Sony's Rob Stringer on the State of the Music Industry

[@kbuzz123]

Art comes first, it's incredible that he actually makes that statement with a straight face

[@VernonRoss-o2n]

He lost me as soon as he said he cared about the music before the business. Lie to me once and I'll not believe a thing you say.

[@ArmanArmondo]

He works for a corp and profits are important but he does care but there’s a push and pull

[@orlock20]

Sony was considered the worst offender during the KZbin bot purge. Something like 30%+ of the views of Sony artists' music videos were from bots. Using bots to trick the algorithm into thinking their artists were more popular than they were while also tricking people into thinking artists were more popular than they are is more business than art.

[@PHATTrocadopelus]

Streaming has destroyed the industry for artists.

[@partymarty6969]

LOL! You obviously don’t know what you’re talking about

[@concinnus]

The major/corporate labels like Sony have never been good for artists or art.

[@robertladdieanderson6085]

ACTUALLY… the INTERNET and PEOPLE not wanting to PAY for music has done the damage. the music industry has always been exploitative. always will be. perhaps if we actually paid for all those tracks we’ve “downloaded” in the past the industry might be in a better place. perhaps. here comes the rant - it kills me when i run into SUPERFANS of an artist who have NEVER paid for anything their idols have produced…. but yet… STANS

[@dubfitness595]

@@robertladdieanderson6085 Agreed. We the consumer don't pay anything for music anymore. We all sit back listen to everything for free and blame the corporations at the same time. It's great.

[@robertladdieanderson6085]

@@dubfitness595 while the system is flawed most of these comments come from people (who don’t know how the music industry works) that probably can’t tell you the last time they actually PAID $ for an artist’s music yet they act as if they’re musician activists! I remember waiting until midnight at TOWER RECORDS for new releases and leaving with a bag of greatness! Actually SUPPORTING the artists and stores I loved! Yeah, there’s corporate greed alright. But most of you need to take a long look at yourselves and maybe that hard drive fulla stuff and admit that ya played a huge part…

[@ZyzyxVile]

Let me save you a listen. As a Sony music CEO, he doesn't care. He's got his golden parachute made of your blood and sweat. AI will eat your lunch worse than Spotify and Apple music ever did, and he gets to retire a millionaire.

[@m4sterbr0s]

*billionaire

[@dustincarpenter1707]

@ZyzyxVile yup, didn't get more than 3 minutes, and that's being generous.

[@scottblack9213]

He's an absolute shill. Full of crap. He'll sell any old tat

[@radidov5333]

thanks, appreciate it. This guy should be in jail

[@1Q89MUSIC]

This is the first business music interview I’ve listened to…it’s making my skin crawl.

[@kevaughnramsay9846]

Wow you're that pathetic

[@didifischervideo]

Pay artists!!!!

[@kbuzz123]

Huge record companies are what really need to go underground, to make way for entities based on independent artists, to put the art back in the music industry..

[@scottblack9213]

Let me save you 30 minutes. Stringer will sign ANYTHING as long as it will make him money. He couldn't give a toss about music

[@Gabriele_Gigli]

Stop free Spotify; people must understand music needs to be paid

[@Makhwax]

That's why spotify incentivizes premium version by effectively making the free version a radio, where you cannot seek/skip back/unshuffle playlist.

[@nunu4evaaa]

Music is life. And music is the only nice thing in this crappy world.

[@ItsWesSmithYo]

Hang in there homie 🔊🖤💀

[@dustincarpenter1707]

Exactly why it's being targeted.

[@Yes-Yes1]

Modern music sucks, is that the nice thing in this world?

[@dustincarpenter1707]

@Yes-Yes1 listen to your question and there's your answer. There are great bands out there, but you have to seek them out the old-fashioned way, by word of mouth, not an algorithm.

[@krunkle5136]

Sculpture, painting, comics, architecture, dance, prose, poetry ...

