Also there’s not a single struggling artist who could afford it!! I know some VERY successful dance music producers that are known all around the world and their income has been gutted by streaming. They have to tour twice as much now to make up for it. One of them told me in almost tears about how much harder it is to pay bills and how they have to constantly release music on vinyl to help make ends meet. One of their friends and also mega producer moved his family from the UK to Romania just so that they could have a more affordable life.
Also there’s not a single struggling artist who could afford it!! I know some VERY successful dance music producers that are known all around the world and their income has been gutted by streaming. They have to tour twice as much now to make up for it. One of them told me in almost tears about how much harder it is to pay bills and how they have to constantly release music on vinyl to help make ends meet. One of their friends and also mega producer moved his family from the UK to Romania just so that they could have a more affordable life.
Payola fucking sucks. Fuck this and fuck Spotify.