RJ: Short story short, you know, just--Homestuck built itself around structures that I think ended up being really weird about that stuff, and I don't think any of us really thought about it that much, because we were fucking children on that music team, for the most part. [...] That kind of lent itself to... we were making music for money and we were also only getting 30% of the profits from the music [...]

RJ: For exposure, friends.
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The following is my opinion: record companies' draconian cuts used to be industry standard (now they are closer to 50/50), which made slightly more sense as the company promotes you, organizes concerts, makes merchandise, vinyls, CDs, and helps you in many other ways, propelling you into the mainstream.

For indies, this is different. Even back then, for successful musicians, only 10% went to Bandcamp (who did most of the work) before profits. Those profits got and continue to get further broken down, with 70% currently going to Andrew Hussie for... once posting a news post about each album and using the tracks on his webcomic for free.

Compounding this are very recent reports that at least one musician hasn't gotten paid for their Bandcamp sales in like a year. Payments were supposed to be sent quarterly. If you're in contact with Hussie, you should do everything you can to get him to remedy this continuing exploitation.

• Originally posted 2025-08-27 10:26:41 UTC