Shout out to @nigelharpur for buying my two songs on Bandcamp yesterday! I was having a day full of frustration and self-doubt as I work on my latest track. Thank you so much for reminding me why I do this; you made me feel like a rock star.
For as little as $1, (or heck, even just one supportive comment) you can brighten a musician's day and give them the encouragement they need to keep being creative.
We hear you, just meant that was the kind of tone the poster was vibing with their demand.
It's poor form to tell independent artists what they need to do, to make something easier for you, that you can try to frame as being something for them.
Especially as structurally important yet universally confusing as license.
That feels more anti artist and exhausting than as the poster put "spreading the word".
I think we're on the same page. Were I a musician and you asked, I'd more than likely say yes. Were you wanting free content for a subscription fee service, not so much. With exceptions of course.
A weird example is if I were asked to contribute to the Chromecast screensavers. I might. Google doesn't actually profit from that and it is actual exposure. A lot more like a museum gallery than anything else, yanno?
(I'd want to read the terms of course)
To put music on a site like Bandcamp, you have to pick a license ( I think). you can see it on the lower left of most album/song pages. usually all rights reserved but not always. it needs to be something else for me to play it on my show/stream.
I've been reluctant to release my music under CC license because I'm extremely sensitive to it being used in a way that would reflect poorly on it and/or me (for example, soundtracking some fashy bullshit in a YouTube video). That said, I will give you, and most people, written permission to use any of it freely.
Same. I. don't mind giving people direct permission, but I don't necessarily want it out there for anyone to use in a way that I might have objections to.
I get that but what if you change your mind? I find out about most of the music I play from @ryno and would just be much more reluctant to play anything if I had to confirm they are also ok with me playing it. I really want CC to become the default ala #EverythingIsARemix anyway. a world of human recs not corporate algos.
I just want to hold the prerogative to say, "No, you actually CAN'T put my music on your non commercial White Supremacy Radio show, and fuck you for asking"
maybe? the emails would be a bit to keep track of.
my process is I hear something, I look it up on Bandcamp, if it's CC I mark it to buy on Bandcamp Friday, then do that, then add it to my Mac media player with the CC tag, and then my station playlist. give the info during the podcast/stream and link in show notes.
for what it's worth, here is something i just found on the creative commons faq:
"Creative Commons licenses are drafted to be enforceable around the world, and have been enforced in court in various jurisdictions. To CC's knowledge, the licenses have never been held unenforceable or invalid."
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