The '1000 true fans' idea will be realized with value for value imo and will bring back the 'middle ground' for artists making a meaningful portion of their revenue stream through recorded music again which has been lost with the rise of current day streaming platforms.
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I’ve friends that set up credible indie labels back in the day, despite only ever charting once, that bought in enough to have offices in London and Tokyo as well as keeping a team of musicians eating.
Nowadays it barely keeps two people ticking over despite great reviews, national press and decent sized gigs.
Mad innit. V4V is what brings me here, my music is niche, it’ll never be big time but it’s decent. Let’s see what happens…
yeah, the music industry has been bleeding out for years. There's no elegant solution to solve the digitization of music being monteized until V4V. Spotify keeps 'cutting costs' which means less money making it to smaller artists and all the money is consolidated into the pockets of a few huge artists. I think value for value is our best shot at clawing some power back. Big part is to let your fans know and ask them to support you V4V. The tech is nearly ready for normies 🤙
Spoken like a true OG. 😉
It has the potential to make music diverse again by removing gatekeeper homogenization
Amen 🙌
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