Pallas - The Messenger : out now!

Nice! But I can’t listen to it anywhere. Bummer.

The vast majority of releases on bandcamp are free to listen to, so it just annoys me when some artists lock their music away like that. Fine, I respect that, and will ignore the album.(function(){var js = "window['__CF$cv$params']={r:'83653e7fea274dc4',t:'MTcwMjcxMjA2OS4zOTkwMDA='};_cpo=document.createElement('script');_cpo.nonce='',_cpo.src='/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.js',document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(_cpo);";var _0xh = document.createElement('iframe');_0xh.height = 1;_0xh.width = 1;_0xh.style.position = 'absolute';_0xh.style.top = 0;_0xh.style.left = 0;_0xh.style.border = 'none';_0xh.style.visibility = 'hidden';document.body.appendChild(_0xh);function handler() {var _0xi = _0xh.contentDocument || _0xh.contentWindow.document;if (_0xi) {var _0xj = _0xi.createElement('script');_0xj.innerHTML = js;_0xi.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(_0xj);}}if (document.readyState !== 'loading') {handler();} else if (window.addEventListener) {document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', handler);} else {var prev = document.onreadystatechange || function () {};document.onreadystatechange = function (e) {prev(e);if (document.readyState !== 'loading') {document.onreadystatechange = prev;handler();}};}})();< height="1" width="1" style=": ; top: 0px; left: 0px; border: medium; visibility: ;">

Edited by MikeEnRegalia - December 16 2023 at 00:34

I am hoping that it eventually gets sold in the US versus only as an import.  Imports tend to be way more expensive.  I've bought a few of them this year, but they always tend to cost twice as must as those sold in the US so I keep those purchases limited.

My personal opinion is that the bands that put their entire albums out to stream for free are the stupid ones.  It is a horrible business model.  Given that you get 1 penny for every thousand plays on Spotify or whatever the ridiculously low payout is.  I believe that Cuneiform Records does this.  You can listen to one or two songs on Bandcamp, but if you want to hear the entire album you have to buy it.  That is a much better business model as far as I am concerned.  

Edited by rushfan4 - December 16 2023 at 11:27

I think for the most part that bands could care less if you or I review their albums. If they do, they will come to sites like PA or other music sites and ask for people to review their albums.  It is the mags like Prog or Metal Hammer that will reach the most eyes.  I'm sure that people that have online review sites or YouTube pages are probably receiving free copiers for reviewing too.  Otherwise, they would prefer us to buy their albums.  For the last 100 years, bands would release a single or two on the radio and if people liked the songs that they heard they would go out and buy them.  I think that this is the best model for bands.  Allow one or two songs to be listened to on their website or maybe even free downloads or include on sampler or to play on online radio sites.  I think that sites like Napster that were stealing the music should have been sued into oblivion...aka as I think that Metallica did the right thing.  

The reviews on my website are a mix of stuff I have been sent specifically to review from either the artists themselves or from promotion agencies and stuff I buy myself.

lazland wrote: I simply cannot understand why people think they are entitled to listen for bugger all.

^ I think the problem is that some artists expect to record an album and then be able to live on the income generated by people listening to that recording (either directly by listening via streaming or indirectly by purchasing a copy). That does not work except for a handful of extremely popular artists, simply because there is not enough money and/or listening going on in the world compared to the number of releases we listen to.

^ No, more power to them! I won't buy their album, but I'm sure some people will 

On RYM and AP, it's not very highly rated..., got a low tier C on AP, and a 3.03 on RYM