I had not heard of Bandcamp since rejoining these boards in the last few weeks (call it a 15 years hiatus from really paying attention to music). I think it is great. I would be interested to know how much money goes to the artist from say a $20 vinyl + digital sale compared with $8 digital sale?
I think the answer to this thread is keep it simple. Realistically I think most of us will have a Spotify or Tidal subscription but you should buy the music you like, particularly for developing artists, and tell others to do the same. Before streaming we had no choice to buy our music so just put yourself back in that mindset. This is particularly the case for those of us who have more money now than we did as students in the 90s/early 2000s!
On one of the podcasts I listen to (No Agenda) they talk about the “value for value” model where their listeners (producers) voluntarily “donate” to the show (in reality it provides an income to the hosts, but that is understood because people like the product). I think we need to think about the music community in the same mindset because the artists discussed on this board are not going to be those earning any material income from streaming, ever. The genie is out of the bottle.
