From 6dc0095961e666ca9ba471e2bc1e5cbe94445366 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mms Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 16:14:56 +0100 Subject: feat: let me buy... --- content/blog/2024/let-me-buy-your-stuff.md | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/blog/2024/let-me-buy-your-stuff.md (limited to 'content/blog/2024') diff --git a/content/blog/2024/let-me-buy-your-stuff.md b/content/blog/2024/let-me-buy-your-stuff.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ba5ba62 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2024/let-me-buy-your-stuff.md @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ ++++ +title = "Let me buy your stuff" +author = ["Michał Sapka"] +date = 2024-02-14T16:08:00+01:00 +categories = ["blog"] +draft = false +weight = 2001 +abstract = "Stream-only is not an option" ++++ + +I don't think many artists[^fn:1] visit my site, but no can can stop me from pledging you. + +Musicians, writers, game developers. Please, let me buy your stuff. +Preferably _directly_ from you. + +The only streaming I pay for is YouTube, and I want to drop it as well soon. +This means I am getting my dose of media locally. +From _files_ and _audio players_, like a gentleman. + +Now, this gives me two options: high seas or purchasing. + +Most of the artist I listen to are long dead. +And this makes the problem easy: I have no moral problem with simply downloading the stuff without any care for copyright. +If there is some new translation or the offer is good - sure. +But, looking at _A Love Supreme_: + +- Coltrane: dead since the 60s +- Elvin Jones: dead since 2004[^fn:2] +- Jimmy Garrison: dead since the 70s +- McCoy Tyner: dead since 2020[^fn:2] + +The album itself was released almost 60 years ago. +That's a lot longer than I am even alive! + +But there are also new, young, and very much alive artists. +Just recently I've been listening to [Ambrose Akinmusire](https://www.ambroseakinmusire.com/). I've bought both of his albums available on [Bandcamp](https://ambroseakinmusire.bandcamp.com/), and they are amazing. +I can't recommend Owl Song enough! + +But that's just a portion of his work. +The rest is available only on streaming of by importing CD from the USA. +The first option is a **strong no** for me, as I respect artists too much to just participate in their destruction. +The other is acceptable, but the shipping costs are high (there's also the Amazon problem, but it's nothing compared to streaming). + +So, please: if you create any form of art, consider direct sale. +Spotify, steam[^fn:3], netflix, amazon - those are not the only options. +I'm not saying to abandon them, as it would be crazy. +We're not in the good timeline after all. +But let me buy it as well! +I _will_ buy it and, as a result, give you more money from a single album than it's physically possible using Spotify. + +[^fn:1]: I respect you too much to use the word "content". +[^fn:2]: Mad respect for living such a long jazz-filled life. + When you read biographies of the Great Cats of the Past you learn that long lifespan is not something that comes from life on road... and drugs. +[^fn:3]: Vide my article on [Digital Ownership](/articles/digital-ownership/). \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3