Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces Everyone (February 7, 2020) Album • Page 24

I'm fairly certain the large majority of funding on any given Patreon comes from a select few people kicking in at the larger tiers rather than lots of little people pitching in a dollar a month. It seems a lot to me to spend on one band - or anything for that matter - but there are some good rewards in there so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

In fairness, that $100 gets you quite a bit by the looks of it. It’s not for me, but I can see it enticing people.

 

I def cannot afford $100 a month but the other cheaper options are interesting.

 

Definitely not hating on it if you can afford it because it's worth it but I just can't imagine having $100 a month to throw at a patreon haha Maybe one day!

 

Oh for sure, I can totally relate to that haha

 

Going for the $10 tier - happy to throw them a bit of money. The demo they posted for subscribers is really cool.

 

Might as well take $100 a month if people can afford it

 

eyeing the 5 tier

 

The $100 a month feels like a total Hail Mary. Like, I thought Manchester Orchestra charging $20 a month was a bit much and they’re by far my favorite band.

 

It’s like my mom always says “no asky, no getty” haha

 

I miss when B-sides and rarities were actually B-sides and rarities.

It's great to have access to things like this but it cheapens it to me when a band is going to proactively share those things on a regular basis.

 

I think this is a cool idea. I'm sure there aren't a ton of people doing the $25/$100 tiers, but a very cool thing for those who do and any bit helps them not being able to tour for however long. Seems like it's a very "do it if you can but isn't going to suck if you can't" kinda thing.

 

Bands were poor enough before corona, I assume anyone that thinks they're shitty for doing it doesn't understand just how poor bands are lol

 

I spent a lot of time hunting for low quality MP3s of Jimmy Eat World and Lifehouse B-sides in my youth. It was kind of fun, but paying the band a few bucks is much, much better in every way.

 

Agreed 100% with the two posts above

 

It’s like people don’t listen to this band lmao. This is a record about how Dylan’s a cool rich guy with a lot of rich friends

 

Literally no one in here said anything about them 'being shitty' for doing this.

 

If this is your takeaway from what I wrote, then I'm not sure where I lost you.

My comment was about the late 1990s/early 2000s era and about bands that would have a lot of comp tracks, B-sides, some demos for songs that were vastly different than the final version, out of print EPs, and some interesting live versions that they would release as a rarities album (or you'd hunt them down on message boards and share with your friends). Think more along the lines of old Against Me! releases or HWM and The Alkaline Trio.

The aspect I don't value is: here are a bunch of MP3s sitting on our hard drive that we're gonna send you once a month. There's no quality control. There's not even a great sense of procurement. Idk man, I'm just old.

Getting so defensive and implying I think they're shitty people is just entirely off base.

 

Please direct to to where I mentioned you in my post

 

Honestly I'm just grateful when bands decide to release extra songs or material in any capacity. They could just, you know, not do this for us. Bands can't tour right now and are out of jobs, if this is what they want to do to bring in some income while touring is off the table, then let them do it.

 

Their live stream today at 12pm PST is gonna be open to the public FYI

 

I love that artists are sharing work they may have otherwise kept hidden. It’s hard for me to see that as anything other than a net positive for listeners.

 

I wrote a thing about how Brave Faces Everyone is the perfect soundtrack for the current moment and Dylan likes it and if anyone needs me I will just be drowning in my own serotonin

I'm also really proud of the piece so please give it a read if you're into that sort of thing

 

This is really a whole damn album about the existential dread I feel every day