Paradise Lostin kitaristi toivoisi fanien mielummin lataavan albumit laittomasti kuin kuuntelemalla Spotifyista
Englantilaisen gootti metallin legendan Paradise Lostin kitaristi Greg Machintosh on antanut hiljattain haastattelun asQme -nimiselle palvelulle, jossa mieheltä kysyttiin miten hän itse näkee musiikin tulevaisuuden kymmenen vuoden kuluttua. Greg on haastattelussa sanonut toivovansa fanien mielummin lataavan yhtyeen musiikkia kuin kuuntelevan sitä Spotifyn kautta koska Spotifyn kautta kuunnellusta musiikista hyötyvät Gregin mukaan lähinnä vain sen omistajat. Voit lukea Gregin mietteitä aiheesta tästä:
”Well, it’s obviously gonna progress with the online downloading thing now that Apple have adopted a Spotify type of [streaming] scenario.”
”Personally, I’d prefer people downloaded our records for nothing than actually got them from Spotify, because Spotify only really benefits the few people that run it, and I can probably see the Apple thing going pretty much the same way. On the plus side, it seems that there’s been a real resurgence in the vinyl market, with the reintroduction of vinyl chart coming back as well. And I know my son, for instance, is really into physical product, and he’s, like, just turned 18, so that’s quite… it gives you some confidence for the future.”
”So it’s probably gonna go in two directions at first, and then there’ll be some kind of… I don’t know… other format that maybe comes along that decimates them both. But I guess we’ll just wait and see. I’m not really a very good soothsayer when it comes to that.”