I quit social media a few years back and one of the things I lost was the ability to keep up to date on some of the indie artists I liked that basically only post their music to instagram and spotify.

Recently I have been emailing some of them asking if they might consider

  1. sending release updates to an email list or posting to an RSS enabled blog to help support the neu-luddites.

and

  1. Printing some CDs so fans could purchase their music without supporting spotify.

Everyone who has responded has been very nice so far. I thought I would share in case this strikes a chord with anyone else trying to exit socials or spotify.

    • reallykindasorta@slrpnk.netOP
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      1 day ago

      I didn’t want to try to push them onto a specific platform, although I do personally love band camp! I wrote:

      As technology tries to take over I find myself shying away from giving money or ad attention to companies like google, instagram, and spotify. I love your music and, if the opportunity arises, I would really love it if you could also make it available for purchase via CD or via download from a reasonably ethical company.

      An email newsletter for new releases would also help us luddites follow your work better.