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
- sending release updates to an email list or posting to an RSS enabled blog to help support the neu-luddites.
and
- 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.
I can see the appeal for an indie band. Maximum reach minimal effort.
I don’t use Instagram so it hurts me too. But I could well understand the thinking behind it.
For sure! Most established artists already have merch, mailing lists, and lots of ways to access their music, plus they have rules set by their labels on where they can distribute.
There’s a large cohort of newer indie artists that pay to record some songs but only put them on spotify, no real way to purchase.