"So, let us not be blind to our differences - but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved. And if we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal." JFK, June 10, 1963.
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Neil Young Tells Spotify Workers: "Daniel Ek is your big problem - not Joe Rogan... Get out of that place before it eats up your soul..."
In our communication age, disinformation is the problem. Ditch the misinformers. Find a good clean place to support with your monthly checks. You have the real power. Use it.
To the baby boomers, I say 70 percent of the country’s financial assets are in your hands compared with just about 5 percent for millennials. You and I need to lead.
In our age of Climate Chaos, I say ditch the companies contributing to the mass fossil fuel destruction of Earth.
For their continued funding of the fossil fuel damage even as the global temperature keeps climbing, I say take your money from the accounts of these American banks today:
Chase Citi Bank of America Wells Fargo
Join me as I move my money away from the damage causers or you will unintentionally be one of them. You have the power to change the world. We can do it together. Your grandchildren will thank you in history.
To the musicians and creators in the world, I say this: You must be able to find a better place than SPOTIFY to be the home of your art.
To the workers at SPOTIFY, I say Daniel Ek is your big problem - not Joe Rogan. Ek pulls the strings.
Get out of that place before it eats up your soul. The only goals stated by EK are about numbers - not art, not creativity.
Notice that EK never mentions the Medical Professionals who started this conversation. Look, one last time - at the statements EK has made.
Then be free and take the good path.
Editor's Note: Meanwhile, the former president also weighed in on the controversy... but perhaps only to grift off of it... Notice the prominent click-to-donate icon (DONATE TO SAVE AMERICA!) Trump helpfully included at the end of the message...
Trump calls on Rogan to "stop apologizing". We have to wonder if Rogan and Spotify will be thrilled by the former president's endorsement... or concerned that it will alienate half the country...
Even before the recent COVID denying and racist scandals, many people had real questions about how poorly Spotify compensated artists whose work they used and profited from so enormously. We were accustomed to hearing music on the radio and in concerts and nightclubs, and buying it on vinyl, CDs, and MP3s. Now many people get their music on demand via YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music or on satellite radio via Sirius. The transition to streaming, especially during the COVID era, which also put things like touring and nightclubs in limbo, happened before people could put protections in place for musicians and creators. The streaming services have made billions in a few short years. Perhaps we need new legislation now to guarantee that artists and creators are fairly compensated by the streaming services and other outlets for their work.
Spotify, based in Sweden, and primarily a tech company, rather than a music company, may be more interested in bottom line profits and less responsive to consumer demand for content free of racism, COVID denial, and baseless conspiracy theories.
American companies, like Apple and Amazon, seem more willing to listen.
And the more we learned about Joe Rogan, the less we liked him...
While Spotify appeared to be unwilling to quit him, so more and more artists are quitting Spotify instead... #BoycottSpotify
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