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Spotify made £56m profit, but has decided not to pay smaller artists like me. We need you to make some noise | Damon Krukowski

www.theguardian.com Spotify made £56m profit, but has decided not to pay smaller artists like me. We need you to make some noise | Damon Krukowski

What its Wrapped campaign doesn’t say is that indie musicians and labels are treated terribly, and deserve a better deal, says Damon Krukowski

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I haven't used Spotify in a while. I buy stuff on Bandcamp (Bandcamp Friday usually).
- Do you know if this still gives artists the most cash after Epic's purchase(and recent sale to songtradr)?
  
  https://get.bandcamp.help/hc/en-us/articles/1500006084082-What-are-Bandcamp-s-fees-
  They charge a 15% fee. So the artist (if independent) or record label (if not) gets 85% of whatever you pay.
  
  Sounds like they're still one of the best. That's good to hear.
  
  I believe on Bandcamp Friday the artist gets 100% of the sale. I'm not sure if they're going to keep doing it after the sale to songtradr.
  The loss of bandcamp's independence is a tragedy
  
  Agreed. There is an emerging trend among Fedi artists to use Faircamp, but it doesn’t exactly fill the same void.
- I use Bandcamp instead of Spotify now, because that's what most of my musician friends use to sell their music and recommend as the best way of supporting artists directly, and some of my favourite current artists are active on there. Yeah I can't just stream and make playlists of whatever I want, and it's more for new music than older stuff, but I can scroll through and play the suggested tracks which are far more interesting and diverse than anything Spotify would suggest to me, and then I can buy the stuff I really like. I'm slowly building up enough stuff that way to have an interesting collection on my phone to listen to, and it's also introduced me to some really cool music that I wouldn't have heard about from Spotify.
- It's looking like Bandcamp is going to get axed: Bandcamp lays off half its staff after buyout by Songtradr
  
  Capitalism is a machine for producing tragedies.
  The only silver lining is even if Bandcamp goes away, I can keep the music I bought on it. It's all drm free. If a streaming service shuts down, you're typically left with nothing despite having paid every month.
  I hope Bandcamp survives, and somehow regains independence.

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