Lapis the Nevrean

@lapisnev

Don't squeeze me, I fart

she/her
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Things that make you go 🤌. Weird computer stuff. Artist and general creative type. Occasionally funny. Gentoo on main. I play rhythm games!

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Lapis the Nevrean @lapisnev3/17/2023, 11:10 PM

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full-quack webbed developer @Webster3/17/2023, 3:59 PM

actually fucking bizarre how the more successful an artist is, the harder it is to buy their music

full-quack webbed developer @Webster3/17/2023, 4:11 PM

bedroom artists sleeper success premier lp: hey! hope you like my record, it's $10 on bandcamp :)

bedroom artists sophomore follow-up: oh, yeah, this one isn't on bandcamp, sorry. did you check the official website? oh. did you check 7digital? oh. did you check boomkat? oh. are you sure you don't want spotify premium? oh. do you have itunes installed on your pc? oh. are you willing to buy it on amazon? oh. plz don't pirate it though 🥺

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Anodyne The Amphibiote @anodynehero3/18/2023, 4:32 PM

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.

House Made of Dawn @HMoDawn3/18/2023, 5:07 PM

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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certified airhead 🎈@KaydeArcane3/17/2023, 7:32 PM

I HATE HOW ACCURATE THIS IS like it legit has stopped me from looking into musicians and bands that I may have otherwise supported so often when there's no good way to listen to and buy their music outside of "pwease stweam ouw awbum on Spotify 🥺"

House Made of Dawn @HMoDawn3/18/2023, 5:09 PM

You can often find your artist elsewhere using a service like songlink - for demonstration purposes, here is where you can find our album... https://album.link/s/6HJdAQNiPT012b3pvrZGNI

Pendell @pendell3/17/2023, 11:07 PM

CD, Bandcamp, or bail.

House Made of Dawn @HMoDawn3/18/2023, 5:17 PM

No one has found us over on Bandcamp yet, where we sell CDs. The streaming services, though, especially Pandora, is getting us a following. Like electro-industrial or hard rock? You might like this... https://housemadeofdawn.bandcamp.com/album/house-made-of-dawn

philosophy major (derogatory (reclamative))@nullpat3/18/2023, 5:04 AM

I keep finding artists who just have like 15 singles so they're extra impossible to listen to in the apple music app. like 75 taps and each one has a 3 second delay for an animation that covers the whole screen

House Made of Dawn @HMoDawn3/18/2023, 5:26 PM

In order to get amplification on the streaming services, an artist has to release regularly. It is not easy producing a whole album every 6 to 8 weeks. And then the artist has to really scramble to find out which one is the fan favorite and only promote that one- basically, handicapping all the other tunes on the album, because they will not get the same algorithmic push.

Here is our latest album on Apple Music. We'd love to have you check it out... https://music.apple.com/us/album/all-hallows/1581660529

fingerless @fingerless3/18/2023, 12:20 PM

all the news is Spotify, bittorrent, itunes

i just want to buy .mp3s for gods sake!

House Made of Dawn @HMoDawn3/18/2023, 5:29 PM

Bands have been burned too many times by piracy.

fingerless @fingerless3/19/2023, 2:56 AM

they've probably been burned more by their record labels tbh

Princess Flufflebutt @Princess-Flufflebutt3/18/2023, 1:37 PM

God, yeah. It feels so backwards too, somehow? Like, you want to give them money and they make it near impossible.

House Made of Dawn @HMoDawn3/18/2023, 5:31 PM

In the example in the OP, the band paid YOU to listen to them. If they were lucky, they maybe broke even, but I doubt it.

Zoey @zoey-3/18/2023, 11:15 PM

oh my god YES this drives me fucking crazy

amazon and itunes only give mp3s and AACs even if you do buy it there, so you're still better off looking elsewhere.

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