“Bandcamp is the only place where smaller musical artists make any money.
What a miserable situation.”
“Ugh, this sucks,“wroteGeorge Williamson, associate audio director at Rockstar.
“this is not just “a sad situation” or whatever.”
Ryerson added that “without independent art there really is no culture.
there is only a hollow hole filled with fascism and personality cults”.
For their part, Songtradr have justified the layoffs in the usual belt-tightening terms.
Perhaps they can invest in preserving a few of those jobs, as well.
I’m not holding my breath.
