dantheclamman@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoVinyl records outsell CDs for the second year runningwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square377fedilinkarrow-up1704arrow-down113cross-posted to: music@lemmy.world
arrow-up1691arrow-down1external-linkVinyl records outsell CDs for the second year runningwww.theverge.comdantheclamman@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square377fedilinkcross-posted to: music@lemmy.world
minus-squarealeph@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45arrow-down3·7 months agoDon’t forget digital music stores like Qobuz and www.bandcamp.com. Artists get more money when you buy their music outright instead of stream it.
minus-squareMeatsOfRage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·7 months agoBandcamp was bought by Epic Games, who fired half the staff and sold off the remainder to some kind of nebulous music licencing platform. I wouldn’t cheer them on much longer, I see dark days ahead.
minus-squarealeph@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-27 months agoSeriously? Fucking hell, that’s depressing.
minus-squareInterstellar_1@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·7 months agoIt isn’t owned by epic games anymore, it was bought by Songtradr. https://www.songtradr.com/blog/posts/songtradr-bandcamp-acquisition/
minus-squareMeatsOfRage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoYup that’s the “nebulous music licencing platform” I was referring to
Don’t forget digital music stores like Qobuz and www.bandcamp.com.
Artists get more money when you buy their music outright instead of stream it.
Bandcamp was bought by Epic Games, who fired half the staff and sold off the remainder to some kind of nebulous music licencing platform. I wouldn’t cheer them on much longer, I see dark days ahead.
Seriously? Fucking hell, that’s depressing.
It isn’t owned by epic games anymore, it was bought by Songtradr. https://www.songtradr.com/blog/posts/songtradr-bandcamp-acquisition/
Yup that’s the “nebulous music licencing platform” I was referring to