Micro-donations for metal
Here’s an idea: get fans to pay for an album before it’s made. Traditionally, fans have rewarded artists after they release albums. Downloading has killed that model. Yet fans aren’t any less fan-atical about artists now. If anything, downloading enables fans to find what they truly like, instead of making do with generalized filters like...
Stinking Lizaveta - Sacrifice and Bliss
Stinking Lizaveta are a band you’ve heard of but haven’t heard. [Ed. note: I have. See live review here.] The Philly trio continues releasing albums and touring after fifteen years of eschewing trends and embracing creative freedom. It’s refreshing to listen to a band not entangled in any music business machine. There is no artifice...