Spotify or Deezer??

I strongly disagree. And please try not to patronise.

 

You're very aggressive these days, Mr Pompey. Cheer up, the ugly sisters have been banned

 

It's all in the tone John! And please I'm no Mr, save that for you know who

 

I've called you worse

 

Dont patronise me either then. I get you are a musician. Dont stream your music, don't upload to sound cloud, band camp, pledge, or YouTube. I don't know what point you are making but hey.

 

That is very true! 25 years a sailor and I kinda get used to it

 

That made me chuckle.

 

Yes & no...

I am a songwriter and it costs me a fair bit to record, but being heard will always come before finance to me.

I do have sympathy for artists on small labels or with no record company backing at all, however. The biggest bands are backed by multi million pound corporates and won't feel the pinch anyway.

A lad I know named Davey Woodward has been in several semi-successful bands over 30 odd years and has never sought a penny from anywhere he's had to work his nuts off to fund releases and he's never asked for a penny from anyone - he gets my full respect.

Streaming sites have positives and negatives for artists - we were told home taping would kill music in the '70s & '80s, but guess what it's still here and there are more artists than ever, many of them pinching a living.

I think anyone who makes music should get their costs back and maybe find other avenues for extra revenue. Playing live is supposedly where the cash is generated nowadays, which means I'll always be a pauper

 

There's more on Spotify than Deezer and Apple Music put together, I'd definitely go with that.