Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Crass Plug of the Day...
Just a brief note to say that my new Assemblage 23 album "Bruise" is now officially released worldwide. If you like what you hear, you can order the CD here. The album is also available digitally through the usual suspects.
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Listening to it right now for the first time on Spotify. ("Darkflow" is playing - my favorite so far). Great album as usual! Now -- here's my question: is Spotify a good deal for you as an artist? Should I feel guilty by going the Spotify route? A lot of music I would have purchased lately on iTunes I am now hearing on Spotify (I stopped Mog because the interface bugged me)... Does the artist make comparable money from these streaming services? It's probably a lot less, right?
Yeah, streaming services are a pretty lousy deal for artists, unfortunately. You get paid about 1/1000th of a cent per play. I don't think there's anything wrong with using it as a way to discover and evaluate music, I just worry that these streaming services are going to become a replacement, which would pretty much spell the end of professional musicians as we know them.
On a similar subject, I've always wondered...
Better deal for you as an artist; CDs or paid downloads?
For downloads, which is better for you - iTunes, Amazon, or the Metropolis website?
If you feel uncomfortable publicly talking about this, that's cool, just delete my comment and I'll pretend I never asked ;)
I haven't bought a CD in years. And if it weren't for iTunes, I would never have even heard of Assemblage 23.
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