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My Music is Online!

  • laurenmitchellband
  • Oct 3
  • 2 min read

Hello Again Friends! 


I’m back with an update for you.  The last time I shared a post here, it was to let you know that I had removed my music from ALL streaming platforms. That’s still true. You can't find my music on any platform that's gonna pay me less than a penny per-stream.


I was tired of allowing my work (work that took me a lifetime to create) to be consumed for FREE. NO ONE, including artists, should work for free. 


As I noted in my last post, streaming platforms are robbing artists in every way possible. A perfect example of the predatory & parasitic system that has bene created by these platforms, I received a check for my royalty distribution last week … you guys … it was for the first 9 months of 2025 … and the total was $11.35!!!! 


YOU READ THAT RIGHT. $11 DOLLARS & THRTY FIVE CENTS … for NINE MONTHS of streaming royalties. 


How can anyone make a living on that kind of payout? It is the definition of the word absurd. 


Anyways …. I’ll stop beating the horse (for now) & tell you about the solution I’ve come up with. 


My good friend (& producer for my next album) Myles Wakeham, of Troubled Clef Studio, got me hip. He told me about Bandcamp. I checked it out & found the solution I’ve been looking for. 


Bancamp is a platform that allows artists to upload our music & actually PAYS ARTISTS when someone downloads our albums! What a novel idea! (Can you hear my eyes rolling?)


They have a great app that interfaces easily with whatever device you chose & they make it easy to find & support your favorite artists … as well as help you discover new music. 


If you want to check out my last album, “Desire” online, HERE is where you can do that. 


Also … if you want to listen to me talk about this a bit, you can watch the video (below) I made about it (& see the living room of our home, LOL).


Live from our living room! :-)


 
 
 

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