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Topic subjectRE: Why don't some artists put their albums on streaming?
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3030214, RE: Why don't some artists put their albums on streaming?
Posted by Options, Thu Feb-11-21 08:11 PM
from a personal perspective as someone who (occasionally) makes music, I'm turned off of services like Spotify on principle because of the paltry amount they pay the artists.

maybe the ideal scenario would be to have an EP or smaller project on a big streamer as a kind of teaser to aid in discoverability, but holding bigger projects exclusively for Bandcamp and the like.

as far as I know, Bandcamp's streaming features are pretty bare-bones and there aren't any playlist options. but I wouldn't be surprised if they offered expanded functionality in the future. it seems their focus is more on the physical side, tho (their brick-and-mortar store in the Bay Area, the crowd-funded vinyl pressing service, etc.).