Nice try ticket Master!
roofuskit@lemmy.world 9 months ago
If you want to support an artist pirate their music and see them in concert.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
small44@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Some artists that people like may never come to their city
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
But merch
small44@lemmy.world 9 months ago
It’s rare for me to find merch worth buying, I prefer buying the music.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Maybe buying it directly from their website might be the better option in this case? 🤔
glitch1985@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Unless it’s a ticketmaster concert because fuck them.
Copernican@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Lol. Yes, ticket service fees, venue fees, and reseller makers is totally the best way to support an artist, especially if you live no where near a tour location.
AzureRT@reddthat.com 9 months ago
“Support”
echo64@lemmy.world 9 months ago
This is outdated and bad information. Most small artists lose money touring. Bigger artists might break even.
If you can buy merch, do that, if you can buy physically do that. Spotify is gonna pay pennies for thousands of streams, so nothing you do on spotify is going to benefit an artist. But “pirate and see live” is probably gonna result in a negative bank balance for artists.
essteeyou@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I think Taylor Swift just about broke even, mostly thanks to my wife and her friends.
Sharkwellington@lemmy.one 9 months ago
Nothing short of handing them cash in person is truly a guarantee. Really depressing how it’s turned out.
deranger@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Bandcamp is a decent platform… for now
thisisawayoflife@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Faircamp might be a good avenue in the future.
SatyrSack@lemmy.one 9 months ago
Has anything really happened since they were acquired by Epic last year?
lolcatnip@reddthat.com 9 months ago
That’s not a guarantee either unless you know how much they spent getting in a position for you to hand them cash.