It is also implied that the author is now pirating their music, so now instead of the artist getting some money from the author, they get none.
"Moving away from Spotify doesn't mean abandoning artists. In fact, I now support musicians more directly by:
Purchasing music directly from platforms like Bandcamp where artists receive 82-90% of sales Buying physical media from official stores Supporting Patreon/subscription services for favorite artists Attending concerts and buying merchandise Buying a $10 album on Bandcamp puts about $8.20-$9.00 in the artist's pocket. To match that on Spotify, you're talking roughly 1.6k-3k streams of that album per listener. If the artist has a label taking a cut on Spotify, the stream counts needed go up further.
My self-hosted setup is about controlling my listening experience and owning what I pay for, not avoiding fair compensation to artists."
Lidarr seems to be a cornerstone of the setup. I assume Bandcamp is for more obscure indie stuff that isn't as available from the pirates.
It does musicbrains matching, fixes the metadata based on that, fetches pretty pictures of the artist etc.
There are other tools for it, but Lidarr is what works for me.
Since when do sites like band camp etc expose your bought library over usenet?
Live performances also have the added benefit of shielding artists from AI music.