nostr:npub1hd2rzs04wqq4pqavyr9dnmczg80nzgwg0p73eu3y63ck3gf4ejwsz2zm0u I actually think that it is easier to get people to pay attention to your music if you don't give it away. People seem to have a hard time valuing things they get for free ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

nostr:npub1hd2rzs04wqq4pqavyr9dnmczg80nzgwg0p73eu3y63ck3gf4ejwsz2zm0u its old and a poor reflection of what I am capable of now. new stuff will be sold.

nostr:npub1hd2rzs04wqq4pqavyr9dnmczg80nzgwg0p73eu3y63ck3gf4ejwsz2zm0u I do both. I sell my music but also make it available for free (as lower quality YouTube videos).

For me it's more important to get my music out there than to make money right away.

I've never thought about if that makes it harder for others to charge for their music but I don't think so. Honestly selling my music and making albums wasn't even originally part of my plan, and I wanted to abandon it after my first album. I get more out of making shorter, less refined songs for YT

nostr:npub1hd2rzs04wqq4pqavyr9dnmczg80nzgwg0p73eu3y63ck3gf4ejwsz2zm0u

Definitely part of the thought process, I only give it away to anyone feeling down and who can't afford to pay, not that that means they want my music, but hey, it's the thought that counts right 😂

I am also open to code sharing between fellow musicians - so long as the respect and appreciation is mutual, I don't do it for no reason.

Otherwise, it is priced fairly and I will never have a sale.

That's it.

nostr:npub1hd2rzs04wqq4pqavyr9dnmczg80nzgwg0p73eu3y63ck3gf4ejwsz2zm0u I generally haven't sold my music for two reasons, the first being that my music has had a long trend in improving and prior to now, I really didn't consider it to be up to my standard of the music I have paid for, though at this point it feels like I have crossed that threshold

The second reason is because I know people online have access to as many resources as I do, ripping songs is pretty trivial now, and I did a lot of that when I couldn't pay for the music I wanted

nostr:npub1hd2rzs04wqq4pqavyr9dnmczg80nzgwg0p73eu3y63ck3gf4ejwsz2zm0u I lean towards not giving it away, but as a means to an end, with conditions. In other words, it both puts "this has value" (at least in a capitalist society) out front, while also helping to enable keeping doing it, because time, money, time, money, repeat.

*But that said*, it's also a really narrow bridge! I have to remind myself constantly, even as an "indie", that the commodification gears start to grind very quickly once you start to catch a wind, so to speak.