Yeah but I'm talking about labels, to them every artist is just an investment, sucks but it is what it is

yeah man... i think it's been pretty obvious for a while now.

streaming has taken power AWAY from the artist even if we thought it was the other way around

don't give the labels any bright ideas bud...

i mean.... technically... we COULD....

Not sure what a better solution would be for both artists and consumers? Maybe higher premium base price to pay artists more? Genuinely not sure what would work better here. I buy albums and songs all the time but consumers do not care to spend money on music. It’s never been easier to blow up without signing to a label
Probably a lot of people that pay for Spotify premium that wouldn’t pay a dime for albums if it was still like 2006

the problem is that all of us are so phone dependent. computers and cars dont accept CDs anymore also

can someone please think of the millionaire music artists for a second herr

i think that one of those artists is going to do a physical only drop at some point

Bro if you can make a million bucks doing anything, go for it it’s not even about them being artists (although personally I would love to support all the artists that impact my life over say, my car mechanic)

Imagine a car mechanic making millions for the body shop he created and the work he does, but the owners of the body shop pay him $0.10 for every $10 they make of profit

It goes for any industry, people deserve to get their fair share of money for their work

#GoBackToPhysicalAlbums #DeleteStreamingServices
#mp3downloads

there's really no solution i can think of to reverse how spoiled we've become in that regard. getting people to buy individual albums would make people cry like b****es.

it's looking bleak out here tbh. streaming creates an oversaturation while everything is also mid because there's not much incentive to be dope anymore

the streaming service itself shouldn't be a human entity but rather an AI. that way it doesn't need actual money and we can spit all profits between actual artists

#DownWithHumanLabels

A user-centric payment system, where the subscription fee you pay is distributed only among the artists you actually listen to, rather than being pooled and distributed based on overall streams

Laws to protect the interests of artists and ensure they get a fair share of streaming profits

I think after some more thought I’m realizing the only real solution is to do a strike, force these companies to pay their fair share.

It just sucks when big artists like Drake resign major deals with them, when they have the power to create a huge ripple in the industry if they were to go independent.

Ngl this would be hard. It would force companies to pay their artists more and pocket less

kanye tried but the music was too ass for it to matter

really sucks how indie artists are f***ed over in seemingly every way possible nowadays

i appreciate jeff rosenstock going public with the merch cuts that he has to deal with

Link?

Communism?

stereogum.com/2235047/jeff-rosenstock-breaks-down-how-much-venue-merch-cuts-suck/news

having to give 20% of your merch sales to live nation and AEG is straight up evil

whatever you wanna call it

But yes, artists having their own agency and their own control of an industry founded on their work is something that label heads don’t want

Totally agree on that much. Music is too disposable and overly commodified, one might even say overly accessible for true appreciation

Maybe controversial but I think the existence of songs ultimately aids in music’s extra vulnerability to this downside, especially compared to other mediums of art entertainment. When most people are conditioned to base the value of production in your industry on 2-4 minutes hits of dopamine with no narrative basis that was fed to them by radio and/or social media algorithms nowadays, of course it will be extra vulnerable to being made too accessible for true appreciation by certain changes in consumption standards ie streaming. That’s not the cycle of appreciating art, that’s the cycle of buying crack

And I also think this is the core reason the music industry is doomed to have problems forever. Cause songs are great and everyone loves them, so why would we get rid of songs or why would the industry change songs being the center of music consumption?

Yeah it would have to be someone with crazy hype and demand going into it. Honestly only Taylor could pull it off, sorry to the other living megastars in the world I don’t think they could do it and it matter

Hmm I like this too. Hopefully my music saves the game