The platform is still dealing with the fallout of some of its biggest names removing their catalogues from its database, a wave which began with Neil Young and was quickly picked up by the likes of Joni Mitchell and more recently India Arie, who wrote in an Instagram post that “Neil Young opened a door that I MUST walk through.” They’re going to keep on collecting money and being shitty to the world. They’re not going to feel the need to do the right thing.
They’re not going to suddenly grow some balls and stand against the trend. If they were good people, they wouldn’t work there. “I don’t believe there are good people working there.
“I don’t see them growing a conscience,” said Crosby. From the ongoing controversy surrounding its deal with podcaster Joe Rogan and attempts to mitigate the damage imposed by The Joe Rogan Experience’s apparent misinformation and racism, to the backlash it has faced from musicians since signing a $280m sponsorship deal with Barcelona football club the company has nonetheless marched onward with the release of the Car Thing and the collaborative new Bookcast Audio Experience from James Patterson and Dolly Parton, who have remained quiet about the controversy.
It has been a turbulent few weeks for Spotify. I don’t like Spotify on purpose because of that.” It’s not OK in that it took away half my income, and it’s not OK in that, especially, it makes it impossibly difficult for young people to make it in the business. “They’re making billions with a b and they’re paying out pennies with a p,” he told Stereogum, continuing, “That’s not OK.
David Crosby has doubled down on his criticism of Spotify and other digital streaming platforms over their treatment of musicians, after the removal of his and his Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young bandmates’ music from the platform.
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