You know, all my life I have been told that everything I did was killing the music industry, from recording cassette tapes to sharing MP3 files to Bittorrent to whatever they complained about next.
Now I get to actually finally see someone destroying the industry for real and I can't even root for them, because they are even more evil.
It is just not fair.
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Soju-Boss3 days ago
+7
Go to more gigs. Buy more merch directly from the artists.
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Radiant_Ad39663 days ago
+5
The day I can show up to a venue (or elsewhere), walk up to the merch table, buy something, and then leave without seeing the concert will be a great day.
I honestly can't figure out why bands aren't hustling out of the trunk these days to gain more cut for their merch offerings. Set up somewhere away from the venue, sell some shirts/music, and keep that gas money for themselves.
Concerts themselves are the treat these days. Who can afford to get an overpriced ticket, pay for gas and parking, buy food and/or drinks (if you're into tgat), and still afford to get some physical reminder of the night? 60$ ticket (after all fees) along with a 45$ shirt is just outrageous. The problem isn't usually the bands themselves but all the palms they have to grease along the way. It's a robbery from the top-down.
Yeah, I know...support the local and small-time artists. We've all heard it but bot everyone is going to do that or care about small bands. It's unfortunate but true.
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MilkFew22731 day ago
+1
Fugazi did it like that but it takes balls. And most kids are young and dumb, by the time they wise up, they're in too deep. Every generation rediscovers the same problems and every time choices are made and the cycle repeats.
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cavegrind3 days ago
+19
They’re going to immediately feed it to AI and aggressively push non-human music until the company folds and they sell the catalog off for scraps.
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Prior_Industry3 days ago
+3
Interesting. This was the company Ackman attempted to bring to market via SPAC and he totally cocked it up.
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