We’re Seeing a Massive Mutiny Against Spotify

This is what happens when you keep neglecting musicians over and over again

Has Spotify turned to the dark side? Photo by Reet Talreja from Unsplash

When you have people like Paul McCartney or Noel Gallagher pissed off at the streaming services, you know it’s time for a big change.

Sadly, musicians have been bombarded from every corner since the pandemic started:

• A year's money worth of gigs canceled due to covid-19.
• Lack of funds from governments all over the world: UK, Italy, Germany, and Spain, to name a few.
• Many artists selling their whole catalogs to the highest bidder (I’ve covered this in another article).

And now this: Spotify’s unfair revenue distribution that further decreases the musician’s ability to generate income.

More than 200 British artists have signed a petition to demand fair pay for the streaming of their music on this platform, and thus bring balance to this industry.

Let’s look at what’s happening.

Where does the money go?

If you tried to understand how revenues operate in the music industry, you’d have to write a doctorate thesis to figure it out.