• donuts@kbin.social
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    I call bullshit. Yeah I’m sure they spend 2/3 of their income on rights holders, mainly Joe Rogan, Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift.

    The average musician isn’t making shit, and yet the spotify execs are sipping champagne.

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      The rights holders are the record labels. As much as artists want to complain about Spotify they should direct their criticism to their record labels.

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          If they were getting as many listens as Taylor Swift, I’m sure they’d be making bank. But they’re not. A listen ain’t worth a lot and never has been.

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      You know they don’t pay the artist directly? Like with physical the ones taking the biggest share are the labels… Also the average musician isn’t making shit cause compared to a very few bigger artists they represent an extremely low percentage of the overall streams on the platform.

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      Taylor Swift somehow being a hallmark of the times makes me wish the whole world would end in a giant ball of fire.

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        She’s not the worst role model we’ve ever seen, so at least the world isn’t completely mad. I think her music is mediocre, and don’t understand the fanfare, but to each their own.

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          I think as a person she’s fine. But as a branding machine… meh.

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        I’m glad bands I like aren’t big so I can afford to go to their shows :)

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          I’m 30…and you? (kinda afraid to ask at this point lol)