Visits to music piracy websites went up more than 13 percent last year, a new report says. The majority of those visits were to sites that allow users to download the audio from YouTube URLs.

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      9 months ago

      I feel like Bandcamp’s biggest fans are prolific pirates with a conscience who just want to see their favorite artists actually get paid.

      EDIT: Don’t forget it’s Bandcamp Friday today.

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          9 months ago

          But we’ll still need a proper place to support our favorite creators (where the artists actually receive some of the money). I wonder where people will migrate next.

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              Haven’t heard about that one, thank you for the heads-up.

              First impressions:

              • From top 10 artists i follow:
                • 5/10 have profile and uploaded at least one song on Bandcamp.
                • 3/10 have an account on Audius (possibility to donate).
                • 1/10 has uploaded at least one song on Audius.
              • One MUST upload a profile picture to create an account.
                • About 1/3 of proposed artists during account creation have uploaded <5 songs, most seem to be remix and cover artists.
                • Didn’t figure out how to search for artists during account creation, ended up choosing 2/3 artists I’ve never heard of.
              • Not immediately apparent whether I can download bought music to a lossless format.
              • Not sure how to buy album or individual song at first glance.
              • LOTS of remixes and covers, not so much original songs (this is both good and bad).
              • Nice that you can donate arbitrary amount without buying anything, in case you already got the music from… other places…
                • I didn’t find anyplace where “$AUDIO” is explained, how much the artist receives, or what you receive if anything.

              Less relevant observations:

              • weird pause/play button, sometimes there’s just a loading wheel spinning where it’s supposed to be, not really functional.
              • Slightly intrusive, had to disable some plugins (Javascript (obviously it’s playing music) and fingerprinting (cloudflare?)) for the site to load. Not relevant to music, but just a general observation since we’re in the piracy community.

              Not much going on by now, but it probably just needs some time to grow and assimilate the likely soon-to-be-migrating Bandcamp user base. I’ll keep an eye on it, and probably revisit it once more artists have migrated to it.

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                9 months ago

                Thanks for the detailed obesrvation! Yeah unfortunately it still has some technical issues and shortcomings but imo this platform has some great potential.

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          9 months ago

          The economics with the artists haven’t changed. Until they do I’ll still use them to pay artists a living wage.

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        I listen to hundreds of small artists. I can’t buy every singles albums they have.

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          You don’t have to. Buy the ones you think are worth it, attend shows and maybe buy merch. Like we used to do before leechify

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        Small artists depend on their income from their 9 to 5 jobs. The music is a bonus

        Source - been there

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      I never stopped either, but i buy vinyl…slowed down since my turntable only spins at 33.3 in special occasions when the spirits shine upon it.

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          9 months ago

          Its a technics DD. I think its a mk 2 or 3 model. When its off its consistently off. Like it still locks into a speed its just the wrong speed.

          I think its an electrical issue and im too afraid to take it apart while it still works sometimes. I probably couldnt fix anyway

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            9 months ago

            Oh yeah that’s way out of my wheelhouse too lol. Hopefully someone online has or posts a video on fixing it (or at least a similar table with the same issue)!

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            9 months ago

            That could be simple to fix. I bought a used SL-1500 which had the issue that it’d only spin at 33rpm. 45rpm didn’t work. I opened it up and with some tuner spray I washed the switch (spraying it, switching it back and forth). Now as good as new. These things are built like tanks

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      9 months ago

      I have never pirated music more in my life as I do now.

      I have never purchased as much music as I do now.