Posted on 03/28/2024 5:26:27 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Instead of complaining and having their creativity undervalued financially they should take a capitalist approach and start their own streaming service which properly compensates them and other musicians who allow their work on their site.
Waaaah....how about finding a way to modernize.
Isn’t this the kind of thing that led to the development of United Artists? So that the creators could keep the profits and control what is produced? Start your own distribution network and it’s all easy money from there, right?
I actually listened to this today during my drive home.
It was a good show. Crow remains close, dear friends to this day with Kid Rock (Robert Ritchie, who she affectionately calls "Bobby").
When did “beloved” become a thing?
#54 I wonder how much does Spotify itself make after paying the artists?
People in the entertainment industry have always been ripped off.
50 Years Ago: Elvis Songwriter Dies in Poverty, as He Predicted
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4227534/posts
Translation: If you decide to be a professional entertainer, you are essentially a prostitute and can reasonably expect for your returns on your effort to dwindle over time.
Note: If you were forced into entertainment as a profession as so many are, that makes you even MORE of a prostitute! :)
Further note: Only a small percentage of those who desire to be professional entertainers make any money off it at all. You are, as a consumer, likely only to notice the ones who are highly paid.
You know, there was one positive thing the “pandemic” did for us: TP moguls started producing thin, cheap toilet paper with THOUSANDS of sheets on one roll! One roll will last more than a week if you play it right! That’s progress.
All artists are up against the fact that every day, there are 50,000 new songs released on Spotify. That is not a typo. On top of that, anyone can buy "listens" that'll push their track on to Spotify's algorithmic playlists - then the Spotify software can automatically make the pushed tune go viral from there. ALL the majors play that fake listen game too and their budgets allow them to buy hundreds of thousands of "listens."
Today, most bands/artists make the majority of their money on tours and gigs and by selling merch, which is the opposite of how it was pre-Spotify/Napster etc. Back then, the tours were basically advertisement for selling albums and building a fan base. A lot of the tours ended up with a loss, but that was more than made up for via album and merch sales.
Sheryl needs to stop bitching and have a sit down with her manager regarding how to increase/multiply revenue streams. Because that's where it's at today. Spotify's only one source of cash. Maybe Sheryl needs to put down that square of toilet paper and get herself an Only Fans site. . .
Many, many, many years ago, I bought the vinyl “The Best of 3 Dog Night.” Probably about 5 or 6 bucks. Then I bought the 8-track. Another 6 or 8 bucks. Then I bought the cassette. Cha-ching. Then the DVD. And this was back when 5 to 10 bucks was serious money.
I ain’t paying no more.
“you could tour...”
She could, but she knows down deep inside that nobody would buy tickets. Want she ahas-been 20 years ago? I wouldn’t know a Sheryl Crow song, or recognize her voice, if my life depended on it.
Sheryl “One Square” Crow
I’m s such a Luddite I don’t even know what Spotify is/does. I know it has to do with music, but ....
Hubby nags me to donate my boxes of CDs to the thrift shop, but I keep them. To many memories, and I want backup in case my computers crash.
Meat Loaf was one of the few people with the vocal range to sing it right.
Count Sheryl Crow ......
The beloved singer,
Never heard a song she has sang, howled or screamed. Remember her from some anti American screed from a few years back and that was all. I would not know her if she walked down the street past me.
exactly my point... 8^)
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