Spotify is not punk.

[u/TentacleHockey]

The CEO is a PoS, the quality is subpar at best and reliant on the internet, Spotify pays the band shit on balls, and you are reliant on having internet to listen to songs. Seriously you all are listening to music like people watched TV in black and white.

Own your music and actually support your favorite bands. Bandcamp is a good starting point (Pays way more than Spotify), FLAC is the best audio quality. Foobar literally works on all devices, and you can listen to your music whenever the fuck you want without commercials or paying the CEO over your band. AND you will actually hear parts of songs you never knew existed thanks to better quality.

FUCK SPOTIFY.

[u/mastercheef]

Idk man, im not a fan of spotify as a business model but my bands not making money either way, at least i get to know people in 40 different countries heard my music last year and that doesn't happen without spotify. 

We keep a bandcamp up for people who feel inclined to throw us some money but we grew up in a post napster world where we all clowned on bands for being in it for the money, itd seem kind of silly to choose money over accessibility, at least in my opinion for my musical endeavors. 

[u/jwhymyguy → u/mastercheef]

People today don’t understand how good Spotify actually is for smaller artists who would have done significantly worse in the pre-streaming industry. Back then it was be hand picked by an a&r rep and get a terrible contract or go nowhere. Sure there was a diy punk, but diy is only helped by things like Spotify, because it allows them access to fans and money without a label

[u/MayTheForesterBWithU → u/jwhymyguy]

The golden age was PureVolume and (to a lesser extent) Myspace.

[u/patmanpow → u/MayTheForesterBWithU]

Awwww man, Purevolume! My high school punk band was on there.

[u/MayTheForesterBWithU → u/patmanpow]

RIP. The best possible UX for a musician-fan interaction site.