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(New Musical Express)   Drake thinks he should get more money from Spotify   (nme.com) divider line
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652 clicks; posted to Entertainment » on 03 Feb 2023 at 10:35 AM (6 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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Jake Havechek [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 9:22:30 AM  
Hey, it's the guy from Degrassi!
 
NewportBarGuy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-03 9:42:44 AM  
I have yet to meet anyone who admits to listening to any of his music.
 
CarnySaur [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 10:36:40 AM  
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tsjonesosu
2023-02-03 10:48:33 AM  
I kind agree with his sentiment, BUT
I have a friend who is an accomplished songwriter and touring musician that would argue that the talent writing the songs should also get paid more. I bet that's something Drake doesn't agree with.
 
Another Government Employee
2023-02-03 10:52:27 AM  
The Labels would game that.
 
capt.snicklefritz [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-03 11:00:18 AM  
I was with him at first, knowing that Spotify pays shiat to artists in general. A lot of the indie and sludge/stoner metal bands I listen to can't making a living off Spotify so they tour constantly and likely have side jobs. I order their CDs off bandcamp just to support them. The CDs go into a box.

But then I clicked the link and read the headline and he can fark all the way off.
 
Stephen_Falken [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-03 11:08:08 AM  
So he passed 75 billion streams? Wow, that's like a hundred and fifty bucks on Spotify. Good for him. Now maybe in another thousand years he can move the f*ck out of Canada.

/Spotify is cancer
//Move to Tidal
///Drake sucks
 
youre killing independent george
2023-02-03 11:09:29 AM  

capt.snicklefritz: I was with him at first, knowing that Spotify pays shiat to artists in general. A lot of the indie and sludge/stoner metal bands I listen to can't making a living off Spotify so they tour constantly and likely have side jobs. I order their CDs off bandcamp just to support them. The CDs go into a box.

But then I clicked the link and read the headline and he can fark all the way off.


I buy all my music from BandCamp. It's THE way to support the artists/bands.
 
Marcos P
2023-02-03 11:13:54 AM  
Didn't this guy get caught dating high schoolers or some shiat why is he still around?
 
shastacola [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 11:23:49 AM  
He's one of those celebrities I have an unreasonable hatred for , I don't even know why really.
 
Needlessly Complicated [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 11:27:44 AM  

NewportBarGuy: I have yet to meet anyone who admits to listening to any of his music.


I like "Nice for What." *shrug*

Although as far as Canadian musical artists, I'm more of a Rush fan.

/running away
 
t3knomanser
2023-02-03 11:31:08 AM  

youre killing independent george: I buy all my music from BandCamp. It's THE way to support the artists/bands.


Yep. For streaming, I host my own Plex server on a RAID. Buy the music, own it for life. It's the only way.
 
deanis
2023-02-03 11:40:18 AM  
So he made 265k in one day from streams?

I can't really get myself outraged about this, but he has a point. But his comment about "competitive music" is farking dumb.
 
deanis
2023-02-03 11:41:37 AM  

NewportBarGuy: I have yet to meet anyone who admits to listening to any of his music.


You should crawl out of the basement once in a while.

Like him or not, he's one of the most listened to "artists" ever.
 
Nana's Vibrator
2023-02-03 11:42:12 AM  

Jake Havechek: Hey, it's the guy from Degrassi!


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capt.snicklefritz [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-03 11:43:48 AM  

t3knomanser: youre killing independent george: I buy all my music from BandCamp. It's THE way to support the artists/bands.

Yep. For streaming, I host my own Plex server on a RAID. Buy the music, own it for life. It's the only way.


I stream over YouTube Music (fka Google Play). General rule of thumb is that if I think an album is worth listening to more than 2 times than the artist deserves a bigger cut of my money than what YouTube gives them.
 
Plaster Lion
2023-02-03 1:24:14 PM  
Spotify turns 17 this year. If they can wait him out for another year he'll probably lose interest.
 
Skarekrough
2023-02-03 1:27:05 PM  
Oh look...an artist who participates in a genre that's typically "here today.....gone later today" thinks he should be getting more money.

If he's so upset he can just not renew his contract with his label, pay out of pocket to produce his own music, make his own label and then negotiate with Spotify for the rights to stream his music.
 
jdlenke
2023-02-03 1:39:35 PM  
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Rent Party
2023-02-03 3:26:48 PM  
Drake is embarrassingly bad.  I mean, like farkin' horrible.   How he makes any money at all is amazing to me.
 
EJ25T
2023-02-03 3:45:28 PM  
I Guess it costs a lot of money to take underaged dates to Olive Garden.
 
Skarekrough
2023-02-03 3:52:50 PM  
According to Celeb Net Worth Drake is worth $250 million and pulls in $70 million a year.

That dude can go right to hell.
 
magneticmushroom [OhFark]
2023-02-03 4:57:14 PM  
My bandmate and I have two EPs on Spotify and have a running joke that one day, we'll put together enough in royalties to have a taco and beer night.

Not there quite yet.
 
cew-smoke
2023-02-03 5:36:55 PM  

magneticmushroom: My bandmate and I have two EPs on Spotify and have a running joke that one day, we'll put together enough in royalties to have a taco and beer night.

Not there quite yet.


Don't pull that shiat. Put up or shut up. Where's the farking link man?
 
Skarekrough
2023-02-03 9:47:14 PM  

cew-smoke: magneticmushroom: My bandmate and I have two EPs on Spotify and have a running joke that one day, we'll put together enough in royalties to have a taco and beer night.

Not there quite yet.

Don't pull that shiat. Put up or shut up. Where's the farking link man?


Goddamned right!

If it's good it'll go on my running mix and it'll go into rotation.

Give it up!
 
guinsu
2023-02-04 11:01:41 AM  

tsjonesosu: I kind agree with his sentiment, BUT
I have a friend who is an accomplished songwriter and touring musician that would argue that the talent writing the songs should also get paid more. I bet that's something Drake doesn't agree with.


Doubtful given that he probably has tons of producer credits himself.
 
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