Bandcamp exists for almost 20 years now. Most of the singles and records there you can buy in a v4v model. They have a great weekly radio show for discovering new music. The problem is not in the artists or their lack of better distribution platform the problem is in the consumers. Why does anyone have a Spotify account? I never used it.
Interesting New Yorker article on Spotify.
The time has never been more ripe for Music Makers to realize the old way of getting value for your work has been completely captured.
Go direct, ask for Value4Value for your art.
You have nothing to lose at this point.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/12/30/mood-machine-liz-pelly-book-review
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I think the article is pointing out a change in behaviour is coming
The youth is growing up! User adoption and development is benefiting the creator and giving them a chance at an equal playing field. BTC, NOSTR, Lightning, RSS and other decentralized support is on the rise to support for a better transparent future.
I hope that is true. My concern is that v4v distribution model and only a low fee platform (bandcamp takes 10%) exist for long enough without affecting the dominance of Spotify or YouTube. Even on nostr I never saw someone sharing a bandcamp link. I also do not have a new yorker account, so I cannot get from the article what is different now.