[@phpn99]

Stringer 's mindset is one of the reasons musicians can't make a living today. The Apple Music Store was halfway decent until Apple started their monthly flat fee to a) lock-in their users and b) follow in the wake of Spotify. The freemium model DOESN'T WORK ; it commoditises music as if it's tap water. We need to revert to a pay-per-use model where we add the benefit of a free audition (with DRM). Many ardent music lovers today can easily have 50,000 songs in their "catalogue" none of which they actually own, and most of which they'll only hear once. This is nonsense. let people sample what they want and they have them PURCHASE what they really want to keep. This is only FAIR. This is also true of other media. Streaming has destroyed the cinema industry.

[@Itsyoungagain]

Hey man, do you mind expounding on what you mean by "it commoditises music as if it's tap water"?

[@bbrother92]

lol bro without social many artists would be even more poor

[@FlamencoOz]

The music conglomerates are the problem even if you want to pay. I was looking to buy FLAC versions of albums but they charge 50-100% more than the MP3 version. So in the end I didn't buy anything and I continue with Spotify.

[@BeatsbyBlanch]

@@Itsyoungagain in other words, its on demand. Just like you can turn your water on whenever you want.

[@CaryChilton]

Apple never paid the artist much more than 3-7 points

[@mrgreen1198]

It's a shame nothing here is useful information. Such an opportunity to throw hard questions about what artists are facing. Instead he is asking how Sony is doing with Tik Tok. Robs says his job is trying to get more money from streaming platforms who are raising their prices. Artists need money from the streaming platforms. It's amazing they can get by. Spotify, Apple, KZbin pay artists nothing essentially and now they are raising prices?. It's time to load up my hard drives and stop streaming. Cut them off. THAT is the useful information here.

[@neiljamessloan]

Agree! Third party corporate plunderers harking from an archaic period seeking to develop maintain some relevance. If the guest is artist first as postured why didn't the topics you mention have a front and centre imperative? Oh it's a Bloomberg podcast. Sorry :/

[@ItsWesSmithYo]

TBF it’s a macro discussion with a guy who seems to truly love art, but leads a company far, far removed from anything DIY artists care about, but that’s their business. Trust they are crushing it on streaming, getting paid from all directions. Streaming has been great for them. But yeah, would be cool to hear his perspective on micro issues. Stay curious my friend 🤙🏽🖤🔊💀

[@stejabrayaga]

5 minutes and I've learnt something about algorithms and why discovery is difficult, what are you listening to?

[@neiljamessloan]

​ @ItsWesSmithYo well put! It's a conundrum. Yes he "seems" to care, yet action defines character. I've seen enough label exec types when working for majors in the 90s incl. EMI, VIRGIN, BMG and SONY (as a music video clip maker) to have a fair share of interaction w/t those exec types. They present as sincere. They tow the corporate line - profit over everything. I've seen artists fall by the wayside owing money for video clip manufacture and studio recording cost(s) that took them to the brink. Large interest rates, indebtment to labels. The landscape has changed re recording methods, yet not so for distribution. My own production costs (as a cilp maker) were very modest. In one instance loosing money because a named socalled “star” was late for a shoot and I incurred the overtime bill as the maker (the Label refused to pay). With no legal ramification available in regard to exhorbitant legal cost. The attitude from the likes of the guest proffering care for the artist are hollow words. I doubt he knows a minor7 chord from a major chord, or a brush stroke style from a classic painter. Or what the State of the Art is in 3D. Where are the modern economic models that respect the likes of emerging/existing artists? Given that most artists are DIY to begin with. Where is the share-prosperity outcomes that permiate and drive fuller-truer innovation? Across all forms of media distribution nowadays? The only words that Bill Gates has uttered of any truism, in the sphere of my view or reference, was when he said 'it's about the Platform'. I'm only lamenting the day that an algorithm designed will attribute, in a micro level, the "source" and then renumerate fairly. And that peoples who declare no interest in being a 'fat cat smoking cigars', don't present with jowly jaws to rabbit on about how they will inevitably take other people's artworks to new profiteering venture. And where hosts don't make word headlines attributing an individual to "his" company. For the dubious messaging and arrogance that this interview appears to present. Peace

[@noname-qb7ir]

If artists made most thier money out of music and touring they'd focus on that. But music is now just a showcase to get eyeballs to sell merch.

