do you agree with Q on this?
do you agree with Q on this?
Streaming has changed what artists feel like they should release. It favours certain structures, certain genres, certain artistic decisions. I regularly see artists pick an inferior song to make the album because the one they love isn’t streaming friendly. I’ve struggled with it myself.
@jamesblake @theneedledrop There's nothing wrong with knowing how to sell yourself to an audience necessarily, but the streaming model is making artists always have one eye on trends and performance which is a killer for creativity. It's a system that favours the safe, the bland and the rehashed.
@jamesblake @theneedledrop This was always the case tho, acting like this is because of streaming isn't fair. How many of your favorite songs by some of your favorite bands are B-Sides? I know I have a few...
@jamesblake @theneedledrop It's great to see artists like yourself taking a stance in this and creating new solutions. I don't know what will work in the future, but I feel this is a step in the right direction, hope more artists take it. Cut out middlemen and focus on artistic expression.
@jamesblake @theneedledrop This leads to a larger question, what as artists can be done about this when consumers value convenience. The only ones I see that still purchase physical media are those who cooperate to some extent themselves.
@jamesblake @theneedledrop James, I loved your first thoughts about the music industry and how it is not paying us enough, but I honestly think that Vault is just pushing on listeners. We need to put pressure on Spotify (& Co) to pay us fairly. 1 cent / stream should be the new law, not 0.003$
@jamesblake @theneedledrop we need "a chat with James Blake"