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I have no data on that, but my stochastic feeling (based on conversations I had with people visiting our concerts) does not imply that at all. Most came because (in that order of frequency):

1. They saw our sticker/poster and thought the name is interesting

2. They checked the venue/festival-site and thought it sounded interesting

3. They knew us from social media

Exactly zero times I had someone tell me the found us on spotify and came because of that. Of course that doesn't mean no such people exist, my sample size might be too small. There might also be people who find us on spotify and then buy on bandcamp, no way to check on that.

But my feeling right now is that our more traditional boots on the ground marketing does a lot more than the online stuff. That doesn't mean that dynamic can be totally different for other bands or other genres tho.



Yeah for some bands, letting people listen to a sample of their music before paying the cover charge might work against them ;)




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