I quit social media a few years back and one of the things I lost was the ability to keep up to date on some of the indie artists I liked that basically only post their music to instagram and spotify.

Recently I have been emailing some of them asking if they might consider

sending release updates to an email list or posting to an RSS enabled blog to help support the neu-luddites.

and

Printing some CDs so fans could purchase their music without supporting spotify.

Everyone who has responded has been very nice so far. I thought I would share in case this strikes a chord with anyone else trying to exit socials or spotify.

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[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 4 points 4 days ago

I didn’t want to try to push them onto a specific platform, although I do personally love band camp! I wrote:

As technology tries to take over I find myself shying away from giving money or ad attention to companies like google, instagram, and spotify. I love your music and, if the opportunity arises, I would really love it if you could also make it available for purchase via CD or via download from a reasonably ethical company.

An email newsletter for new releases would also help us luddites follow your work better.