notnettle

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Hobbyist fiction writer. Occasional blogs about video games and other things that get stuck in my head.

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MelloMakes
@MelloMakes

Today is the first Bandcamp Friday of 2024, which means musicians on the platform get 100% of their earnings. There's been a pretty noticeable drop in Bandcamp sales in the last year or so, but direct album/CD sales are a big part of what keeps me making music without having to start to rely on the small percentages of a penny per play that streaming services continue to pay musicians (spoiler: I have already started to rely on the small percentages of a penny per play). Streaming services want musicians to work 2-3 times as harder with multiple releases per year and rely on a discography getting larger, whereas direct sales give a large burst of support that allows one release every once in a while to be impactful.

But again, musicians get 100% today, it's not going to anyone else
https://2mellomakes.bandcamp.com/music

And I have an online store that always directly supports me 100%
https://2mello.net/store


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