Hot Take/ Musical Confession Thread!

gaporter said:
I think non-album singles are fine, as long as it's released with the understanding that it's a standalone thing. I agree with @wokeupnew that it's disappointing for an artist to release a great song you think is a lead single only for it to be a one-off.
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Agree on being disappointed if I think it means an album is incoming and never happens, but I don't want to live in a world without New Order and Joy Division non-album singles so I can't say I don't like them.
 
dhodo said:
Agree on being disappointed if I think it means an album is incoming and never happens, but I don't want to live in a world without New Order and Joy Division non-album singles so I can't say I don't like them.
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You can extend that to pretty much every band from Manchester circa 76-94/95 for me. So much fantastic non album stuff floating about there.
 
I love the format of an album when it is considered but also enjoy EP's and 7" releases too.

Worth remembering that in the earlier days (I'm thinking 50's - 60's jazz) music was often released as EP's or 7" as the labels could afford to pay musicians for a full recording session and the other associated costs of a full album. It was less of a way of squeezing money out of the public rather than a necessity to get music out there.
 
Viking Dan said:
Of those currently alive and eligible for "best non-death metal raspy voice"

Frances Quinlan > Brian Johnson > Joan Jett> Tom Waits > Rod Stewart> Axl Rose > Bryan Adams > Steven Tyler > Adrianne Lenker
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CAT POWER >>>>>>> [all of the above]
CrazyDiamond84 said:
Where does Waxahatchee, Conor Oberst, and Eddie Vedder fall in that list?
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Somewhere far below CAT POWER
Hemotep said:
Bandcamp was a company that broke the mold by being primarily a small company that put creators first and minimized expenses to maximize revenue splits with artists, and the model worked. They specifically avoided venture capitalist vultures who would force a completely different business model on the company that would treat each quarter as one in which every last drop of profit had to be squeezed out of all available source. The company that bought them is part of a larger conglomerate that is known for this practice, not that most companies aren't, but they've made a lot of money on micro-transactions which is anti-consumer in it's nature. Plus they've announced that they are very pro-NFT and that plans to be a big part of how they will expand moving forward. The bummer is that Bandcamp had been the best out of a bunch of shitty options for buying from artists and supporting them, and it's likely that both artists and us will suffer as the shareholder profit maximization model takes it over.
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I feel like the fact that Bandcamp sold itself to that conglomerate undercuts the truth of your first few sentences here. I think Bandcamp successfully convinced a bunch of people that they built a morally superior company purely for the love of music and good vibes but were really just biding their time until they could sell at the right price.
 
Ericj32 said:
I feel like the fact that Bandcamp sold itself to that conglomerate undercuts the truth of your first few sentences here. I think Bandcamp successfully convinced a bunch of people that they built a morally superior company purely for the love of music and good vibes but were really just biding their time until they could sell at the right price.
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Obviously, since that's what happened. But it doesn't change the fact that they had a working business model that was doing better for artists and consumers than other options. It doesn't mean they were morally superior, just that they showed that a model like that could work in this economic climate and get the support of those who use it. And it's disappointing to see that they've sold that to a group that will likely change it now that a lot of the user base is locked in with libraries of digital purchases which make them less likely to stop using it regardless of what shitty changes they make. There is no ethical or moral consumption in capitalism, but there are some less shitty options and it's always a bummer when they dry up.
 
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