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Your friendly neighbourhood baldy beardy weirdo. That's what happens when you order your Ming the Merciless from TEMU. I'm into techy things, retro & modern gaming, particularly Zelda & Valheim; drones; rollercoasters; oh and I wear latex and leather rather a lot. Musically prog rock & metal is where it's at for me, but I'm very eclectic. I play bass. Owner of a small instance nomenloony.com. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Safespace 👩❤️👨 Married 20+ years 🇬🇧 Northern UK ✊ Woke AF 🌱 Green 💉 Vaccinated
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Your friendly neighbourhood baldy beardy weirdo. That's what happens when you order your Ming the Merciless from TEMU. I'm into techy things, retro & modern gaming, particularly Zelda & Valheim; drones; rollercoasters; oh and I wear latex and leather rather a lot. Musically prog rock & metal is where it's at for me, but I'm very eclectic. I play bass. Owner of a small instance nomenloony.com. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Safespace 👩❤️👨 Married 20+ years 🇬🇧 Northern UK ✊ Woke AF 🌱 Green 💉 Vaccinated
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@SamanthaJaneSmith@lgbtqia.space it's a difficult one. As a musician myself I value the creative works of musicians much higher than many non musicians do. I know how hard it is to master an instrument and how much the gear and the ongoing maintenance cost; but as a music listener I would love to say 5p a stream - but I know that would price music out of many people's reach.
My alternative has always been a steaming platform where you can tip the band if you like a song; so by playing it you give them say 0.01p; and if you tip them it's doubled. At the end of the month your tip bucket is charged to your account. I'll also sometimes buy the album too (online, I never buy CD's)
Without streaming there are so many bands I would have missed out on - I discovered such bands as Ghost, MCC, Ninja Sex Party, Moron Police & Sonata Arctica through Google play and I've since been on and seen many of them live and bought the merchandise.
It's a curious one.
Still. Boycott #Spotify - now they do take the piss
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