Thom Yorke blasts Spotify on Twitter as he pulls his music

[arista]

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has pulled his solo songs and those with his group Atoms For Peace from music streaming service Spotify, complaining that "new artists get paid feck all with this model".


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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jul/15/thom-yorke-spotify-twitter

Sign Of The Times

[Marc]

Didn't Radiohead allow their fans to choose what they pay for their latest album? (or a few years ago or whatever..) or do I have the wrong artist

[arista]

Didn't Radiohead allow their fans to choose what they pay for their latest album? (or a few years ago or whatever..) or do I have the wrong artist



Yes but back then (Early days of Online Music)
they were testing the water


now the water is full of piss

[Smithy]

get more money on there than if people download it illegally :shrug: seems stupid some money is better than no money

[Niall]

Well I suppose it's up to him. If he doesn't want to be a part of one of the more convenient and on ovation music streaming services available, then so be it. People will just pirate his music and he'll get absolutely nothing for it instead. :idc:

[Roy Mars III]

Didn't Radiohead allow their fans to choose what they pay for their latest album? (or a few years ago or whatever..) or do I have the wrong artist

no that was them

[Marc]

I'm fairly certain new artists are still doing well when it comes to money :laugh: probably moreso than artists 10/15 years old

[GiRTh]

Didn't Radiohead allow their fans to choose what they pay for their latest album? (or a few years ago or whatever..) or do I have the wrong artistYes they did. And they did that cuz when Shawn Fanning invented Napster Radiohead were one the acts that benefitted the most from people downloading their tracks for free. I saw an interview with them once where they admitted that they would not be as successful if it was not for illegal downloads. Now I suppose he's a big enough artist and a big enough arsh*le that he's changed his mind.

[GypsyGoth]

http://i.imgur.com/vuY2Mz3.jpg

Gramophone sales have really taken off after this announcement.

[Shaun]

eh, it's a fair complaint - Spotify pay nothing to the artists in general

[King Gizzard]

I just like physically/digitally owning my own music, so I'd never use it