Rockers Fire Back At Spotify CEO

Seems like the music world wasn’t too happy about Spotify CEO Daniel Ek’s recent comments suggesting artists need to crank out more music.

Last week, Ek suggested that in the current landscape, musicians “can’t record music once every three to four years and think that’s going to be enough”. That didn’t sit well with artists who already feel streaming sites like Spotify are destroying their income.

R.E.M.’s Mike Mills tweeted “Music=product and must be churned out regularly, says billionaire Daniel Ek. F*** him.”

Music=product, and must be churned out regularly, says billionaire Daniel Ek.

Go fuck yourself. https://t.co/zJjl3NWjLl

— Mike Mills ?? (@m_millsey) July 31, 2020

David Crosby tweeted “You are an obnoxious greedy little s*** Daniel Ek”.

You are an obnoxious greedy little shit Daniel Ek https://t.co/8tZx55LeDe

— David Crosby (@thedavidcrosby) July 31, 2020

Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider tweeted, “Daniel Ek’s solution is for us to write & record more on our dime?! F*** him!”

While you (the listener) benefit & enjoy spotify, it’s part of what’s killing a major income stream for artist/creators. The amount of artists “rich enough” to withstand this loss are about .0001%. Daniel Ek’s solution is for us to write & record more on our dime?! Fuck him! https://t.co/IpPy7QCQWB

— Dee Snider (@deesnider) August 1, 2020

What can be done to make streaming sites like Spotify more artist-friendly? Do you use a streaming service or still listen to physical albums?