Spotify is not stopping you from writing a great song that everybody wants to hear.
Spotify is not stopping you from developing your personality and charisma.
The spotify royalty rate is not stopping you from creating something great that people want to give you all their money for.
Spotify is not stopping your fans from telling their friends about you.
Spotify is not robbing people’s ability to care about you.
Spotify is not stopping you from selling tickets to your shows.
Spotify is not stopping you from becoming a great entertainer.
Spotify is not stopping you from being an entertainer who is very rich.
The Spotify royalty rate is not stopping you from needing to consider all the revenue streams. Did you expect it to?
Spotify is not stopping you from running your business with transparency and integrity
Spotify is not stopping you from formulating a plan and following it
Spotify is not stopping the future from happening
Remember when recorded music was going to kill the live music industry?
Remember when radio was going to kill the recorded music industry?
Remember when taping songs off the radio was going to kill album sales?
Remember when Napster was going to kill us all?
Remember when every time Facebook changed something about the front page or new feed, people freaked out for a few days and then the freak out ceased to exist?
The sky is always falling.
We’re so predictable.
Artists…do you just need something to complain about, someone to blame for your sputtering momentum? There’s always going to be something to point your figure at if you want there to be.
But that’s such the typical artist these days isn’t it. Licking their wounds, expecting sympathy (from who exactly?) rather than blazing the trail.
You say you want a revolution? Well, you know.
