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The Lobby / Re: Free music
« on: January 04, 2016, 15:54:47 »
I'm a huge proponent of the "pay what you want" concept that services like Bandcamp employ. It lets the artist decide the minimum price they're willing to sell their music at, but gives the ultimate decision of what the music is worth to the listener.
As far as the "pre-pay" format goes, nothing wrong with that either. Crowdfunding enables for artists to cover their production costs without needing a record company or any other middle men in the process, which makes the whole artist-fan relationship much more intimate, which I think, is ultimately far better than the alternative (= not having any funding at all or having to employ middle men).
That is for the stuff that I make just for myself as a hobby, it's a completely different thing when someone wants something specific from me (be it a media production, game or anything else), then you need to pay adequately for my expertise.
As far as the "pre-pay" format goes, nothing wrong with that either. Crowdfunding enables for artists to cover their production costs without needing a record company or any other middle men in the process, which makes the whole artist-fan relationship much more intimate, which I think, is ultimately far better than the alternative (= not having any funding at all or having to employ middle men).
That is for the stuff that I make just for myself as a hobby, it's a completely different thing when someone wants something specific from me (be it a media production, game or anything else), then you need to pay adequately for my expertise.
