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
hey you should buy 2 Mello's albums! I've been listening to Memories of Tokyo-To a lot. I honestly know very little about its inspiration (Jet Set Radio) but it's a jam
now that it's Bandcamp Friday I'm going to buy the newer one, Sounds of Tokyo-To Future
