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I'm going to assume Betteridge's law applies here...

...And now that I've read the article, I think I'm right. This sounds like an advertisement, to be honest. But I'm not really even sold. I feel like if the argument is that it's more directly supporting the artists, maybe it would be better to use something like Patreon[0]?

[0] https://www.patreon.com/

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Bandcamp and Patreon serve artists at different scales. As a part-time musician who uses bandcamp for bands/solo projects, I much prefer the "single product" model (fans paying for a single track/ep/album as they choose) rather than an ongoing payment structure. I have zero illusions that I'm ever going to "get big" (read: support myself) from making music, so bandcamp allows me the opportunity to share my music and if fans choose to pay for it, great! I'd feel very uncomfortable soliciting recurring payment for something I do a few times per month.

Very nice to read your perspective, especially as you describe yourself as self-funded (aka part-time). Making money from sound recordings is like a lottery - to me, unless it's being approached by an ad agency offering industry rates for a campaign, a recording is simply like a business card. I enjoy sharing my music creations and would rather they "be out in the wild" than try to pile up penny fractions that won't even buy me a tank of gas. I'm happy you like your path! Keep on doing what you do when you can.

Win the tune lotto and off you go to the big boys. Seems so.

Worked for CHVRCHES - always loved how one of the dudes wore his SoundCloud ballcap as kind of an indicator of how they started. Their Guitar Center Sessions episode is very much worth the view in my opinion.

Feels like an AD doesn't it. I minimized the first few comments and then scrolled all the way down to see if someone thought this was an ad, sure enough and you've been downvoted to death.

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