

When this guy puts out an album himself I will listen to him tell me about my albums Just little correction for the ceo of schedule to release music over the course of years was a standard set up by the recording industry so as to keep artist under contract longer also due to media/press cycles + time to manufacture & distribute physical units. “It’s your fault I don’t pay you fairly.” You are an obnoxious greedy little shit Daniel Ek It’s so fucking basic HE keeps our royalties. Neko Case responded to Zola Jesus’ tweet saying it was “so fucking basic HE keeps our royalties”. the potential for cultural growth will suffer because of it. he refuses to understand there's a difference between commodities and art. It is extremely clear that billionaire daniel ek has never made music, or art of any kind for that matter. The potential for culture growth will suffer because of it.” “He refuses to understand there’s a difference between commodities and art. “It is extremely clear that billionaire Daniel Ek has never made music or art of any kind for that matter,” she wrote. Zola Jesus added that Ek’s business strategy did not align with an effective way of producing good music. Me having x amount of of followers doesn’t translate to that many streams or views. “This is basic.”Īlso, it’s all well and good having ‘continuous engagement with my fans’ but that doesn’t mean anything when it comes to streaming numbers. “Me having x amount of followers doesn’t translate to that many streams or views,” he said. Garratt also pointed out that the “continuous engagement with fans” Ek had pointed to as a successful tact of artists releasing music more frequently didn’t necessarily correlate with streaming numbers. I took all the time I needed to make my second album. You just cannot demand so much of artists and work them to exhaustion and then also tell them they aren’t outputting enough music to suit your business model. I’ll do it again and again if I need to.”
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He continued: “You just cannot demand so much of artists and work them to exhaustion and then also tell they aren’t outputting enough music to suit your business model. So many companies within the music industry farm the mental health of artists, and then get defensive when we try to repair ourselves or ask for appropriate pay.

I’ve seen multiple takes on this fader article but this one absolutely nails it. Responding to her tweet, Garratt added: “So many companies within the music industry farm the mental health of its artists and then get defensive when we try to repair ourselves or ask for appropriate pay.