[@tomlebeau7921]

Selling music has always been the lowest ROI. Merch, T Shirts especially, have the highest markup. SO even underground bands are, from a purely financial perspective, just touring music ads to sell T shirts.

[@tomlebeau7921]

I was in a v small band for a decade, touring etc. When we realised that we made all our profit from T Shirts, we laugh cried.

[@noname-qb7ir]

@tomlebeau7921 if you look at the biggest artists, their largest music related percentage of income comes from touring. But the music companies now want such a large percentage of touring artists go elsewhere to earn. The industry is in a mess.

[@RakSumusic]

Anybody know what genre of music he’s talking about at the end? Or know any songs or artists as examples?

[@robertordonez9242]

I wouldn’t know the artist. But I can guarantee you music like DNGDNGDNG is what he’s referring to. It’s basically what every “underground” DJ is playing. Sometimes it’s infused with baile funk and other genres of Latin America. A lot of DJs in Miami play this type of sound

[@radidov5333]

listen man, im from that part of the world, this "music" is shtt absolute garbage. And eveyone that knows how to read and understand the story of a book is tired of.. This is the horrible things this greedy pigs do, they convince themself about something wrong and with all their money and power push it hard on the public, infecting our ears with crpp, wasting everyone's time and other people's creativity time.

[@RakSumusic]

@@robertordonez9242 hey thanks for this. i did a youtube search of dngdngdng and all i could find comes from years ago, nothing recent! can you think of a song, dj, or radio station , or anywhere i could find it, any word to search on youtube? appreciate the time!!

[@dubfitness595]

I think he is referring to Amapiano

[@dubfitness595]

@@robertordonez9242 Yeah thats Amapiano

[@udiorockmeamadeus]

SONY MADE THE RECORDING INDUSTRY PRACTICALLY, CHECK OUT THEIR HISTORY.. THE FIRST DEVICE THE EVER MADE AND SOLD WAS A RUDIMENTARY TAPE RECORDER..

[@TxRhimself]

Michael Jackson hated Sony. It’s kinda sad that they started owning his music right after he died. 😢

[@radidov5333]

greed has no feelings or morals

[@tristanvillalontriss9220]

My ultimate craziest dream is to be in the Music Business🎼🎤🌌🙏🥁🎸🤵‍♂️🤴. I would love to be the first or one of the People from Southeast Asia to achieve that🇵🇭

[@LaloylosDescalzosTV]

he's totally right on! cumbia stock way up in argentina, paraguay. South America on fire

[@dustincarpenter1707]

@@LaloylosDescalzosTV same three-tone trap beats? The music of the Latin world historically has been known for far greater complexity and versatility.

[@radidov5333]

sonidos de mier.. He's wrong btw, that shtty music wont catch anyone in the English world. This is the horrible things this greedy pigs do, they convince themself about something wrong and with all their money and power push it hard on the public, infecting our ears with crpp, wasting everyone's time and other people's creativity time.

[@novemberboy5791]

Just to clarify; Michael owned half of Sony as well as the rights to his own catalogue. It probably was up for sale which is why Sony bought it, but Michael was in full control of his music at the time of his death

[@novemberboy5791]

Also most labels today would not take three albums to break an artist. Granted Harry was also known for being in One Direction, but Sony could have dropped or shelved him after the first album but they didn't and we got Sign of The Times and Watermelon Sugar

[@NickMonopoli]

I agree they keep pushing catalogue, and that leaves nothing "new" to come up

[@partymarty6969]

The major labels don’t need to worry about “new” music. They thrive on the catalog and other types of entertainment (broadway plays was the example stated in the video). The new music is for the smaller labels and the independent music groups.

[@jasminedtucker]

​@@partymarty6969facts. They make BILLIONS annually off of the master recordings alone, not even counting publishing.

