i have not once said we should sell tapes

lol

we need to expand what we offer physically

it doesn't need to be a cd or tape anymore

we could sell books with the lyrics

we could sell art books

we can do all kinds of stuff

we don't gotta sell the actual music anymore though

because with the age of the internet

post napster etc

it's free as soon as it hits the net

but i feel we gotta take it back and
start selling s*** out of the trunk again

selling s*** out the trunk was mainly used as tapes. But f*** it, CDs too, they're both the same things in 2021. You do realize macbooks don't have CD ports anymore?

see my post above

i also don't literally mean sell s*** out of the trunk necessarily

the new trunk today is having your own website imo

like what Roc Marci is doing

Why musicians gotta do all this extra s*** though? If a musician just wants to sell their music, they can sell their music

And if what you're saying was the case, then how come Mach Hommy crafted an entire successful underground career out of selling his music online for enormous prices?

And now people with trash opinions can go online and feel validated because 4 people agree with them

because people want to support

i'm not saying other people don't wanna support strictly digital s***

i'm not hating on it

people like mach and roc are doing it the right way

they are charging what they feel it's valued at

who would hate on that?

i am simply saying

EYE will not be paying for a digital anything

but i will happily pay for a physical presence

"EYE will not be paying for a digital anything"

Aight then, just know that YOU are a big contributor to the problem that you've been complaining about this entire thread.

imagine you an actual artist and proudly admitting you don't buy literally anyone else's digital work. that's some loser s*** lol.

i disagree

it's a much larger issue than
the personal choice of some people

what was the last piece of digital art you bought?

starting a new thread

jelani sei, a local band from nyc last year off bandcamp.

Started with mysterious music fans wanting to feel superior to people that actually enjoy what they’re listening to

that's awesome

There's a user on here who started a business where you can buy 1-on-1 time with (up and coming, for now) artists, and then hold and sell that time in the future as the artist gets bigger. I really like that idea.

I aint saying I've never downloaded an artist's project (and if I do, it's usually like super mainstream) but if it's underground and I f*** with it, I'll either stream or just buy it. Cause I'd want the same thing to be done for my work.

you don't feel bad downloading the super mainstream album?

doesn't their work deserve your money too?

this is also where i'm going with this point

artists today are selling their time and connection

versus just selling the music

until the infrastructure is truly favorable for artists

i feel this is the way...

if I'm a super fan I'll cop (kendrick, KRIT, Ari, Jamila Woods, etc.), if I don't know and it's just a "flavor of the week" type of thing then I admittedly download.

Like I said, it depends on context. But digital art definitely absolutely does deserve to be priced at whatever the artist chooses to price at. And whether or not you like it, we've seen through countless artists like Knxwledge (who don't have their own website) sustain very admirable careers just off that alone lol.

It lets people put their trust in someone else to sift through all the bullshit to save them the time of having to do it themselves

This Def comes with some bad outcomes but they still serve a purpose

but you realize that you're basically saying

"if i don't f*** with you, i'm not copping your album"

so how can you then take the stance of "digital art definitely absolutely does deserve to be priced at whatever the artist chooses to price at"

all i'm asking is that we keep it real

to me, that says that you do not value all art as you claim

only what you enjoy

which isn't a bad thing

i took the same stance before streaming became a thing

it just is what it is

"that says that you do not value all art as you claim

only what you enjoy"

how is that in any way similar to you saying you don't support any of the art at all?

nobody buys every album that comes out every day. That's never been the case whether it was itunes, or CDs, or tapes, or vinyls, or them record player things that had the thing at the top shaped like a horn. But you still are curious because a project by someone you don't f*** with could encourage you to buy their next project.

That's literally how I got into KRIT and Cole back when they was coming up. And just like I bought KRIT's last album, I'ma cop Cole's next album when it comes out in the next 2 weeks.

i don't support digital art because it is easily accessible

you illegally download albums that you're not sure about

why?

because you can

and that's my point

the reason doesn't matter to me really