How Spotify silenced rock bands

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/how-spotify-silenced-rock-bands/ar-AA1oBqPo?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=2324f97dc7a24e359bf10291faed2017&ei=25

I have been, for a long time against many of these "services" as not being helpful to many bands, even though the material is listed ... but those sites do nothing to help many of these artists, other than simply posting it on their websites.

The number mentioned, is scary as heck ... how 30 years ago you had some 140 songs mentioned and listed on the Number 1 lists, and in 2924? Just 3 and they were old stuff.

I have no issue with these being there, but a "new" streaming service needs to be created strictly for new bands, by new bands, with new bands, as a way to promote the music better ... I know that places like PA really help and show so many of these things, but I am not really sure that we're actually listening and buying the stuff ... which kinda suggests that the ability for that new stuff to be seen and appreciated, simply is not there.

PA, and I'm happy for it, has promoted a lot of things by just the mentions, but I kinda wish that there was a better solution for many of these bands to get a leg up ... and show up better, instead of being ignored because they are not mentioned very much, and in this sense Mike has been very good, even though I probably would like a list without numbers for "preference" ... but that's me, not Mike.

Something needs to change, to improve things, but perhaps, it is time that "record companies" take a god-damned jump off the pier into the raving ocean and die ... since the only folks getting any opportunity are the folks that don't need it, and this bothers me ... specially when Roger and Dave try to promote something that is far inferior than a lot of materials out there these days ... but I'm not sure that the listenership wants that much new stuff ... the sad side of "progressive" is how stuck we are in our old favorites ... ohh c'mon, I love Beethoven and Stravinsky, but I don't have to ignore the new music because of it!

Hi,

The article is more about new music and artists, and how they are not getting any help, in favor of the better known artists. 

I'm not sure that the streaming services give a damn, because of their own ownership, which no musician has EVER considered. Why would you use one of these services that is owned by a record company? You really think they are looking for talent? NO> They are making sure that nothing makes it through, so they can continue their 40 year story that the record companies are suffering. They are not suffering ... they waste just as much money as before in different ways ... that we don't consider, and worse ... don't give a damn.

Basically it's about taking a risk in a world where 'risk management' is all the rage. Record compabies want the same thing that sold yesterday and have little interest in innovation. It's not that new a phenomena though. Most prog artists don't make a living out of it unless they are seemingly very bloody minded and carry on with a dream that one day it will happen. Gregory Spawton (Big Big Train) had to wait over 20 years before he could give up his day job (BBT finally entered the UK album charts proper in 2019 for the first time). The IQ boys mostly have other jobs with Martin Orford being a music lecturer. The now almost famous Andy Edwards was the drummer in same band but now earns a living with his youtube channel. This is a guy that played in Robert Plant's band (no not that one!) but again has mainly made a living from being a music lecturer up to recently. Music just doesn't pay well and hasn't for a long time even before streaming came along.

I don't think that is the case anymore. CD's are quite regularly priced around the £12-£15 mark with vinyl anything between £20-£30 for single vinyl. It varies a lot. I would say it's 2 times on average. I would rather have 1 vinyl record than 2 CD's when I am able to stream the other for a reasonable monthly subscription.