debate @garth brooks on the ethics of not using streaming services

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garth brooks has said in this article he will not use streaming services because of lack of artist pay he only puts his music on amazon music because they sell physical copies is he right or wrong debate me him
 
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Garth Brookes is a washed up country music singer. He hasn't been a thing since the 90's.

He also needs to hide in shame because of that cringey Chris Gaines shit he pulled.
 
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Yes whatever stops Garth brooks' music from reaching a wider audience is the correct choice.
 
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Garth Brooks doesn't use streaming services cause the artist doesn't receive the royalties or whatever.
I don't use them cause I only pay for music if I get to keep it forever.
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Hardline Traditionalist said:
Garth Brooks doesn't use streaming services cause the artist doesn't receive the royalties or whatever.
I don't use them cause I only pay for music if I get to keep it forever.
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literally me two things

1: CDs are cool and you actually own them
2: MP3s are cool if you actually get the raw file without DRM garbage
3: its private
4 Spotifys UI is gay and lame
5: if a bitch listens to music on your MP3 player from 2003 shes a keeper
 
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Saddam Hussain Obama said:
literally me two things

1: CDs are cool and you actually own them
2: MP3s are cool if you actually get the raw file without DRM garbage
3: its private
4 Spotifys UI is gay and lame
5: if a bitch listens to music on your MP3 player from 2003 shes a keeper
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beautiful person said:
I have plenty of MP3s that I've pirated over the years, but if I'm not getting something physical in my hands, then I'm not paying for it.
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I will gladly take another opportunity to shill WinAmp Classic. Download your music from YouTube, convert to .mp3, play it through Classic WinAmp. DRM/faggotry free and works like a charm.

The fun skins are a bonus.
 
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Makes sense, he's always been against stuff like this. From what I remember, he was a pretty openly critical of used CDs stores back in the early 90's because it was impossible to track sales properly, so it messed up royalty payments to artists and he refused to have his new albums sold in stores that also sold used CDs. I think it led to a lawsuit against his label.

So this is pretty consistent with where he's always been on alternative markets for at least 30 years now. In fact, he used to only sell digital copies through his own company, but that was eventually merged or bought up by Amazon, which is the real reason he's on Amazon Music.

Plus, I'm sure studios/labels abuse the lack of transparency that comes with streaming services to avoid accurately paying out royalties. Who's to say your album was actually streamed 10,000 times this month instead of the 2,000 times the label's accounting says?

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Garth Brookes is a washed up country music singer. He hasn't been a thing since the 90's.
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You'd be shocked just how many CDs he was still selling throughout the 2000s. He was the first musician to sign an exclusivity contract with Walmart; dude was still selling millions of CDs well into the 2010s.

He's also oddly popular in Europe, for some reason, probably more so than in the US at this point. I remember that concert that got cancelled in Dublin back in 2014(15?) sold like 400k tickets. I think he started beating the Beatles' sales totals around then too, which is pretty crazy when you think about it.
 
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WhiskeyJack said:
Makes sense, he's always been against stuff like this. From what I remember, he was a pretty openly critical of used CDs stores back in the early 90's because it was impossible to track sales properly, so it messed up royalty payments to artists and he refused to have his new albums sold in stores that also sold used CDs. I think it led to a lawsuit against his label.

So this is pretty consistent with where he's always been on alternative markets for at least 30 years now. In fact, he used to only sell digital copies through his own company, but that was eventually merged or bought up by Amazon, which is the real reason he's on Amazon Music.

Plus, I'm sure studios/labels abuse the lack of transparency that comes with streaming services to avoid accurately paying out royalties. Who's to say your album was actually streamed 10,000 times this month instead of the 2,000 times the label's accounting says?


You'd be shocked just how many CDs he was still selling throughout the 2000s. He was the first musician to sign an exclusivity contract with Walmart; dude was still selling millions of CDs well into the 2010s.

He's also oddly popular in Europe, for some reason, probably more so than in the US at this point. I remember that concert that got cancelled in Dublin back in 2014(15?) sold like 400k tickets. I think he started beating the Beatles' sales totals around then too, which is pretty crazy when you think about it.
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I don't know because I don't like Garth Brooks or country music all that much. I sure as shit wouldn't listen to anything Garth Brooks does. The only song I know of his is Friends In Low Places. You couldn't go anywhere in the 90's without people playing that fucking song. It was on every country music station for like a decade.
 
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