Bandcamp's implosion and some alternatives

[fluffy]

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.

[HeuristicsInc]

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.
-bill

[fluffy]

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

[Kamakura]

Mirlo is a very promising Bandcamp alternative that’s running under a co-op model.

Mirlo looks really good.