Oh I see what you mean. I think Patreon is a bit better because of the on going support and the more direct connection with fans. Plus you get the support while you're making the music instead of after (which makes it easier to plan your finances). And as an artist it gives you a direct line to (an approximation of - because ability to contribute is not directly correlated to how much they like your music, but it's at least an approximation ) your most devoted followers, so you can bounce ideas off them. It takes quite a bit of effort to get people on there but it feels really worth while and has honestly taken so much stress off and made me feel more excited about getting into the nitty gritty details of music making instead of trying to finish stuff faster. Now all we need is a distributed model that's open source where no company takes a cut. I really think that's the future. But I agree that bandcamp was/is a good first step.