Just like money, most people dont understand how music works. How does the song go from an artists head, turn into a song, get onto Spotify, and into your earholes? Theres a workflow, a music pipeline. And just like how dollar bills have to go from being a twinkle in powell's eye to a scam voucher in your back pocket.

And similar to money, the music pipeline is centrally captured by a cartel of 3 major corporations.

And just like with bitcoin, ***this is important*** for people to understand and do something about ***if you care about music beyond tswift or whatever lil g pussy dolla holla flava of the day copypasta music is out today***

Its not enough for an artist to write, record, and produce a song. That song has to be published and distributed in a place where people are gathered, for you to hear it. This pipeline is almost entirely controlled by the 3 majors.

The 3 majors only care about profit. They and their affiliates are the only ones who can quickly/easily drop the songs into the algo controlled musicmoney box (spotify, itunes, etc). The songs that trigger it the best and make the most money gets even more radio airtime, promotion, and push (flywheel). So when they go out to sign, the A&R guys are told to go sign more of the same style. And they do, cause its easy and works. The algo continues to push a specific style, which forces it to make more money since the noise exponentially drowns the signal. Over time this homogenizes music.

***Dont be surprised the house is burning as you pour on the gas. ***

This is why music today is stale.

So if you want new music... If you want incredible sounds... and if you dont want music and culture to die out...

***ANON, you need to put in the proof of work***. Do the slightly harder thing, listen to DeMu and boost into the shows.

Stop using Spotify.

SAVE MUSIC - DO DEMU

Also, for those who don't know, Bandcamp is the absolute best platform for music lovers. Artists can set a limit on free streams, they can dictate how much they charge for an album (sometimes not even requiring a minimum). The majority of revenue goes to them, and ALL of the revenue goes to them on Bandcamp Friday events.

At the consumer level, you own what you pay for. Not only is the music permanently in your library for unlimited streaming, you're given access to a variety of lossy and lossless file downloads (I usually go with FLAC). You can buy physical CDs, vinyls and even cassettes and MiniDisc in some cases (no joke). When you buy a physical copy, you get the digital files in all the formats and the unlimited streaming. Not to mention that you can sometimes get a band/label's entire discography for a discount; I got almost 500 "nostalgia music" albums for $3 because of that.

They also have basic social media features. Add a short message to the band when you buy. Comment on new music/merch releases. Follow others to get new ideas on what to buy. Leave brief reviews of your purchases. The list goes on. I've even gotten keys for free digital copies of albums thanks to labels giving them away to fans who use the social features.

In general, I don't know why ANY band or musician isn't on Bandcamp. It's objectively the best platform for artists and listeners both. Definitely use & support them if you can! We need more services like Bandcamp.

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Bandcamp is generally pretty good and most our artists use it in addition to DeMu.