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    Billie Marten: “Mostly, artists are in financial ruin – we’re all paying Taylor Swift”

    Billie Marten: “Mostly, artists are in financial ruin – we’re all paying Taylor Swift”

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    1. According-Disk on

      Find it extremely concerning on the matter that almost every touring artist is also struggling to earn a decent income. Are our times really that bad?

    2. Iosiriia828 on

      With rare exception, this world has never been kind to artists, but it has never before been this hostile.

    3. DeliciousSquash4144 on

      That sucks but I don’t see any type of call to action. If streaming services don’t even pay artists enough, then I’m not sure what the solution is. Additionally, didn’t Taylor Swift negotiate that artists get more money per stream? She obviously did that for herself to get rich, but would that not be helpful to all artists?

    4. SillyCranberry99 on

      Sorry i feel he is making an analogy and using Taylor Swift but I do not understand, he doesn’t mean hems actually paying Taylor Swift right?

    5. Real-Transition-7747 on

      Unrelated. I just bought Dog Eared, Billie’s new album. It’s lovely. 🩷

    6. anunusualgetaway on

      I appreciate artists speaking out about their financial woes. I do, however, wish I knew the full context. How much they’re spending on cosmetic/aesthetic things. How much they’re spending on drugs. How much money they’re giving to family. I don’t believe they’re being misleading, but these facts hit harder when there’s a broader context framing it.

    7. yellow_purple_ on

      Oh but tell us again how Taylor Swift was standing up for smaller artists when she pulled her music from Spotify? It was all self serving

    8. wowicantbelieveits on

      I can’t speak to how it works in the UK but in the US local venues have been purposefully killed by Ticketmaster/LiveNation. Additionally, because they basically require artists to work with Livenation promoters and use Livenation venues, their predatory pricing where they take a cut of every ticket sold and charge high venue rental costs means that smaller artists mostly lose money when touring. The US DOJ is currently suing them but they’re the same idiots who ok’d the merger in 2010.

    9. multipass7 on

      The wording is confusing but she is basically saying all the money from music fans is mainly going to big artists like Taylor Swift while smaller artists are struggling.

      BTW Billie Marten’s music is the vibe and worth checking out if you like indie at all.

    11. Jorgilu on

      hasn’t it always been this way? mid-level artists never made good money(sadly)

    13. Boring-Membership265 on

      Reminds me of TLC in the 90’s winning Grammys and being completely broke.

    14. ramesesbolton on

      lost in this conversation is the fact that concert-going has become unaffordable for the average fan, even smaller venues. ticket prices are exorbitant, and then you tack on parking, drinks, etc. I think there’s a sense that, if I’m going to have to pay $100+ to see someone strum a guitar and sing live for a few hours I might as well shell out to see beyonce ride around on a flying car, you know? like a concert with some real spectacle.

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