Anthraxin kitaristi tunnustautuu striimauksen vihaajaksi
Yhdysvaltalaisen thrash metal -legendan Anthraxin kitaristi Scott Ian on antanut Hatebreedin vokalistille Jamey Jastalle haastattelun, jossa mies on kommentoinut yhtyeen musiikin striimausta esimerkiksi Spotifyissa. Scott Ianin mukaan hän ei itse käytä Spotifyita eikä edes tiedä löytyykö yhtyeen albumeita sieltä. Voit lukea Ianilta varsin karua tekstiä Spotifyista artistin näkökulmasta tästä:
”I don’t have Spotify. I don’t stream. I don’t do any of that. So I’m ignorant to that. That’s a good question that I’ll ask my manager. Like, all our old Island catalog, is ’Among The Living’ on Spotify? I have no idea. If it is, I’m sure we’re not making any off it. Even if we had the best deal in the world, we still wouldn’t be seeing any money from Spotify. That’s why when I hear musicians use Spotify, I’m, like, ’Really? You’re supporting a company that’s ripping you off.’ That’s amazing. ’Yeah, but it’s so easy to just have your music.’ I’m, like, ’It’s really easy to have my music without Spotify.’ I just never got that. You know this company is fucking you, yet you are still okay with using it. That’s weird to me.”
”The thing is, I get it, I get it. It’s how a lot of people on the planet get their music now, and I’m not against that. I wouldn’t say, ’Don’t put our records on there,’ because I understand it now. It’s, like, great, that’s how you’re getting our music, and then maybe you’re gonna go buy a ticket next time we come through. So I get that; I totally get it. On the other side of that, I’m still the guy who… I came from the era where you could actually have a platinum album. How many records went platinum in America last year? That’s a fucking joke. So take your streaming and shove it up your ass, is really how I truly feel about it. But that doesn’t mean I’m gonna be a caveman and say, ’We’re not streaming.’ I want our music to get out there. I want as many people to get exposed to it as possible.”
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