I’ve recently been made aware of the non-sustainable business of Spotify (and other streaming services) https://youtu.be/gDfNRWsMRsU .

I think the best solution for all parties would be a federated streaming service. Instances could be hosted by record labels or indi-Artists. Of course there needs to be a fair donation/subscription. (Maybe similar to Patreon - get some extra goodies for supporting your artist directly)

Does something similar exist already? I would rather put my money somewhere where small artists are actually paid fairly for their work. (And put my own works there as well)

Thanks for reading :) I wish you a very pleasant day and I’m looking forward for your input.

  • Michael Kovacs@mastodon.social
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    1 year ago

    @locness3 @Lennard yeah, I think this is honestly the most straight forward option. Why create a whole new music ecosystem in the fediverse that will probably still skim off the top in order to support server costs among other music industry things when one could just purchase the music directly from the artists on something like Bandcamp? Then you also actually own the music instead of being locked into a streaming service AND the artists see a bigger payout for their work.