If you believe that, I have an NFT to sell you.Īnd then there’s this nugget of greed wisdom from Ek explaining how musicians need to operate in this future landscape:
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Spotify’s free tier devalued music and never lived up to Ek’s elevator pitch that advertising income would be used to fairly compensate musicians. I’ve never paid Spotify a penny, which is about 1000x more than artists receive from the streaming service when someone listens to their music, because I don’t like their business model. If I had the power to pull my music off those platforms I would. The CEO has given €100m, that he’s leeched from artists over the years, to a military company using AI weaponry. Spotify, which was co-founded by Daniel Ek, a man who traded his moral compass as a child for a better deal, has also come under criticism for investing 100M euro in Helsing, a defense company developing artificial intelligence to support military operations in battlefield assessment operations, reports Mixmag. Joe Rogan, a college dropout turned standup comic turned color commentator turned Podcaster, was paid $100M by Spotify to host his podcast on their platform so it should come as no surprise that Spotify chose to protect their investment and remove Young’s catalog from their music streaming service. The latest news sees Neil Young (and others) pulling their music from the streaming service over spreading fake information about vaccines - potentially causing death to those who believe this disinformation spread by them according to a statement by Young. I make no bones about the fact that I’m not a fan of Spotify. In Barn for Review: A Silent Angel Stack – Munich M1 Streamer, Bonn N8 Audio Grade Network Switch, Forester F1 Linear Power SupplyĪlbum of the Week: Sudan Archives | Natural Brown Prom Queen In Barn for Review: Mola Mola Kula Integrated Amplifier In Barn for Review: EMM Labs DA2 V2 Reference Stereo DAC In Barn for Review: Meitner MA3 Integrated D/A Converter In Barn for Review: A Parasound Stack – JC 3+ Phono Preamplifier/JC 2 BP Preamplifier/JC 5 Stereo Power Amplifier In Barn for Review: EMM Labs NS1 Streamer Review: Soulnote A-2 Integrated Amplifier Melco’s New N50-H60 Music Library Offers 6TB of HDD Storage (that’s a lot of music) Review: Linear Tube Audio Z40+ Integrated Amplifier Album of the Week: Maxine Funke | Pieces Of Driftwood