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Yes, you can of course always pirate if you want to deal with the hassle of that, but you should at least keep it in the back of your mind that, if everyone did that, we wouldn't have any music to enjoy at all.

This is bunk. If people pirated the record labels out of business we would have less music sure, but there will always be people who make music for the love of the craft, rather than just to line an executive's pocket.

I'm all for directly supporting artists (and I buy albums and merch directly from the band wherever possible), but let's not pretend like the people pulling the strings aren't also responsible for the shitty situation they're in.

Fuck the recording industry and how they treat artists.

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BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
The amount of it would still be dramatically reduced. Those people who are making music solely for the love of it already exist today and people are perfectly welcome to listen to them; nothing is stopping them at all.

I think it's probably safe to say that the vast majority of music that is listened to today would not exist if the artists couldn't financially support themselves from it. Do you really disagree with that?

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- Unaware7013@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  
  I think it's probably safe to say that the vast majority of music that is listened to today would not exist if the artists couldn't financially support themselves from it. Do you really disagree with that?
  
  Of course not, and I clearly called out that there would be less music if there wasn't an monetary incentive to do so. But at the same time, record industry titans falling would leave a massive vacuum that would be filled by more independent artists and labels. In the end, there would be less music overall, but there would still be some way for artists to get their cut.
  
  Industry titans aren't music, they're merely the middlemen who craft what they think the public wants to hear and leech money from artists. Them falling would be a boon to the smaller and more niche acts who don't get the chance to explode because they don't have the weight of a major label to push them into the spotlight.
  
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netburnr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Making money through the art, not making art for the money

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- XeroxCool@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  If you still have to work a full time job to live, that’s a lot less time available to create art. You sound like you’d expect artistic friends to give you a discount on their work “to get their name out there”
  
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  - netburnr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    It’s a quote from a rap song.
    
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Daft_ish@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Thank you for calling this out. Also Art is not about volume. What does it matter if I can listen to 10,000 tracks that sound like bunk vs 10 tracks that touch the fabric of your being.

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- aksdb@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  But how do you find those 10 if you don’t listen to 10000?
  
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  - Angry_Maple@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Also, what if you genuinely love a lot of music? We do exist.
    
    I would feel drastically unfulfilled music-wise, if I only had around 10 songs to choose from. I listen to music way too often for that. I would absolutely start to get bored of the same songs after a bit. That’s only about one album’s worth.
    
    For me personally, using a music subscription service just makes sense right now. I am very busy, so I don’t have time to pirate everything anymore. I’m not saying that I wouldn’t do it again if push came to shove, but I’m not at that point.
    
    I like that I don’t have to worry about things being hidden in the files. I like that I don’t have to worry about suspicious websites. I like that almost everything that I want to listen to is right there, in the same place. I like that it comes with a music player. It might not be the absolute best sound quality out there, but I also don’t have to sort through a ton of apps to find an app that works.
    
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    Daft_ish@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    You take me too literally. Just as there is not only 10000 songs there would be more than 10 songs that do it for ya. So that’s not even a concern.
    
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  - Daft_ish@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    The ideas is you can literally create thousands, hundreds, millions of song but if the people churning them out are no talent hacks you will never find 10 songs that move you.
    
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    aksdb@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    But I first need to be able to listen to a shitload of songs to identify the ones I want to hear over and over. Without streaming services, I would be heavily restricted regarding discoverability.
    
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KanariePieter@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Agreed, I have Spotify premium for the convenience, but I have no illusions about where that money goes, which is why I go to concerts and buy vinyl records when possible.

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