actually fucking bizarre how the more successful an artist is, the harder it is to buy their music
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Back in like, 2015 I first heard the band Thank You Scientist, they had released Maps of Non-Existent Places independently and I snagged it from Bandcamp, only discover a few years later that the album on Bandcamp I had bought was a "hidden item" in my library. I could still listen to and download it of course but I couldn't share it with anyone and instead had to direct them to a streaming service. Recently, it "reappeared" back in my library as "Maps Of Non-Existent Places (2012 Version)". I've listened to the newer version of the album and you'd have to do a side by side to notice the differences, which puzzles me. What was the rationale for entirely remixing and remastering the record and making the old version inaccessible to new listeners? Did it maybe have something to do with signing to Evil Ink? There's nothing on the Bandcamp page explaining what the differences are or why they chose to make the 2012 version available again. It's a head scratcher honestly.
Mixing and mastering was different in 2012. They were produced to be played on entirely different setups, so they do not sound as good on digital streaming services. If a band wants a modern audience to hear their music the way it was meant to sound it HAS TO be remastered. Unfortunately, they will also lose some old fans that way, if the old version is taken down first before the new one goes up.
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