Vinyl Me Please (store, exclusives, swaps, etc)

MikeH · Oct 4, 2021

Ghost said:
For what it’s worth, Tidal centers it’s business around Hi-Fi steams and paying artists the highest streaming rates. They’re also integrating Square into the platform to further enhance monetization options for musicians. If you’re going to give your money to a service Tidal is the one actually looking out for musicians!View attachment 114022

not sure if TIdal started paying more, but last I checked, Qobuz pays artists $0.044 per stream vs Tidal's $0.01. Either way, @zdkaiser is right haha. Both are kinda pathetic amounts to pay musicians for something they created. Artists probably end up making more overall money from Spotify and Tidal just since they have the biggest market shares for streaming + hi-fi streaming compared to Qobuz, but I think Qobuz is one of, if not the best, for paying artists. Bandcamp also tends to pay artists really well so that's usually my first stop when buying records/merch/digital high res.

TenderLovingKiller® · Oct 4, 2021

MikeH said:
not sure if TIdal started paying more, but last I checked, Qobuz pays artists $0.044 per stream vs Tidal's $0.01. Either way, @zdkaiser is right haha. Both are kinda pathetic amounts to pay musicians for something they created. Artists probably end up making more overall money from Spotify and Tidal just since they have the biggest market shares for streaming + hi-fi streaming compared to Qobuz, but I think Qobuz is one of, if not the best, for paying artists. Bandcamp also tends to pay artists really well so that's usually my first stop when buying records/merch/digital high res.

I think Bandcamp only takes like 10% of the purchase price which is comparable to a venues cut from a merch table and that seems exceptionally fair given the current way things are handled.

hatfieldpdx · Oct 4, 2021

TenderLovingKiller® said:
I think Bandcamp only takes like 10% of the purchase price which is comparable to a venues cut from a merch table and that seems exceptionally fair given the current way things are handled.

And they typically waive these fees one day a month, which is yet another reason to support the platform.

Ghost · Oct 4, 2021

MikeH said:
not sure if TIdal started paying more, but last I checked, Qobuz pays artists $0.044 per stream vs Tidal's $0.01. Either way, @zdkaiser is right haha. Both are kinda pathetic amounts to pay musicians for something they created. Artists probably end up making more overall money from Spotify and Tidal just since they have the biggest market shares for streaming + hi-fi streaming compared to Qobuz, but I think Qobuz is one of, if not the best, for paying artists. Bandcamp also tends to pay artists really well so that's usually my first stop when buying records/merch/digital high res.

Didn’t realize that about Qobuz! Definitely an option to consider in that case. I agree that none of these numbers are particularly generous and agree streaming has altered the musical landscape as a whole. I buy from Bandcamp when available and have of course spent an ungodly amount on vinyl to justify a streaming membership. I just wanted to point out to those on the fence that there are players in the game actively working to address the compensation issue. Tidal seems to be innovating around it which makes it very easy to support them for me!

folsom_lives · Oct 4, 2021

Another VMP exclusive, another email for warps….

Daptone Revue has some woozy wobbles.

MikeH · Oct 5, 2021

folsom_lives said:
Another VMP exclusive, another email for warps….

Daptone Revue has some woozy wobbles.

if you get a new one, could you let me know and i'd be down to buy the old one off ya if the wobbles might be able to be flattened? i almost ordered this from VMP with my credit but glad I held off if there are some issues...

folsom_lives · Oct 5, 2021

MikeH said:
if you get a new one, could you let me know and i'd be down to buy the old one off ya if the wobbles might be able to be flattened? i almost ordered this from VMP with my credit but glad I held off if there are some issues...

I'll let you know if I end with a replacement. The first one has a decent dish and I was willing to live with that one. The second disc had those bad fluttery pry warps all over the edge that would have caused some real headaches. I'm sure they could all be flattened.