[@orlock20]

Since the 1990s, the top 1% of artists got 99% of the labels' money. If the 1% were established artists it never mattered to the labels.

[@gritbeat6198]

Blockchain will be another great tool for bringing back the collector of art mentality to music among other benefits.

[@MithunOnTheNet]

Good panel.

[@chipbutty1971]

This is exec bs, people. They are still greedily addicted to bonuses, and all he says here still means they're wielding their investors to give them more by squeezing the artists further out of their share and elsewhere.

[@joco2826]

Sony has no investors, ya donut 🍩

[@chipbutty1971]

Yes it has. It's owned and publicly trade in Tokyo and NY stock exchanges

[@yushpeaceandlove]

That argument of the algorithm creating an echo chamber of sorts probably does not apply to how sophisticated those algos can be made now. The user being able to discover/ explore unrelated genres that they may like is more than likely already being solved by an algorithm.

[@double0music]

The problem is the entire music industry was built on “trusted voices” and “gatekeepers” curating the potential big records to the masses. The music industry post sheet music was ALWAYS A radio business. As it has democratized curation is near impossible and discovery for gen pop still isnt solved. Algo’s simply cannot replace the human aspect of proper discovery. They are simply playing behind.

[@jasminedtucker]

​@double0music and that also makes the game pay to play. The algorithm doesn't move or suggest anything unless people are sent to your Spotify page. That's only done through ads now, unless you're signed to a major and have AUTOMATIC playlist placements. It's all rigged against people, AGAIN, who don't have the money or connections. Talent doesn't matter if they're music just sits there.

[@scottblack9213]

Look at the state of Stringer .. he looks absolutely haunted. No amount of money is worth it if you end up like that.

[@paulharris1916]

Diy is the way ,music for fun not money

[@kbuzz123]

Record companies made s*** tons of money, artists got screwed, and he has the balls to get up there and say he's concerned about art, such c***

[@ItsWesSmithYo]

@19:47 probably most important thing he says related to DIY creators 🤙🏽🖤🔊💀

[@anthonywalsh93]

great discussion! the exec came and delivered, great insight! 👏

[@chasethedice]

Great interview 🫡🎲

[@LodvarDude]

What the fuck.

[@mccarthysam]

He says "A 14-year old in a bedroom somewhere who's about to make amazing music using the tools of AI, but we have to get the business model sorted out first" and then right after says "We're waiting for the artists to experiment and then we'll follow the artist", so what is it? The art first, or the business?

[@partymarty6969]

it’s more efficient to learn how to play an instrument at a younger age because your brain is still developing during those years, therefore whatever you learn “sticks with you longer”. Learn art as a child and learn business as an adult and then … blend the two together later on in life.

[@mccarthysam]

@@partymarty6969 That makes sense and I agree, but I think he's referring to his/their approach as a record label.

[@partymarty6969]

⁠@@mccarthysam So you’re confused by their approach? Professional music groups and record labels generally all have the same business model. They all generate money via Events, Music Retail, Merch, Sync, and Business Endorsements. The details and the fine tuning might come after discovering “the art” “the talent” aka “finding the right group for the label” but the main sources of revenue are already in place.

[@mccarthysam]

I understand that, what I meant is that he was leading with “we care about the art first, business second” to an almost suspicious degree,, and the part about “needing to sort the business model first” to me came off as a slip of the tongue.

[@partymarty6969]

⁠@@mccarthysam He is the Chairman of a major music company. They are just as corrupt as politicians. Why are you surprised by their words? Of course there is a suspicious undertone LOL!

