Spotify, the streaming and subscription music service, has responded to Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich saying it is supportive of new artists.
The singer songwriter and producer behind Radiohead and their latest band Atoms for Peace took to Twitter at the weekend to criticise the online platform.
Nigel Godrich tweeted that Thom Yorke’s solo album Eraser, Atoms for Peace’s Amok and the debut album from Nigel’s own Ultraísta outfit are no longer on the site as the service is ‘bad for music’.
However, a spokesperson from Spotify said that the platform is working with new and emerging artists and is concerned about sustaining their careers.
‘Spotify's goal is to grow a service which people love, ultimately want to pay for, and which will provide the financial support to the music industry necessary to invest in new talent and music,’ they said.
‘We want to help artists connect with their fans, find new audiences, grow their fan base and make a living from the music we all love.’
‘We're 100 percent committed to making Spotify the most artist-friendly music service possible, and are constantly talking to artists and managers about how Spotify can help build their careers,’ they continued.
Nigel Godrich returned to Twitter to say that big labels did ‘secret deals’ with Spotify in return for favourable royalty rates.
‘The model massively favours the larger companies with big catalogues … they need new the new artists to be on the system to guarantee new subscribers and lock down the ‘new landscape’ … this is how they figure they'll make money in the future. But the model pays pittance to the new artist right now’, he claimed on the social networking website.
The debate continues but you can follow both Thom and Nigel on Twitter for more thoughts from the pair.
Atoms for Peace will be performing three live gigs at London’s Roundhouse 24-26 July.
Find out more on how to get tickets from the London Roundhouse website.
The singer songwriter and producer behind Radiohead and their latest band Atoms for Peace took to Twitter at the weekend to criticise the online platform.
Nigel Godrich tweeted that Thom Yorke’s solo album Eraser, Atoms for Peace’s Amok and the debut album from Nigel’s own Ultraísta outfit are no longer on the site as the service is ‘bad for music’.
However, a spokesperson from Spotify said that the platform is working with new and emerging artists and is concerned about sustaining their careers.
‘Spotify's goal is to grow a service which people love, ultimately want to pay for, and which will provide the financial support to the music industry necessary to invest in new talent and music,’ they said.
‘We want to help artists connect with their fans, find new audiences, grow their fan base and make a living from the music we all love.’
‘We're 100 percent committed to making Spotify the most artist-friendly music service possible, and are constantly talking to artists and managers about how Spotify can help build their careers,’ they continued.
Nigel Godrich returned to Twitter to say that big labels did ‘secret deals’ with Spotify in return for favourable royalty rates.
‘The model massively favours the larger companies with big catalogues … they need new the new artists to be on the system to guarantee new subscribers and lock down the ‘new landscape’ … this is how they figure they'll make money in the future. But the model pays pittance to the new artist right now’, he claimed on the social networking website.
The debate continues but you can follow both Thom and Nigel on Twitter for more thoughts from the pair.
Atoms for Peace will be performing three live gigs at London’s Roundhouse 24-26 July.
Find out more on how to get tickets from the London Roundhouse website.
