• donuts@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    I call bullshit. Yeah I’m sure they spend 2/3 of their income on rights holders, mainly Joe Rogan, Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift.

    The average musician isn’t making shit, and yet the spotify execs are sipping champagne.

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      11 months ago

      You know they don’t pay the artist directly? Like with physical the ones taking the biggest share are the labels… Also the average musician isn’t making shit cause compared to a very few bigger artists they represent an extremely low percentage of the overall streams on the platform.

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      11 months ago

      Taylor Swift somehow being a hallmark of the times makes me wish the whole world would end in a giant ball of fire.

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        11 months ago

        She’s not the worst role model we’ve ever seen, so at least the world isn’t completely mad. I think her music is mediocre, and don’t understand the fanfare, but to each their own.

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          11 months ago

          I think as a person she’s fine. But as a branding machine… meh.

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        11 months ago

        I’m glad bands I like aren’t big so I can afford to go to their shows :)

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          11 months ago

          I’m 30…and you? (kinda afraid to ask at this point lol)