karhu wrote: Fri Feb 07, 2025 1:51 am
This is a fascinating question actually...the first one that comes to mind for me, even if not particularly out of the box, is Maynard James Keenan.
thunderspirit wrote: Fri Feb 07, 2025 8:59 am
Put me down for Jeff Scott Soto in this alternate Sabbath universe.
Good calls. I'm late on the draw with this, and it'd never happen, but I can't stop imagining Sabbath with HR on vocals. Similar timbre, more than enough range, and just, well, a much better singer. Every song I think of that way sounds better.
So much road and so few places, so much friendliness and so little intimacy, so much flavour and so little taste.
Friendship is better than fighting, but fighting is more useful.
dplank wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 9:43 am
Have you seen that HR is doing a short tour fronting the Dead Kennedy's this spring? I'm so effing jealous but they aren't coming to florida.
Holy cats! Nope, hadn't heard. Good man, glad to hear that he's back on his feet.
So much road and so few places, so much friendliness and so little intimacy, so much flavour and so little taste.
Friendship is better than fighting, but fighting is more useful.
Ireland and New Zealand returning to Soldier Field in November. Two of the top 4 teams in the world and should be an absolute banger of a match between two teams with no love for each other.
dplank wrote: Fri Mar 14, 2025 11:11 am
Shit is getting interesting boys, Damizza just posted this yesterday and it is about my new streaming service....
They have been screwing artists over forever, while getting rich themselves. Spotify market cap is over 100B right now, Daniel Ek is a multi billionaire, the company makes 15B per year - but they say they can't afford to pay artists fairly for their music. Right now they pay them 1/3 of a penny per stream, it's a joke and artists hate them.
dplank wrote: Mon Mar 17, 2025 3:12 pm
They have been screwing artists over forever, while getting rich themselves. Spotify market cap is over 100B right now, Daniel Ek is a multi billionaire, the company makes 15B per year - but they say they can't afford to pay artists fairly for their music. Right now they pay them 1/3 of a penny per stream, it's a joke and artists hate them.
So it's bad from the artist stand point that they don't make much money each time their song is played?
Do they make more on stuff like iTunes (or is it Apple Music now) and Prime Music?
dplank wrote: Mon Mar 17, 2025 3:12 pm
They have been screwing artists over forever, while getting rich themselves. Spotify market cap is over 100B right now, Daniel Ek is a multi billionaire, the company makes 15B per year - but they say they can't afford to pay artists fairly for their music. Right now they pay them 1/3 of a penny per stream, it's a joke and artists hate them.
So it's bad from the artist stand point that they don't make much money each time their song is played?
Do they make more on stuff like iTunes (or is it Apple Music now) and Prime Music?
As I understand it, artists don't make much on any streaming service. It's more of an exposure thing for them. I think most artists hate that streaming in general.
I have never really been a fan of Spotify. I use Amazon some as I am a Prime member. I generally listen to a streaming station, 102 The Cue. I usually get it thru the Tune In app but can listen from their site as well. They play a lot of different stuff and much of what they play I have not heard before. They play rock, Blues, some punk, old stuff, new stuff, a really good variety. That is my go to at the moment.
