Hey, Soulsties!
As you may be aware, streaming services only pay us fractions of a cent for your enjoyment. That’s only if you pay for THEIR premium service (and/or suffer through their ad programs!) We have multiple services amongst the band so, we can’t really judge but, it doesn’t feel completely fair to us, or you.
While we don’t do this for the money, we still want you to have the best experience possible. That’s why we will always have something for you to listen to, FOR FREE, just for coming to our cozy little space station here, at SoulSees.Best. The ugly reality is that, the better funded our group is, the more creative chances we can take in developing the coolest sounds. From equipment (our engineer is currently tracking down a cassette deck for some of our most dedicated old skool heads), to electric and internet service, and machines to broadcast our latest stuff, directly to you.
We are not backed by any major label (it might be the opposite in some cases, if you know what I mean). So, we do all of this out of our own pocket. For the love of the game, as they say. We don’t NEED your hard earned cash. We’ll keep broadcasting as long we keep loving music, and we’ll keep making it available as long you love it with us! However, we’ve been informed by the “accountant” that we need to start generating some income if we want this to last. (keeping in mind that his pay comes from our accounts…*side eye*)
That’s actually great news, though!
We’ve found a few great services that want to provide the kind of support indie bands like us, deserve! Not to mention, they care about the kind of fans that care about us. Like you, Soulsties! Again, some of these things will cost a bit up front but, they make cool stuff that you can buy to help us celebrate! The way we see it, it’s a risk worth taking and an effort worth making. No Poetry.
So, if you look around the SoulSeesBest Shop you will find links to our official merch pages (we’re working with our in-house design team to make new shirts!), a new option to pick up our sounds on Vinyl and Compact Discs, and our personal favorite, you can download the digital versions of our work to keep offline and listen whenever you want (even when the Wi-Fi is acting up).
Plus, for our creative Soulsties, we are working on avenues for collaborations. We can make our sounds available to rappers, singers, musicians, filmmakers, dancers, and anyone else who would like to license our songs to make even more cool things! When you do, we’ll share our favorites with the exclusive SoulstiesOnly Space Station, and they’ll help us decide what to put on our main site. Everybody wins!
Thank you for sticking with us. While the internet sort of leveled the playing field for indie art, it’s also kind of flooded the market. EVERYBODY (*audible groan*) is a brand now. It was tough enough competing with corporations for your attention but, now we’re even competing against you! wtf? Anyway, we have a solid foundation in the idea that quality is better than quantity, and if you’re here, you’ve already recognized something in that, and real recognize real. So, thank you.
While we spin things up, enjoy the free music, always on our home page @ SoulSees.Best, and go ahead and enjoy what we’ve allowed into the Streaming universe. If you have the means (and some options are more flexible than you may realize, check them out) purchase and Download a copy of your favorites. It gives you something of your own but, it also tells us what you really love, so we can make more like that.
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