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Apple Reverses Course, Will Pay Artists During Apple Music Free Trial
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So far she has not mentioned that she's putting her album back on Apple music. Nothing on her Twitter page suggests it.
I love a post like this. You want the artist paid but you're not going to pay for them.
I was just thinking the same thing. "BREAKING NEWS: Taylor Swift's new album to be launched exclusively on Apple Music..."
Big Machine owns the masters but I believe she has a deal in place where she controls distribution and promotion..
I think everyone is missing a major point here. Taylor Swift called on apple to pay indie writers, producers, AND artists during the trial period. Apple has only said they will pay artists during the trial period. What about the writers and producers? Don't they deserve their cut as well during the trial period?
As a result, I truly hope Taylor Swift doesn't reverse her stance until Apple agrees to pay everyone involved in producing indie music.
As a result, I truly hope Taylor Swift doesn't reverse her stance until Apple agrees to pay everyone involved in producing indie music.
After reading this I've decided to dl and seed her 1989 album.
If she doesn't put her music on Apple Music then she's basically just walking away from money, so it would actually make it more likely that she was doing it for other artists than not.
At any rate, I'm pleased Apple did this.
Pay no attention to the man (getting screwed) behind the curtain.
In contrast, they announced Family Sharing at WWDC 2014, directly to the people who they were going to screw (developers!, developers!, developers!). I was there. Most attendees, including myself, were mumbling WTF??. Some idiots starting clapping, then said wait, what?
Don't you think it's a sad indictment on the music industry when it requires a tech company to voluntarily agree to pay royalties? These negotiations have reportedly gone on for well over a year. You would expect someone on the other side of the negotiating table to push for what Apple has now agreed to do before agreements were signed. Clearly it hasn't taken much for Apple to see sense and meet these costs. I'm assuming this didn't form part of final agreements because nobody on the other side of the table really cared to push Apple on the issue. Nothing shocking, just sad to see it play out like this.
Apple has taken a bit of a beating now over this, but the more I think about it the more I think they've been harshly judged. Those who probably deserve the harshest of the criticism are largely unmentioned.
Originally I was split on this and maybe even on the artist's side but then I thought about it more...
So these cry baby indie folk (and Taylor Swift) are whining because they won't get money for 3 months from a service that used to not exist at all, and is a FREE avenue for them to reach millions of fans?!?!? The comparison of "well you wouldn't work for free for 3 months would you?" doesn't apply at all either and is a horrible comparison. When we all go to work we go somewhere and DO WORK. is not making these artists write new songs for the service or show up to HQ and clock in for the day or making them go on tour! Plus, it's not like is making money and just not giving it to the artists. NO ONE is making money during the free trial. Shut up you whiny brats and enjoy the FREE distribution of your crappy music to hundreds of millions of people!
So these cry baby indie folk (and Taylor Swift) are whining because they won't get money for 3 months from a service that used to not exist at all, and is a FREE avenue for them to reach millions of fans?!?!? The comparison of "well you wouldn't work for free for 3 months would you?" doesn't apply at all either and is a horrible comparison. When we all go to work we go somewhere and DO WORK. is not making these artists write new songs for the service or show up to HQ and clock in for the day or making them go on tour! Plus, it's not like is making money and just not giving it to the artists. NO ONE is making money during the free trial. Shut up you whiny brats and enjoy the FREE distribution of your crappy music to hundreds of millions of people!
Hilarious. You must be a man of great power, who orders coleslaw with his turkey club, and doesn't even eat it:
1) "Can't innovate my ass!"
2) I'm assuming there is some sort of Taylor Swift-Eddy Cue karaoke jam scheduled now. We want video.
2) I'm assuming there is some sort of Taylor Swift-Eddy Cue karaoke jam scheduled now. We want video.
apparently, Apple will pay royalties at a different rate during the free trial period. they are not yet saying at what rate but it won't be 71.5%.
http://recode.net/2015/06/21/apple-says-it-will-pay-taylor-swift-for-free-streams-after-all/
http://recode.net/2015/06/21/apple-says-it-will-pay-taylor-swift-for-free-streams-after-all/
There is so much complaining in here that either Apple was wrong to pay artists, or Apple should have paid artists all along, or that Apple shouldn't change it's mind because Taylor Swift spoke out. But this is a work in progress, it was always going to be, it is 800+ million users getting a taste of a different way of listening to music. If Apple Music takes off and all it's users eventually convert to streaming it will represent a sea change in peoples relationship with music
Ironically if we all switch over to streaming the music industry will have got what it wants all along, that is, all of us paying in perpetuity for the music we listen to. None of us will own any of it, which again is what the record labels have been arguing for from the beginning and DRM, the thing we railed so hard against, will have made a return. On top of that my fear is that streaming by it's very nature may devalue music.
The point however is that this, Apple Music, was never going to happen without mistakes being made, no one was going to get it all right the first time. If it were that easy, we'd all be doing it.
In this case Taylor Swift and indie artists expressed concerns, Apple thought about it and decided to change course. It shouldn't be a surprise that Apple listened to feedback, it may be a surprise that they changed their minds so quickly, either way it's no surprise that some artists expressed concerns. And, whilst it's unlikely that Apple would have changed course if it was just Taylor Swift complaining, she is, like it or not, heavily influential within the industry and as such her words carry weight.
Let's all just hope that in ten years time we're not cursing an overly restrictive, DRM encumbered music streaming landscape, in which Albums you've enjoyed for years can suddenly disappear. Lets hope that music becomes even more ubiquitous, that the music we love stays for all time on those services, that barriers to entry are lowered, that prices don't go up and, that the people who create the music are fairly compensated.
Ironically if we all switch over to streaming the music industry will have got what it wants all along, that is, all of us paying in perpetuity for the music we listen to. None of us will own any of it, which again is what the record labels have been arguing for from the beginning and DRM, the thing we railed so hard against, will have made a return. On top of that my fear is that streaming by it's very nature may devalue music.
The point however is that this, Apple Music, was never going to happen without mistakes being made, no one was going to get it all right the first time. If it were that easy, we'd all be doing it.
In this case Taylor Swift and indie artists expressed concerns, Apple thought about it and decided to change course. It shouldn't be a surprise that Apple listened to feedback, it may be a surprise that they changed their minds so quickly, either way it's no surprise that some artists expressed concerns. And, whilst it's unlikely that Apple would have changed course if it was just Taylor Swift complaining, she is, like it or not, heavily influential within the industry and as such her words carry weight.
Let's all just hope that in ten years time we're not cursing an overly restrictive, DRM encumbered music streaming landscape, in which Albums you've enjoyed for years can suddenly disappear. Lets hope that music becomes even more ubiquitous, that the music we love stays for all time on those services, that barriers to entry are lowered, that prices don't go up and, that the people who create the music are fairly compensated.
Eddy didn't want to be the subject of a Taylor Swift breakup song on her next album. LOL
So completely tonedeaf on the part of Apple. What the hell are they paying Jimmy Iovine for if not to help them avoid stepping in a hot steaming pile of artist social media? SMH
So completely tonedeaf on the part of Apple. What the hell are they paying Jimmy Iovine for if not to help them avoid stepping in a hot steaming pile of artist social media? SMH