Audiophiles like to boast that they climbed aboard the high-end locomotive as a result of “it’s all in regards to the music” for them. That is likely to be true for many of us however there’s a sure phase that’s all in regards to the tools and if exhibiting off their favourite audiophile recordings to their mates who take pleasure in energy line conditioners and CD sharpening lotions greater than life itself floats their boat — have a very good time with that.
If music isn’t the inspiration and glue of your hi-fi expertise, I would like you to get off Audio Science Evaluate for about 5 minutes and head over to Bandcamp.
Disgrace on you you probably have by no means visited and supported a minimum of one unbiased artist along with your pockets. Like flip off your amplifiers and switch in your audiophile secret society card and decide up a brand new interest. You might be a humiliation to all of us.
It’s Bandcamp Friday and the right strategy to finish the week with some music you will have presumably by no means heard earlier than.
Streaming has confirmed to be a double-edged sword for the music business; music labels have enriched themselves from the billions of streams that we’ve got consumed by way of TIDAL, Qobuz, Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music HD — while unbiased artists have sucked wind for years praying to lastly make some cash from their music.
Everyone knows what’s occurring. We’re prepared conspirators and for each Taylor Swift or Bruce Springsteen, there are 100 jazz artists like Tenderlonious producing wonderful music that one should buy on a number of codecs together with CD and vinyl.
Reside exhibits and merchandise are the place the actual cash exists and for unbiased artists that additionally consists of the acquisition of their music on a format that you simply truly personal.
Streaming is nothing greater than renting.
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When you concentrate on how a lot music you eat every month for lower than the worth of a brand new CD on any of the streaming platforms, it’s clear that almost all indie artists usually are not getting wealthy from the thousands and thousands of streams which are created.
eCoustics Podcast Producer, Mitch Anderson, is a reasonably completed musician when he’s not behind the microphone on Black Circle Radio, and like every unbiased artist who has to outlay his personal cash to document, combine, and press copies of his music on the market on-line or at stay exhibits, Bandcamp is an important market to promote his music.
His newest album that options himself and eCoustics Podcast Bandleader, Arc of All, dropped earlier right this moment on Bandcamp, which you’ll be able to pattern and buy right here.
sourceoflightandpower.bandcamp.com/album/the-crushing-angle
Bandcamp Fridays are scheduled for September 1st, October sixth, November third, and December 1st and 100% of your buy goes to the artist.
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