One crisis leading to another, the payment system for music streaming is now singled out by British artists, more dependent than ever on recorded music.
An investigation has been opened by Parliament, reported the
Billboard
site
, the opportunity for several musicians to come and plead their case before the deputies.
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“
The system, as it is, threatens the future of music,
” said Guy Garvey, frontman of rock group Elbow.
The coronavirus "
gave us the opportunity to really see what we do with recorded music, it's quite horrible,
" then assaulted Tom Gray, guitarist of Gomez, citing in passing an example of one of his friends who "did
very well
" but who only received 70 pounds from YouTube for after having generated millions of clicks thanks to his music.
"
There have always been imbalances in the system and they must be addressed, but it is more serious at the moment
", also alerted Ed O'Brien, head guitarist of Radiohead.
He also denounced "
the iniquity and opacity of the environment
".
According to the
Stereogum
site
, the audio streaming platform Spotify paid rights holders up to $ 0.00366 per listening last year.
A similar figure at YouTube, which leaves $ 0.0033 per view.
Apple Music is much more generous, since it offers the miraculous sum of $ 0.0070 per stream.
Tom Gray and Guy Garvey advocate a change of system, by proposing to adopt remuneration on direct listening - a model similar to that of titles broadcast on radio in France - rather than on a pro rata basis on market share, explains the UK site.
