The model doesn’t work, so we have to come up with ways in which people can help us to make music for free, or at least for much less. But the current way isn’t working, something’s gotta give.
If I tried to make my albums with that Spotify pays me, I wouldn’t make them. I couldn’t hire other musicians or someone to master it; I’d have to do everything myself.
Read The Full Story at Digital Music News:
http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2013/11/14/beckspotifywork
The Trichordist 
Ugh. I love Beck dearly, but major musicians need to stop making such ignorant statements about the sound quality of contemporary audio formats. It just doesn’t help their case:
http://productionadvice.co.uk/wrong-about-spotify/
http://www.trustmeimascientist.com/2013/09/03/think-you-have-golden-ears-take-the-scientist-challenge/
I’d also quibble that it’s not the “model” itself that’s necessarily the problem. It’s the payouts. There’s a significant difference there.
Justin – we agree that “streaming” is not the problem so much as fair and sustainable compensation models to the artists. There is room in the marketplace for more diverse models (as in the film industry) as we noted here:
https://thetrichordist.com/2013/10/17/why-spotify-is-not-netflix-and-why-it-maybe-should-be/
Yeah, I know you guys are hip to it, David. I’m just talking about Beck’s remarks here.
(Whom I do love, by the way. Seeing him in person was one of the best live music experiences of my entire life.)
Oh well. We can’t all be right all the time. Thanks for the response. And I read your Music Streaming/Netflix article when it came out. It’s a good one.