] nabein [dot] me.

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Show threadpounceFeb 25
@cks http://ototoy.jp/ has an excellent selection, and you can buy many western artists there as well as most japanese music
OTOTOY - Hi-res music store, news, reviews and interviews

OTOTOY is a hi-res music store and also brings you the music news, reviews and interviews. We connects artists and fans in Lossless!

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Show threadJohn MorahanFeb 25

@cks I like @mirlo and @jamcoop although they're both still relatively small

there's also bandwagon in theory but I haven't seen many artists actually selling anything there yet

bandcamp friday still exists if you want to buy things from there without giving money to the corporate overlords

qobuz is my current go-to for more mainstream stuff that I can't find on the smaller more artist-friendly sites

Show threadjam.coopFeb 25
@jmorahan @cks @mirlo thanks for recommending us! We're still relatively small, but please let your favourite artists know they're very welcome to give us a try. As a co-op they'll have a say and a share of the profits. We're also UK (rather than US) based if that's important.