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Comment on Jamendo’s artist donations are paltry by Boy65

Boy65 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:19:15 +0000

Monbiot is clearly trying to narrow the terms of the debate unilaterally and unfairly, blah blah blah. ,

Comment on Jamendo’s artist donations are paltry by Boy42

Boy42 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:40:51 +0000

Many more are simply sceptical that real change can occur. ,

Comment on Jamendo’s artist donations are paltry by Adrian

Adrian — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:41:57 +0000

It’s worth noting that artists discovered on Jamendo, not only may receive donations, but, listeners may, additionally, purchase their downloads and CDs (either on the Jamendo site, or on iTunes, Amazon, the artist’s own website etc.). That’s been my experience.

Thus, even when number-crunching, there’s more to Jamendo than what can be determined from the published figures. And, of course, the value to an artist extends well beyond these immediate pecuniary measures.

Overall, it’s a great site and community. Here’s hoping it maintains its culture and integrity as it continues to grow.

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Comment on Jamendo’s artist donations are paltry by paul

paul — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 06:53:17 +0000

I’ve donated to a couple of jamendo artists but really, 1) jamendo’s downloading process is a pain; 2) the donation process is a pain; 3) most of the music is crap. I’ve bought a few dozen magnatune albums at 8 usd a pop (even though free mp3 downloads are available), and that’s been a much more pleasant experience. My feeling is when I download something from jamendo, I don’t feel much duty to donate unless I listen to it and feel likely to keep listening to it multiple times. That happens pretty often with magnatune (so I buy the albums) but most jamendo items I’ve downloaded haven’t been worth a second listen.

I guess I shouldn’t have said “crap”, it’s not so much about the quality of the music but that the musical styles available at jamendo mostly don’t interest me very much. I guess the quality of what is there is fine if the style is to your liking. But I find much more that interests me at magnatune.

At archive.org they don’t even ask for donations. However there are only a few bands there that I have any interest in listening to. I like the old grateful dead shows but how many different recordings of the exact same songs does anyone want to hear?

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Comment on Jamendo’s artist donations are paltry by gopindra

gopindra — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:17:15 +0000

Musicians generally make much, much more off of admission at live shows (plus merchandising at shows) than they make off of album sales. I think a lot of people who promote their music through channels such as Jamendo are looking to disperse their music to a lot of new ears and gain some new fans. Ideally, when they get around to touring this gamble will pay off. I am one of the members who has donated.