Slipknot’s Corey Taylor: “Streaming Is Pricing Artists- Old And New- Out Of Careers”

For those unaware, Spotify, Google, Pandora, and Amazon have appealed the Copyright Royalty Board’s decision to increase the royalties songwriters receive from streaming services by 44% over the next five years. Nils Lofgren (E Street Band) recently took issue with this and tweeted that artists “simply don’t get paid for [their] work” while “Spotify is worth billions.” Jumping off of that, Corey Taylor (Slipknot, Stone Sour) offered his thoughts on the situation in a series of tweets:

No one points this out. And while Congress has passed legislation to right this wrong, almost all the streaming services are APPEALING, which means we STILL don’t get paid for our work. But please people, by all means- stream away… 🙄 https://t.co/QsaVVdrvUI

— fuck your checkmark (@CoreyTaylorRock) August 3, 2019

We HAVE to tour. It’s the only way we can make a living. Merch helps, but the merch companies make the lion’s share. Streaming is pricing artists- old AND new- out of careers. https://t.co/XMk3llFJGX

— fuck your checkmark (@CoreyTaylorRock) August 3, 2019

It’s not the streaming itself, kid. I don’y care HOW people get the music. I care how the COMPANIES who provide it compensate the fuckin’ people who made it in the first place. https://t.co/W5PdDRyi7G

— fuck your checkmark (@CoreyTaylorRock) August 3, 2019

But we’re constantly on the road, fella. I have kids. I have a life. When am I supposed to get time for THEM? https://t.co/xMOmSs8HAS

— fuck your checkmark (@CoreyTaylorRock) August 3, 2019

I buy albums, physically and on iTunes. I WILL say this: Apple Music is the ONLY streaming service that is NOT appealing the legislation. Thank you @AppleMusic

— fuck your checkmark (@CoreyTaylorRock) August 3, 2019

All due respect, this isn’t about contracts right now because they don’t reflect the service righteously. And even if the streaming service pays the label, WE still don’t get paid. This is about PUBLISHING. They’re offering OUR work and not paying for it.

— fuck your checkmark (@CoreyTaylorRock) August 3, 2019

Because as long as the RECORD LABELS get THEIR money, they don’t CARE if the ARTIST gets paid at ALL. Or who plays their music- unless it’s a critic on @youtube THEN THEY’RE UP IN ARMS 🙄

— fuck your checkmark (@CoreyTaylorRock) August 3, 2019

All due respect, I simply do not believe the ‘rock and metal isn’t popular’ idea. Our shows are sold out, our numbers are just as high as anyone else’s and we’ve been #1 every time. This isn’t about popularity, because it happens in EVERY GENRE.

— fuck your checkmark (@CoreyTaylorRock) August 3, 2019

EXACTLY. https://t.co/IHlAkjwK61

— fuck your checkmark (@CoreyTaylorRock) August 3, 2019

Any service where you can buy the album, or songs at a time. Even buying a song singly makes us more than simply streaming it.
The irony here is, if the streaming services adhered to the payment scale that Radio has to abide by, we’d all be paid fairly.

— fuck your checkmark (@CoreyTaylorRock) August 3, 2019

Musicians are LITERALLY the last to be paid. https://t.co/uA3i9337cQ

— fuck your checkmark (@CoreyTaylorRock) August 3, 2019

[via Blabbermouth]

Slipknot’s Corey Taylor: “Streaming Is Pricing Artists- Old And New- Out Of Careers”

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