[@Behnan]

Wow Sony talking about MJ is like killing him twice. Can't eat that much how i wanna puke hearing that If you hear Rob talking about the music industry and especially art is like, its all cool, isn't it??? ...the industry was struggling in the 80s and 90s...and today its cool...indeed they making more money than ever before...but ONLY on the economical standpoint. Artistically?? where are the hits? where are the songs which stay in the consciousness of society?. Back in the days, they choose the artist due to their artistic skills in music, bc the industry HAD to invest in those people. Today they lean back with their cigars and waiting till influencers have enough audience so the industry doesn't need to invest in these peoples anymore...but the thing is: those influencers gaining their audiences not through the "art" of music but bc they being silly, with music content around it. So Rob plz don't talk about art. You kill art by choosing the lazy way to make money with music

[@kevaughnramsay9846]

A mj fan who is a fucking moron surprise surprise

[@navidhendrix]

I tuned out after 3 minutes. Going to listen to something else that is actually useful.

[@anjalE30]

Fallin fallin is BABYLON THE GREAT ! She who rides the beast Lady 🗽

[@justussamuel5186]

🌵🌵🌵

[@novemberboy5791]

And most labels today would not take three albums to break an artist. Granted, he was already known from One Direction but they could have dropped or shelved him and they didn't, and now we have Sign of The Times and Watermelon Sugar

[@anasasstiouspapavelli]

❤

[@yushpeaceandlove]

Spotify as good as a product it is - it certainly does not come close to all the listenable content out there. I am surprised that YT did not come up.

[@ItsWesSmithYo]

All the big players are mystified by KZbin, except probably Apple, who has been at the front of every digital business model shift in music. Give it ten years I wouldn’t be surprised if Apple Music and KZbin are dominant, and maybe Amazon creeps in. These are the three that seem to care a little about the art, and artists, and all have massive finance machines unrelated to music. Sony as he describes is something in the category as a business model, but doesn’t have a streaming play outside of whatever it owns as stock in these platforms, TBD.

[@hellraizer322]

Be the change you want to see in the world. That's exactly why I started making music-tired of all the noise and negativity. Time to bring something real.

[@neutraltoxic]

It's great that you want to create art, but this everyone is fake but me mindset is why everyone hates musicians

[@partymarty6969]

@@neutraltoxic Where did you get “everyone is fake but me” from this thread or in this video? Your negative blanket statement is the problem here. Meanwhile I’m booking popular music groups to livestream FROM their rehearsal space TO screen at a venue in my city in real-time. This paves a path forward for musicians to get back to creating/performing the music so they can sell concert tickets OFF the road in between touring LIVE in-person (I also perform LIVE in-person at these events, I am the event organizer & the opening act). Check out COSM in LA to peep The Sports Industry’s take on this concept.

[@christianman73]

@@neutraltoxic Where did the person you're replying to here say *anything close to* "Everyone is fake but me"? That was a serious misreading of the comment, and not fair at all. Also, it's not true, at all, that "everyone hates musicians." I'm not a musician, but I have known many, and I never hated any of them.

[@radidov5333]

@@christianman73 by the name of your account I reckon you believe in some nonsensical crpp and therefore you cant read good.

[@christianman73]

@@radidov5333 Actually, I can read quite well. I majored in English (grammar and literature) and minored in philosophy and religion at university. I did believe in nonsensical crap, as an atheist, for several years, but thankfully, that was temporary.

[@ProbablyTooLoud]

Executive double speak.

[@sonicocr]

Watching this video made me sick. The derogatory way he greeted, spoke, and explained his business is the perfect example of how the company views musicians and artists. The music business is dead due to the existence of these types of merchants, manipulators and exploiters of the industry. This man's attitude confirms that the music business is pure MAFIA... what a disgusting and despotic attitude...

[@radidov5333]

agreed 100% He's wrong btw, that shtty music wont catch anyone in the English world. This is the horrible things this greedy pigs do, they convince themself about something wrong and with all their money and power push it hard on the public, infecting our ears with crpp, wasting everyone's time and other people's creativity time.

[@jasminedtucker]

These people are all so brave and arrogant due to their money and status, that's it. Without it, there are losers. That is how I view them, and why I don't take them serious.

[@chad_mackinson]

yeah. automated taste. Wir sind die Roboter.

[@mooshisdad]

This guy is a real art collector !!

