Don't Trust Amuse.io with Your Music

[@CatFish107]

Bandcamp fits my mental model of music consumption better than all the others. I grew up playing tapes on a Walkman, walking to and from school, and got paid in CDs for my highschool late night data entry gig at a video rental store. Buy an album, put it on my music player (now a phone), play on headphones. Ace. Huge selection now, for lower prices than I paid for CDs in the 90s, and the artists get a bigger slice of that purchase than the old school model. Bonus: I can find weirdos who still put those albums on casette, along with the digital download. And sometimes they even make bespoke, one of a kind art on the casette!

[@StephenMcLeod]

I do like Bandcamp a lot. I used to put out albums on tape but it was a lot of work for not a huge amount of return. Now, if I could find a tape duplicator...

[@HIFI1965]

I am so glad that I'm too old to care about releasing music.

[@StephenMcLeod]

Haha that's one way to do it.

[@Osoronnophris]

are you too old to care about having a paying job? now that would be impressive

[@DiomedeGap]

For a business that would presumably rely on customer loyalty, it's a puzzling move for them to do something that essentially says "This is a good moment for you to go and find someone else to distribute your music". Good businesses try to minimise friction, minimise the number of times a user thinks "Hmmm, if I'm going to have to upload everything again, maybe I should shop around".

[@StephenMcLeod]

One may suspect that is why we are suddenly hearing about this 'requirement' three years after it was introduced. To give little time to shop around.

[@8bitBarry1]

Its like the further they improve the technology, the deeper and deeper we sink into the undercurrents

[@DannyFiver-m9k]

Listened to Brain Holiday this morning and it’s great music . Going to listen again and keep up the good work with the channel.

[@StephenMcLeod]

Thanks a lot!!

[@DannyFiver-m9k]

@ no worries man I think it’s important to tell someone when they’re making good music and their KZbin channel has kept me interested for years.

[@Yesternow]

New album is solid !

[@StephenMcLeod]

Thanks for listening!

[@timburlingame5893]

No risk here. Gotta finish a track before I can lose it lol.

[@StephenMcLeod]

Fair haha

[@awkwardtom]

Haha excellent, remember you are your number one fan and your unfinished tracks are only unfinished to you. Don't stop making more ! 👍

[@the_washington_monument_am9714]

Sorry for all this bullshit man. Really appreciate the PSA - I was planning on selecting a distributor this weekend and you’ve narrowed my choices a weeee bit ❤

[@StephenMcLeod]

If it helps, I am shifting to CDBaby, as they don't require a subscription model, but usual caveats apply. Not sponsored!!

[@BloodyChunX]

OK. I have to ask. Where are you getting your glasses frames from? They are mint!

[@StephenMcLeod]

Thanks! They are designed by Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo fame. He has a range for sale online.

[@BloodyChunX]

@@StephenMcLeod OK. Googled them. I will stick with my freebees. Either that or I am blind! Awesome frames though!

[@AhmadDolatkhahhunter]

The exact same thing happened to me with the same email!

[@David06-F]

I uploaded three songs to amuse and they were not approved because According to them my songs were made by AI, but my songs are totally original... big mistake

[@StephenMcLeod]

That is bizarre. Sounds like you dodged a bullet!

[@oris8225]

I also got an email that they will delete my tracks (I only uploaded one track) after December 1st. I took the risk and didn't take any action and until now nothing happened to my track. We will see if they are really going to delete my track, because my guess is they won't because it's a lot of work for them as there are probably a lot of users like me, who just uploaded a track for fun and they don't care what's going to happen to it. I'll give an update if something changes. Update: My track unfortunately got deleted😒

[@danielpirone8028]

Fantastic video- thank you for sharing !

[@StephenMcLeod]

Thanks for watching!

[@wolfgangdevries127]

Not too bothered by uploading yet. I can study counterpoint and just wait for the shift 😊

[@AllThatsGone]

Go gettem’ Stephen

[@lindsaywebb1904]

I'm not sure you will find anything better though. €20 year seems reasonable. I t that they could have handled this better but they have to keep the doors open.

[@StephenMcLeod]

I did address all of this in the video...

[@jchjlqhamilton644]

hear you! on a side note, were you at beak? think we might have literally bumped into one another.

[@jchjlqhamilton644]

I will pick up the new album by the way!

[@StephenMcLeod]

I was! Was I blundering around like a mad fool?!

[@vinylarchaeologist]

We are not amuse'd.

[@StephenMcLeod]

someone had to say it!!

[@vinylarchaeologist]

@@StephenMcLeod Yes. An important sacrifice.

[@artisans8521]

Business....means sucking the lifeblood out of you, it's not that they want to, it's that they have to in order to keep their investors happy. So, an idealistic business that seems too good to be true might just be that. Idealism and business do never mix in the long run. From BF deals that are actually BS deals. Unfair pricing schemes. Ever changing legal banter in front of every commercial move you make, you know you are basically Fd the moment you sign away precious, hard earned cash. Especially the words free and perpetual have lost all their meaning when it comes to the "art of the deal" in an ever changing business environment. And when a company tells you this is a better deal, then the one you had slam down the phone down as hard a modern phone allows you to do. Any company that claims to have your best interest in mind.....do I need to go on?

[@StephenMcLeod]

Oh aye, definitely. No ethical consumption under capitalism etc. That's partly why it's important to call out the BS.

[@Osoronnophris]

of course they "want to"... dont fool yourself

[@dasczwo]

lol. you honestley believed that it would be free? seeing their spot from back then gives me this warm social fuzzy feeling....

[@kierenmoore3236]

This kind of crap pisses those of us with practical legal backgrounds off, the most, it seems … especially those of us from countries with actually good/decent consumer legislation … You could always sell your soul and go into ‘business’, yourself … Though, personally, I’d rather sell my soul at the crossroads in Georgia for some sick music skills 😈🎻 …

[@StephenMcLeod]

It is pretty feckin ridiculous.

[@wohfab]

This is so hostile from amuse! I have 2(!) uploads, very amateur stuff, shitty quality, "produced" and uploaded there in 2017. "Royalties" in these 8 years are around 2(!) USD. So, what I am saying, I did it for fun and didn't expect it to "work for life", _BUT_ one of those two songs got this takedown notice for missing metadata. Interestinglgy, it is the one that "earned" me these 2 bucks. However, I provided the exact same amount of data for both my uploads. What you said about "unspecified metadata". Yeah, this is a scammy way to get me to pay, by taking down my most "profiltable" song.

[@StephenMcLeod]

Hostile is the word. The fact that they aren't specifying what metadata is missing is especially damning.

[@awkwardtom]

Bring back MySpace 😂.......

[@StephenMcLeod]

Bebo.

[@monsirto]

What is it with Sweden and rorts? TE, we are looking at you too.

[@StephenMcLeod]

They brought us Abba!!

[@monsirto]

@StephenMcLeod Yeah, that got you my upvote 😭

[@zooblestyx]

A for-profit music distribution company who don't give a shite about the actual musicians? Say it ain't so!

[@StephenMcLeod]

Quite.