Indeed. That was a big part of taking our music off streaming services. Everyone taking a cut out of not very much.
I agree. It’s up to us not to play the game, otherwise we all lose.
It’s a lot of rent to pay. All that greed and still aslice fails… you mean the communism that you never own your stuff doesn’t work out? It’s like the mafia coming to take a cut…and then another mafia…and another one…
And the crazy idea that the rich folks
Need to pay a success tax… you mean that didn’t work out either?????
Idk what to say about Twitch other than RUN 🏃♀️ I’ve heard of these cool things like Zap.stream and nostr:npub1h8gzew8am6cezuq7cpjgudldra40hgnruqrqlsrqnxnzs5wjtczqztps02 …maybe try those 😉
Not to mention you still have to pay a distribution fee to get your music onto the legacy platforms.
The majority of artists don’t make the kind of money to even justify that amount of rent seeking.
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Opting out is a super power 💪
This is why value sharing is so important, because agreements can still be made (contracting, pricing, royalties) with ultra transparent value sharing and artist/producer/DJ/distributor/manager/promoter all eat.
Labels at that point are kind of forced to also become value sharing in order to take part in that economy.
I love how you put this