[@mccarthysam]

He pronounced Basquiat 'bass-quit'

[@radidov5333]

no he's not u baboon..hes a thief

[@DevCam7]

This guy looks & sounds like he should be controlling over 30% of all artists we hear

[@SPORTS1000NFL]

Crazy how these ppl act as if they create legendary music. When they only sell the music of highly creative ppl.

[@misterguy9051]

Automated taste.

[@aloharay]

how about that... an executive I enjoyed listening to. Just please remove your hand from your face. He did get better/more comfortable as the interview went further. To expose listeners to new music, straming services need a Monty Python button called: And now for something completely different.

[@WindmillChef]

Quite sickening to watch a platform being given to evil corporate behavior to justify their actions...justify themselves with platitudes, smooth talk and lies. You work for an evil corporation, you partake in evil, JUST OWN IT.

[@jameshumfry1256]

Music will always be nothing more than a product/commodity to people like this guy. He knows nothing of what it's like to be an artist or creator. He's a businessman. Make no mistake.

[@novemberboy5791]

And as an independent unsigned artist with some success on Tiktok you are up against a wall with Spotify and playlist curators who monoploize taste. Even if you do a campaign and submit ahead of a release there's still no guarantee that your song will be considered for a playlist

[@jasminedtucker]

Yep. Same here. It's next to impossible, and if you do get on, it's not all that. Those listeners are passive, and they eventually take you off.

[@guscost]

What a disgusting man

[@ericlamideas]

this would have been more constructive as a round table with opposing sides. obviously this guy will perceive the value of his assets to be higher than the market rate but with noone to challenge the other side this is really just proselytizing.

[@222INFINITY]

Spotify, Spotify, really? KZbin has more value than the rest combined. He mentioned artists are on equal footing with Sony when it comes to making it, that is because of KZbin.

[@partymarty6969]

Very true!

[@scottblack9213]

Music industry is finished. No more good music anymore. I buy CDs dirt cheap and have my Library now.

[@anasasstiouspapavelli]

One love ❤soon

[@currentphonograph7487]

Interesting interview. Streaming is not their top revenue generator

[@poerava]

Summary: ‘Yes, we’ll always find a way to rip off artists from the money they deserve and make sure it ends up in our pockets’. 3:21 ‘Bow-teek’ Who the flying fork says ‘bow-teek’.

[@partymarty6969]

Hence why many musicians need to stay AWAY from the music *business.* Why would you get into business with minimal understanding of how these businesses run? If you were business savvy, you wouldn’t need these labels anyway.

[@mustardegg2]

Eventually every artist will be on only fans…..

[@FreebeatMusicProd]

LOL 🤣 The music business CORPS, is controlled like everthing else as those who owns the music corps are those who really controls it all and setting THE SHOTS for how things should be run, no matter CEO ROB SINGER and other so called CEO's of what ever corps they seemingly leading. Artists interest are NOT the nprimary an interest for the music business corps. And music business are blend and merged with movie & entertainment industry owned and controlled by those same on the top (NOT THOSE CEO's ) that calling the shots and all of the shady stuff within music / movie and entertainment industry (did I hear PUFF DADDY etc ) is NOW fully coming to light related to all the shady shadow stuff that has been going on...just like all the crappy shady stuff that is going on with SPOTIFY and other things aswell...which are all owned by those same at the very top.

[@mmsk2010]

AI shouldn't be a challenge because AI should be banned.

[@demo_sphere]

Not banned. AI should be regulated

[@donjohnsmusic3116]

Streaming has killed both music and movies. I am glad more people are hearing my music than before, but the small amount I get is ridiculous! How come I get get a subscription to McDonalds where I pay 10 bucks a month and eat everyday whatever I want and as much as I want. Why is music and movies using this model? No one else does?

