also calls out the writers strike exploitative status quo, etc
"It's not working for the artist right now and I just want to speak to that. That's fucked up," he said. "The writers are striking because with streaming, they can't get paid."
also calls out the writers strike exploitative status quo, etc
"It's not working for the artist right now and I just want to speak to that. That's fucked up," he said. "The writers are striking because with streaming, they can't get paid."
On the retail end, what you're purchasing is a "license" to the content. So the end user is being told that what they're getting is equivalent to a ticket to the Movie Theater. On the advertising end, what you're purchasing is "views" of the ad media. So the advertiser is being told that what they're getting is equivalent to an individual set of eyeballs for a set amount of time.
So we can quantify the media for the viewer. We can quantify the media for the buyer. I guarantee you that the internal accounting department at the studio is able to quantify the cost of a stream versus the quantity of revenue it brings in.
How is it that the folks producing the media are out in the cold? Its almost as though management is explicitly denying these artists access to the information around their own sales.
He's been on both sides of it. He's seen his forerunners and peers get screwed. He's learned the value of holding your own label and distributing under your own brand. He's also acutely aware of what age and fashion can do to a brand, and how long you have to really cash in on your media before you're no longer at the center of that big engine of commerce. No better source than lived experience, and he's got it in droves.