Why Musicians Are Angry at Streaming | iServalan Blog – Tale Teller Club
Why Musicians Are Mad as Hell at Streaming—and What They Can Do About It Streaming platforms turned up the volume on music access—but turned down the volume on musicians getting paid. The costs? Real. The capitalists? Realer. It’s time to flip the script. 1. Streaming Isn’t Saving Us—It’s Leaving Us Broke Big-name artists like Björk have spilt the truth: Spotify is “probably the worst thing that has happened to musicians,” she said—complaining about relentless touring, low pay, and the forced rush of putting out music to keep up the algorithm cycle ( The New Yorker , DJ Mag ). Across the pond in the U.S., Taylor Swift and Snoop Dogg have similarly blasted Spotify for dimes-per-stream pay—Swift once pulled her catalog; Snoop estimates $45,000 for 1 billion streams ( Houston Chronicle ). 2. Algorithms Favor the Famous—and Bury the Underground The fix ain’t fair. Playlists flood every screen with the same big names, leaving the new and underground grinding for scraps. The Guard...