Nah. My band’s releases that I have the rights to are not on Spotify on purpose. I’m not going to give you free use of my art so you can pay myself and my bandmates almost enough to get a sandwich every quarter.
I think art has value and artists deserve to eat as well as anybody else, but … this spontaneous escalation thing you’re doing has you coming across as a real cunt. It doesn’t seem like it was accidental, but in the unlikely event that it was and this actually isn’t your thing, I figured you might want to know.
That’s your right, but by not being on Spotify you’re likely worse off. I’ve discovered many bands on Spotify that I’ve then seen live and bought merch that I’d never have heard of otherwise. It’s one of the rare times where being paid in exposure actually works.
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Nah. My band’s releases that I have the rights to are not on Spotify on purpose. I’m not going to give you free use of my art so you can pay myself and my bandmates almost enough to get a sandwich every quarter.
Fuck right off with that insulting shit.
I think art has value and artists deserve to eat as well as anybody else, but … this spontaneous escalation thing you’re doing has you coming across as a real cunt. It doesn’t seem like it was accidental, but in the unlikely event that it was and this actually isn’t your thing, I figured you might want to know.
You’ve really read too much in their reply
That’s your right, but by not being on Spotify you’re likely worse off. I’ve discovered many bands on Spotify that I’ve then seen live and bought merch that I’d never have heard of otherwise. It’s one of the rare times where being paid in exposure actually works.
And? That company beside the point.
That’s the correct decision for you. Then majorities like the income and sign up. They probably want their money.