Why do artists feel the need for a platform?
The tools are out there to allow you to advertise, sell and distribute your music (I'm not talking about the distribution platforms like distrokid etc, fuck streaming, fuck social media and fuck making content whilst we're at it), why give away control over your art?
My model is this:
* Make some awesome music
* Self host it. Provide means for people to download your music (there are so many methods).
* Allow donations via reputable method
* Crowd fund for big events like creating physical releases, paying for studio time if you need to.
* Play as many gigs as you can/want to do
* Again fuck social media
You have to be dogged and self determined to work hard in order to for your art to be good, once you put the work in and get yourself out there people will want to hear more after seeing your shows.