During a recent appearance on “The Jeremy White Show,” Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider blasted Spotify CEO Daniel Ek for the low payouts artists receive from the streaming service. He says Ek “should be taken out and shot.”
Snider said the following:
“That guy from Spotify. I wanna tell you, he should be taken out and shot. When he heard that artists were complaining about how little we get paid, his response was ‘make more music’ — like we’re producing cans of Coke. Just [increase] the production. [It’s] insulting and belittling.”
He continued when asked how artists can still make money from their music:
“For me, it’s licensing. The licensing is the last godsend, the last oasis where you can actually make some money. Steven Spielberg chooses [TWISTED SISTER’s] ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ for the finale of [his movie] ‘Ready Player One’. Thank you, God, ’cause I’m not getting anything from Spotify.”
[via Blabbermouth]
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