Re:Is Bandcamp the Holy Grail of Online Record Stores?
by miend on Friday August 19, 2016 @11:15PM
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I don't know if the freedom of Bandcamp's model is the primary psychological factor for me in this behavior, but I find myself much more liberally spendy (paying more than what the artist usually asks, if it's an option) with this platform than I have been on any other. From watching the front page where they give you a live feed of people purchasing music, including how much more than the asking price they pay, I don't think I'm alone.
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Re:Is Bandcamp the Holy Grail of Online Record Stores?
by reitanqild on Saturday August 20, 2016 @04:43AM
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Same here:
I feel I simultaneously
* judge authors and artists more leniently when I get to choose what to pay
* and pay more, partially just to support a good cause (I know the artist/author pockets most of it) and I guess partially to spite the big labels and make it more attractive for other artists to leave the dark side.
Re:Is Bandcamp the Holy Grail of Online Record Stores?
by davidgerard on Sunday August 21, 2016 @04:53PM
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Yeah. It feels virtuous to pay on Bandcamp, in a way it doesn't in other places, because you know they're getting most of it and what the deal is.