Who is this? The article doesn't say who wrote it. I have no idea who the picture is. Literally who?
tticvs · 2h ago
> I don’t want my songs – some written with survivors of conflict – to enrich people who fund weapons
Says the man whose comfortable existence is entirely predicated on advanced weaponry wielded on his behalf.
Setting aside spotify, this is the philosophy of an child
metalman · 12m ago
.003$ per stream(before other publishing costs) users pay $150 +- year 275 million users
16 billion € a year net
no breakdown on how much of the "70% goes to artists" is actualy record labels, and not actualy artists.
looks like crazy long odds for an artist to ever earn enough for one meal, and making a living would be litteraly the same odds as a lottery ticket
bigyabai · 6h ago
> I don’t want my songs – some written with survivors of conflict – to enrich people who fund weapons
I pray for his own health that he never finds out where his income tax goes...
terminatornet · 5h ago
You can't choose where your income tax goes, you can choose not to use spotify or put your music on there.
bigyabai · 5h ago
That's my point. I don't understand why you'd undertake performative protests against an idea you can't triumph over. Do you remove your songs from Apple Music because of the Client Side Scanning or Push Notification scandals? Would you remove your songs from Bandcamp because Epic made Fortnite and diminishes the tragedy of real war?
Extrapolated to the extremes of "I don't want megalomaniacs publishing my music" you just end up with nobody ever hearing your songs.
terminatornet · 5h ago
This seems like a very defeatist attitude.
selbyk · 5h ago
I feel like your chosen examples are very disingenuous. If you're comparing data harvesting/leakage and video games to the atrocities caused by Big Military and the direction it's headed, you must be very disconnected from the real human casualty and suffering.
But to answer your point, yes. People have the autonomy to not do business with individuals and corporations that don't align with their values. It's a personal choice. You may not understand it, but if more people had convictions like this the world would likely be an entirely different place.
skybrian · 5h ago
Some other musician who plays a cover of your song might put it on Spotify. Or maybe they’re just a bad person?
A politician you hate could play it a campaign rally.
Says the man whose comfortable existence is entirely predicated on advanced weaponry wielded on his behalf.
Setting aside spotify, this is the philosophy of an child
I pray for his own health that he never finds out where his income tax goes...
Extrapolated to the extremes of "I don't want megalomaniacs publishing my music" you just end up with nobody ever hearing your songs.
But to answer your point, yes. People have the autonomy to not do business with individuals and corporations that don't align with their values. It's a personal choice. You may not understand it, but if more people had convictions like this the world would likely be an entirely different place.
A politician you hate could play it a campaign rally.