It a killer app. Well designed. I like it as a listening platform. But what I think is totally wrong: Spotify pays different monies to different labels. As everyone is under NDA it its impossible to find out what those deals are but the word on the street is that majors receive profits from Spotify’s advertising revenue and indies do not. The end result is that a major artist makes more per play than an indie artist. Spotify doesn’t talk about this but The Guardian sums it up well. That’s it. That’s my complaint: fairness.
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Zoe Keating on Spotify, Apple and Independents (and lettuce) — My Music Thing Excellent article with well-articulated, compelling arguments. The bit at the end about the niche-artist economy is great, too. Very conflicted about whether to distribute my music to Spotify or not. |
