Re: Bandcamp's implosion and some alternatives
Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2023 9:17 pm
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.
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.