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0 pointsfoepys5y ago0 comments

> 100% of people who heard my song in background of John Streamer’s Minecraft speedrun are capable of enjoying music for its own sake.

Why doesn't the streamer use their marketing power to promote independent musicians that don't have big record label deals then? That would be even better because successful independent musicians weaken the music industry and could lead to more competition.

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strogonoff5y ago

From my understanding (not a vlogger, not a streamer), it may be safe to buy music from content platforms[0] but generally music is tricky business: no matter what you use, you are risking some YouTube music ID bug or frivolous DMCA takedown shutting down your channel at any moment.

Even if you have gotten a green light from the original musician, go prove this to a giant corporation that will never have a human representative speak to you. (Stories about people publishing their own music on YouTube only to get it taken down due to a false positive were posted even on HN, I believe.)

Thus, creators seem to use either 1) no music at all, 2) their own music, or 3) generic-sounding music from some royalty-free content platform.

I am wondering whether Bandcamp will finally do the next logical thing and streamline the process of licensing music for video creators directly from musicians (those who opted in).

[0] For obvious reasons, few good musicians are willing to publish music on those royalty-free commoditized music farms.

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