Neil Young is issuing a Facebook fatwa against streaming music this morning...
...and some of you may or may not be aware of this, but if you go to the link, he posted a while back that any time the profile pic is him in the hat, HE is actually writing the post. So this is coming from Neil, NOT the person / persons who normally maintain his page.
I was there.
AM radio kicked streaming's ass.
Analog Cassettes and 8 tracks also kicked streaming's ass,
and absolutely rocked compared to streaming.
Streaming sucks. Streaming is the worst audio in history.
If you want it, you got it. It's here to stay.
Your choice.
Copy my songs if you want to. That's free.
Your choice.
All my music, my life's work, is what I am preserving the way I want it to be.
It's already started. My music is being removed from all streaming services. It's not good enough to sell or rent.
Make streaming sound good and I will be back.
Neil Young
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I've said this before on DU, I will say it again.
I used to shop regularly at Tower before they went belly-up. I was there every Tuesday (new release day) without fail.
And I remember, shortly before their demise, that the "regular' price of a single CD had reached $19.95.
More often than not, that could mean 30 minutes of music, one good song, and crap.
People got sick of paying for that.
Thus was born Napster, Limewire, Bearshare and the rest. And as the recording industry called out the dogs, VPNs and other advances in technology allowed people pirating music to do it under the radar.
In my lifetime I have paid thousdands...probably HUNDREDS of thousands...for LEGITIMATELY purchased music.
Would I pay $20 for one more slab or crap? Nope. People want to hear it before they buy it these days, and sometimes, they just keep it WITHOUT buying it. Yeah, it's theft. But the music industry lowered their standards and the buying public responded.
C'est la vie.
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