Music sharing platform Bandwagon adds the ability for artists to sell albums, create paid channels for exclusive content, and announces upcoming premium subscription tier for artists
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[–] hisao@ani.social 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Bandwagon Premier launches at the end of the year, selling albums will only be available for this premium subscription tier of $10/month.

This is kinda stupid? I don't see anyone wanting to use this. If you don't sell anything, you still have to pay. Also, as time passes, your older releases are sold less. If you don't release anything new in a while, it makes little sense to keep being subscribed until your next release. Fees are way better, especially for small / little known artists. I think it makes more sense to host some free stuff here for advertisement, and then post a link to your Bandcamp in your profile to let people buy there, because their model is better.

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago

Yeah... I'm not sure that's a good monetization model... I feel like even the standard taking a small cut of every transaction is a better idea than that :/

It feels really overly punishing for small artists while being very reasonable for established larger artists, which sucks