[@NicholasChase]

It’s in the opening question: “how does he see record industry growth” - this isn’t about artists, it’s only about the bottom line for the executives no matter how you spin it. The new industry has made certain new artists are shut out, shut down and fail to see revenue from their work. The record industry lost money when it failed to see the future of online music, continuing to back on physical cds. In order to recover, they got in bed with the streaming industry, which is nothing short of piracy, but the industry has protected its losses by siding up with streaming, leaving the artists in the dust. Sony is one of the worst thieves in the industry, why any self-respecting journalist would give them more airtime in the name of music is beyond me. Art never comes first in the industry. Celebrity driven business indeed. 🤮

[@80sGenX]

Also bring back rock bands and a platform to support great bands they don’t get much credit anymore bands are creative.

[@partymarty6969]

The music industry is the middle of a financial crisis … it’s counterproductive to ask labels to front the cost of touring and music production for bands when rappers/pop artists just need a microphone and playback that syncs to an elaborate light show. Bands need to keep gear and band members to the minimum to make touring profitable. Bands also need to livestream TO venues FROM their rehearsal spaces to kickstart funds for their LIVE in-person tours instead of needing labels to gamble on fronting the cost for them to tour.

[@HowShouldIKnow6543]

Anyone notice how he covered his mouth when trying to say that artists have equal power as Sony Music? lolololol

[@SeemoreDunkan]

Music labels fake streaming numbers. If a rapper gets 20 million streams they fake another 10 million. Now it’s 30 and who’s gonna notice? 😂

[@DJNovaBlast3000]

Soooo, Hip-Hop as to get beat down/go underground/die and get resurrected???

[@Lame-Over]

that was lame and pointless

[@alangreenway6695]

I get the feeling AI has done a really good job at aping music from the past 20 years with artificial beats, autotuned singers and written from an algorithm, but do people care about it? Some people just accept that because they don’t really care about music like they don’t care about natural food, but I see a bunch of kids who are listening to their parents record collections because there hasn’t been an artist that has captured the zeitgeist like it did with Elvis, the Beatles, Bowie or Madonna did. And that’s why the record companies are buying up catalogues of classic artists and ignoring modern disposable acts.

[@krunkle5136]

Love the unflattering thumbnail. These people don't give any shits.

[@vidtrax662]

They killed music long long time ago. Load of crap 😆

[@clarencejeyofficial]

He spells out he doesn’t care for Spotify. Then why should artists? 🤔 especially independent…

[@gregormarini]

These are the kind of people who ruin the world.

[@kbuzz123]

And a good chunk of the popular music in the last 20 years has absolutely sucked, not all of it of course

[@GIBKEL]

They haven’t had the artists and consumers on their backside for long enough? The entirety of the business model. Art…what art? Yeah, there’s a bit but it’s so diluted. Consumers don’t even know the art in broad sense anymore. Only commerce. Poor Napster debacle wasn’t its downfall-it was the company response. Artist having power; maybe a few. He is the cigar smoking fat cat. I just don’t buy this wolf in sheep’s clothing. His body language gives him away.

[@SiiliViin]

From headline I was hoping to hear opinion of current state of music industry but this person was asking about that crap hip hop and other murican crap artists.

[@80sGenX]

Drop unheard 2Pac music that might help the business

[@alejoquiceno7428]

Wait, did he just say he Is worried about the art 😮. First the art then the business 😅 ok, good lad.

[@mike-k7f]

Hopefully 1lemonsqueeze picks up his pace and we can sell his data like we did for years from his phone and have him nothing

[@memopinzon]

Bunch of BS. Tuned out at 5 mins.

[@latitudepost]

David Bowie predicted the concept of 'streaming' music. However, it is a terrible business model. Spotify pays music artists peanuts - that is well known. However, the amount of money the company makes (net profit not revenue) when compared with the big behemoths of the music industry pre-Napster is not very much.

[@mediumflow]

„Incredibke areas of digital exploitation“. Yep.

[@sumit_tarang]

Never made any art.. Cares most about art😆

[@brownmoney27]

Load of old chuff

[@pongmaster123]

what a BULLshet talker! "after napster we started to create better art" - and it goes uglier to more he talks.

[@remixagency]

Argentine? @Afoverde @fedelauria?