#PlasticOnoBand for me, is #JohnLennon's most underrated & unrecognised works; a true masterpiece of it's time; powerhouse songwriting; insightful, sardonic, sad & uplifting; and super recording & playing too. @mrtimbowes - remember analysing #RingoStarr's playing in the studio?
“Road Rage” is felt towards political & #MusicBiz hierarchy for lack of imagination to #FixStreaming Solutions to copyright & contractual law are clear as to are benefits to consumer, artist & taxman; courage & ideas are needed, not bromides @bpi_music@NadineDorries@Jason_Keen
@plasmatron Yup, market consolidation presents a clear conflict of interests with certain corps owning venues, Merch Co’s, management co’s, festivals, ticket co’s, secondary ticket co’s, labels….etc.
Is there really a free market for music or a cartel of corps in cahoot?
@CMAgovUK
This practice has to cease.
At every level of the Music Industry musicians revenue is degraded.
The fairy-tale that *all the money’s in gigs ’n T-shirts* is yet another deceit — a mirage to cover-up systematic exploitation of the talent that drives the music economy.
Thank you so much to everyone who did this over the week. So gratifying to know people are listening and allowed us to sneak into the @SonStreamLtd chart, nestled under David Bowie, which is a lovely place to be. x
New indie artists don’t have a fraction of the stability or sustainability upcoming artists of the vinyl/tape era. The Stones got as good as they were because they were paid for the graft from the beginning #FixStreaming#BrokenRecord @CommonsDCMS @Freedland@hilaryosborne
A profound error in MusicBiz is to consider all solutions only in context of subscription & ad-fund – which will NEVER work for 99.9% of songwriters &/or recording artists! Subs would need be £50 & no consumer will ever pay that upfront! There is another way @abba #FixStreaming
Scenes depicted in this classic at No1 are gloriously nostalgic; sadly not just because of Covid. Only brave reform of copyright law can rebuild music economy from ground up for ALL musicians, songwriters, venues & even labels! #FixStreaming@DaveRowntree@OliverDowden@KennyFarq
Ad-Fund & Subscription fail the majority of the creators & even the majority of consumers. Only re-defining a stream as a unit to the consumer, as well as the platform & label, can the ecosystem be restored for all #FixStreaming@laurenlaverne@cj_dinenage@Ruth_Emery@lee_boyce