Ben Hockings

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Respect creators. Help creators. Streaming is here to stay. But stream ethically, not mindlessly because that’s what the big platforms and labels want. Download, user-centric streaming, or just go to the damn (physical/virtual) shop and buy your music #BrokenRecord

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@ThatEricAlper August 5 1988 was a Friday.

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I’m Australian and I love my old school pub rock (Chisel, Oils, AC/DC etc) but I have no inclination to collect any of their music. Only albums that stand out. My next record purchase will be AC/DC’s If You Want Blood You’ve Got It, bc it was the only album featuring Bon Scott

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@Music__Mentor Or one of my underrated favourites: Hemlock, is it?

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@Music__Mentor Where’s your hat?

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Before you knock recorders, I’ll have you know Stairway To Heaven wouldn’t be the same without them.

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@ambersings Trying to solve a problem which already has fixes.

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Ah two years of The Music Gaga. I’ve become less militant with my words on issues like streaming and copyright. Now I’d rather focus on putting positive energy into promoting supporting artists the best ways possible #MyTwitterAnniversary

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Never thought of it this way.

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@smithymusictwit Out of Mind Out of Sight by The Models. There’s some good feedback heard during one part of the song. Kind of adds to it though

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How great is it to receive music in the mail? I bought Icehouse and Yes and received a random Boy George poster #winning #discogs #stickyourstreaming

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My gut reaction to this new wave of businesses offering music NFTs (eg Gala Music) is that I don’t want to share in artists’ success. I just want to pay for their music and for them to keep the money. I don’t need anything in between.

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@ThatEricAlper The whole baseball commentary part in Meatloaf’s Paradise By The Dashboard Light. It wasn’t really about baseball apparently.

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So the majors raked in over US20M last year. Why can’t they just buy Spotify, considering the latter’s current market loss?

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@ColourfulSound Yes, so many like this!

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This arrived today, my latest purchase from @discogs I bought it in honour of my parents, whose courting song was Take Me Home Country Roads. Aside from reminding me of them, it reminds of the drive “home” to Warwick from Brisbane, a trip I have done countless times in my life.

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@ThatEricAlper Young Years - Dragon

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@davidclowery Surprisingly amateur

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@revchofficial Hope to see you back! But please take care of yourself in the meantime.

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The elephant in the room is of course why other artists didn’t also withdraw their music from Spotify. We know why. Spotify know why. Most artists don’t have the financial security that Young does.

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Me too. Great to see WMG backing Young in on this.

[helienne @helienne]

Spotify sides with money and misinformation - I side with Neil, science and responsibility to the welfare of my fellow humans: Spotify removes Neil Young music in feud over Joe Rogan’s false Covid claims ⁦@NeilYoungNYA⁩ ⁦@Spotify⁩ https://t.co/WzCjR4f4rm