Comment by nine_k
1 month ago
I sometimes see how artists who I follow on Bandcamp write about their struggle with ordering the production of vinyls, shipping delays and troubles, etc.
I'd rather them spend this time on doing their art, or going on with their lives. If you want to give an artist a token of appreciation, send them money. I always increase the suggested price of an album or track on Bandcamp to some interesting-looking number.
To produce, ship, and store an otherwise unused complex artifact just as a token of appreciation which is not otherwise enjoyed by the parties looks wasteful for me.
I struggle to figure out how you came to the conclusion that a soulless money transaction is somehow comparable to buying a custom made vinyl album someone spent time on.
The cover might gotten the relevant input from the band but the vinyl itself has only a handful of options and plenty of them are just black.
But come on do you listen to music of a band becase they are great in taking pictures? Or because they are really really good in standing next to a vinyl press?
No
You appreiciate their music and you don't need a commercial token to do so.