Yeah my point was about what happens to the streaming landscape after Spotify's upcoming payments-threshold change.
I mostly have my stuff on Spotify and Apple Music because it doesn't cost any more than getting it on iTunes/YouTube/etc., and occasionally it's useful to be able to send a Spotify link to someone who wants to listen to something to evaluate it for licensing or whatever. I am nowhere close to getting enough listeners to hit the payment threshold.
I also kind of feel like it's more important for me to prioritize the audience that gives a shit about paying for my music than to worry about the abstract thought of "what if a song of mine goes viral." I've had exactly one song go viral-ish and it was on SoundCloud where virality and its half a million listens made no difference.
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Re: Bandcamp's implosion and some alternatives
apparently i had some song go "viral" on tiktok but i don't use it so i had no idea (2600+ plays). nothing compared to half a million...
but you only get paid once no matter how many plays there are.
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but you only get paid once no matter how many plays there are.
-bill
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Re: Bandcamp's implosion and some alternatives
Mirlo is a very promising bandcamp alternative that’s running under a co-op model. I’ve been working with them for a bit and they’re great. They’re also running a Kickstarter to hit a funding target and it’s super close now. Please consider contributing!
Wow when did phpBB start displaying kickstarters inline? Neat
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Mirlo looks really good.
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