Current Affairs George Floyd and Minneapolis Unrest

[PhilM]

wow, Spotify main page showcases black lives matter playlists this morning, all verified by Spotify. They went all in too, thanks to Twitter initially

And? Some people will see it as a crass or exploiting the situation (that in fact may be true), but if it's showcasing the cause then it's got to be advantageous.

 

[coollino]

Good of corporate firms to put BLM into their marketing anyway.

 

[Tubey]

Unbelievable.

 

[coollino]

And? Some people will see it as a crass or exploiting the situation (that in fact may be true), but if it's showcasing the cause then it's got to be advantageous.

They have done pretty much nothing to help artists during the pandemic so I can't see anything other than further exploitation.

 

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[peteblue]

You jumped on here with your comments about Hong Kong - I don’t get how that is anything but whattaboutery. The horrific events in Hong Kong are also used as a tool by the far right to try and suggest the BLM movement and similar are just virtue signalling

Well perhaps you shouldn’t jump to incorrect conclusions......

 

[coollino]

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Have they listed their donation or they amount they will pay each artist per song?

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

They have done pretty much nothing to help artists during the pandemic

Or ever... Dreadful platform.

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

Have they listed their donation or they amount they will pay each artist per song?

The same as they ever do. Approx $10 per 1000 streams.

 

[coollino]

The same as they ever do. Approx $10 per 1000 streams.

It's much less than that isn't it?

'According to CNBC, artists can expect to earn between $0.006 to $0.0084 per stream to the holder of music rights.'

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

It's much less than that isn't it?

'According to CNBC, artists can expect to earn between $0.006 to $0.0084 per stream to the holder of music rights.'

That's if their catalogue is sold as part of a distributor's bundle to Spotify and once you've taken out their cut, the label's cut, any % for producers etc etc.

In my own music, I license to them directly and the figure I was given from them was roughly $10 per 1000 streams, which is still frankly insulting. Music is not even a commodity anymore, it has no value. I know personally a guy who had 2 million streams last year under the arrangement I described above and got a cheque for less than $2,000.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Ignores facts. tick

Trys to make a smart comment. tick

Adds nothing to the debate. tick

Just waiting for all the others to quote each other and give the high fives and thumbs up like the sheep they are.

I thinks it's great, the old method of divide and conquer is no longer working as more and more people regardless ethnicity are now looking at those who have their hands on the levers of power, rather than each other.. Not to detract to what happened to George Floyd, just not right not to feel disgust.

 

[Blue 1]

That's if their catalogue is sold as part of a distributor's bundle to Spotify and once you've taken out their cut, the label's cut, any % for producers etc etc.

In my own music, I license to them directly and the figure I was given from them was roughly $10 per 1000 streams, which is still frankly insulting. Music is not even a commodity anymore, it has no value. I know personally a guy who had 2 million streams last year under the arrangement I described above and got a cheque for less than $2,000.

I remember being on a budget flight somewhere and in the in-flight mag was an ad for Coke and crisps, and chucked in as an incentive to buy them was ten free downloads of songs. I found this horribly depressing. That's what it's come to. Something to be given away free with junk food. Who wants to spend their life making something to be given away free with junk food?

If there was a button you could press that would eliminate the entirety of recorded music from the world, freeing music from this zombie culture, so it only existed in the minds of musicians everywhere, with no copyright, no restrictions on it, only the possibility of musicians playing it, would you press the button? I'd be sorely tempted, I gotta say.

 

[coollino]

That's if their catalogue is sold as part of a distributor's bundle to Spotify and once you've taken out their cut, the label's cut, any % for producers etc etc.

In my own music, I license to them directly and the figure I was given from them was roughly $10 per 1000 streams, which is still frankly insulting. Music is not even a commodity anymore, it has no value. I know personally a guy who had 2 million streams last year under the arrangement I described above and got a cheque for less than $2,000.

That is shocking

 

[ramacca]

Unbelievable.

I wonder if they'll look in every nook and cranny to find out who the sniper is.