On this thread: https://piefed.social/post/1243539 one of the main points of contention is about the tension between how spotify pays artists very little, but piracy doesn’t, on it’s own, pay them at all.
I’m a heavy user of bandcamp, but i know that it has strengths and weaknesses: it’s great for finding independent artists and small labels, but it doesnt have a big catalog for popular tracks.
Do people have experience with other sources for purchasing? What about https://us.7digital.com/ ?
Specifically for self hosting, is there a way to streamline purchases from sites like these into lidarr? If not, is there an automated solution for (1) uncompressing a downloaded archive file from a purchase, then (2) making it conform to a file/folder organizational structure, and (3) having navidrome, jellyfin, etc import it?
Just trying to find workable ideas for owning music and getting artists most of the money.
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hot take: if an artist is already popular, then they dont need your support anywhere near as much as a bandcamp artist does. i believe it is ethical to enjoy “popular” music without paying for every megabyte. just go see them when they come to town and buy a t-shirt if the spirit moves you.
You could also buy CDs and rip them
CDs take quite some space once you have more than like 50. Selling them after ripping in large quantities is a lot of work. I wouldn’t buy CDs unless I’m really into the physical medium (nothing wrong with that - sadly, most downloads lack high res artworks, booklets etc).
I just donate them when I’m done. Often you can buy the physical CD cheaper from places like discogs than you can a digital version. So I don’t feel bad giving them away afterwards. Someone might even discover the bands I love.
I personally used 7digital to rebuild my music collection. They sell good licensed mp3s.
I have absolutely nothing negative to say about them. The prices were decent, the files are boring DRM free MP3s, and they had a really good selection of music.
Honestly it looks almost exactly the same as when I used it for the first time like 15 years ago.
They also sell flac. Bandcamp is my primary but 7digital is great for popular stuff.
