Streaming doesn't make anyone any money though. Kendrick fans buy his album. Same with Drake. Same with Cardi B. Unfortunately for the majority of 'indie' artists, their fans are happy to stream. And when they sell units.. Noname sold .. what, 2000 copies of her absolutely critically acclaimed album over the course of a couple months. Westside Gunn can sell 1500 records in 6 minutes at $60 a pop. And he ain't even close to seeing people who are beneath Drake's level. Like.. there is worlds of difference between selling like Cardi B and selling like Noname. And money is vastly different too. And ultimately this is the music business. So until that changes, stream away and appear at festivals (not as a headliner) while the Cardi B's and the Drakes of the world sell millions of copies of their album, stream and sell out arena tours.
And the fans are not blameless here.. I don't know why you think they are. I mean, I was naive twenty years ago thinking that if only people could hear the other music being made out there, these artists would be stars. And guess what? Most of the people I think should be stars are still nobodies to the majority of the world because they just don't care about that stuff. They don't. And once you figure that out, you'll stop paying attention to wtf people like JD have to say about anything.
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