Great introductory piece on Bandcamp highlighting the differences between Spotify and their platform.
As a listener, I absolutely love Spotify, as there is an abundance of new music/podcasts/etc...
However, as a musician I have had a tremendously difficult time getting put onto Spotify. It is far less artist-friendly when it comes to getting your music released to a wide-scale audience. So thus far, I have stuck with Soundcloud.
"But what can it mean, when Spotify's royalty rates are so low that to
earn a living wage of $15 an hour, a musician needs 657,895 streams per
month*?"
So when Spotify claims that artist can make a living off of their streams.. it is very similar to the way in which Amazon and other various big tech players approach individuals economic value.
It saddens me that it is that way, and as Spotify increasingly pivots themselves to no longer being a 'music' company but instead an 'audio' company... it'll be interesting to see how a platform dedicated to just 'music' pans out.
Great introductory piece on Bandcamp highlighting the differences between Spotify and their platform.
As a listener, I absolutely love Spotify, as there is an abundance of new music/podcasts/etc...
However, as a musician I have had a tremendously difficult time getting put onto Spotify. It is far less artist-friendly when it comes to getting your music released to a wide-scale audience. So thus far, I have stuck with Soundcloud.
https://soundcloud.com/bartadamley
So when Spotify claims that artist can make a living off of their streams.. it is very similar to the way in which Amazon and other various big tech players approach individuals economic value.
It saddens me that it is that way, and as Spotify increasingly pivots themselves to no longer being a 'music' company but instead an 'audio' company... it'll be interesting to see how a platform dedicated to just 'music' pans out.
Perhaps giving Bandcamp a shot isn't a bad idea!