"The former Big Bang Theory guitarist has released his third solo album, This Time, and it's a killer… a must have."
— Private Mind Records (@PrivateMindRec) October 25, 2020
— Amplifier Magazinehttps://t.co/iY1i8q5CsX
Join me in recognizing all music creators who work #BehindTheRecord, an initiative to #GiveCredit where credit is due. These are the amazing people behind the album This Time, thank you all — let’s celebrate creators & bring music credits back.
#WeAreMusic · Recording Academy/GRAMMYs
New: #Spotify Codes—from the camera icon in Spotify search, scan codes from other phones, screens or your own photos, and share directly to song, album, artist or playlist
Posted by Mike Shupp on Sunday, May 7, 2017
(Spotify *may* need to be installed for music player to appear, see comments) It's taken a couple months, but seems…
Posted by Mike Shupp on Thursday, January 28, 2016
Some thoughts:
1) When you purchase a song or album (download, CD, vinyl) you're paying/licensing for all possible future listens #Spotify #AppleMusic
— Mike Shupp (@MikeShupp) June 11, 2015
2) When you stream a song, you're paying/licensing for one (1) listen #Spotify #AppleMusic
— Mike Shupp (@MikeShupp) June 11, 2015
In other words,
The purchase of a song or album (download, CD, vinyl) secures the licenses from the rights holders for you to listen to that song, or album, whenever you want, wherever you want, as many times as you want, for the rest of your life… and the royalties due those rights holders reflect those uses.
But a stream of a song needs only to secure licenses from the rights holders for one (1) listen by one listener… and the royalties due those rights holders for that stream reflect that use.
Stuart Dredge sits down with Jimmy Iovine and Eddy Cue for the Gaurdian, shortly after the Apple Music announcement during the WWDC keynote:
Apple Music interview: ‘Algorithms can’t do it alone – you need a human touch’