• dinckel@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    There’s a reason why artists have to sell 50$ t-shirts at shows. Back in the days, the label would leech you dry, and now it’s Spotify, on top of your label

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        12 days ago

        Yeah, but that’s probably partially due to their existing fame.

        • satanmat@lemmy.world
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          12 days ago

          Well, yeah.

          They make more money from OF than from Spotify… and they are not doing porn.