“Before I start I want to make a few things clear. I am not to be trusted. I was born in 1974. Look at those numbers!”
This isn’t a competition. It’s a collaboration.
All in LONG PULLS
Thank you Bandcamp. And damn you.
“A music service has never so brilliantly propositioned us to put our money where our mouths are. You can "like" something all you want (or scrobble, heart, whatever), but if you want an album to show up in your collection, you'll need to actually get out your wallet and support the people who made it. With money. And that's a great thing for artists.”
Why David Byrne's Guardian Op-Ed About Spotify Has Blown My Mind
“But with the timely connection between what I wrote on the 10th and what David Byrne wrote on the 11th fresh in my mind, something jumped out at me.”
Why U No Talk About Bandcamp?
“But this post isn't another rant about how little streaming pays and whether or not Spotify and the like are evil/killing independent music. This post is about how all of those other posts almost never mention Bandcamp.”
Another Thought On Piracy
“Piracy is happening because everybody is broke and we’re never going to fix anything if we keep shaking the wrong people upside down and hoping money can keep falling out of empty pockets.”
Why U No Bandcamp?
“How come so many bands of the mid-to-high-level of ‘made it or making it’ range are not currently using Bandcamp?”