RichA
Well-known member
The text commentary in the Cricinfo app opening a "share" menu every time I touch the screen to scroll.
And the latest update on the commentary. ?
And the latest update on the commentary. ?
Random Irritations
- Thread starter Blue in Munich
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Okay, so R2 have just played it. You are right, that is stinking
Mel Smooth
Hacker
Is Chris Moyles still on there, haven't had Radio X on for a while.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Yeah, I think so! In the mornings at some point.
Mel Smooth
Hacker
Shame, It's a good station apart from Moyles.
Blue in Munich
Crocked Professional Yeti Impersonator
I blame people who are prepared to screw the artists over & subscribe to Spotify, or any other streaming service.
Robster59
Tour Rookie
We're moving house next week and with the bin workers strikes on, the refuse sites are closed and so it will be a mad rush for me to throw away the remainder of our waste before we move out next Friday.
woofers
Medal Winner
Daily telephone calls regarding “loft insulation surveys”, the caller insisting “it’s not an unsolicited sales call”…
Blue in Munich
Crocked Professional Yeti Impersonator
Internet hoaxes, in particular the one that stated Timothy B. Schmidt had died. 
Pin-seeker
Well-known member
But it’s ok for the artists to screw the fans with the tickets prices?
You seen how much the likes of Adel are charging?
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Blue in Munich
Crocked Professional Yeti Impersonator
The artists create and own the product, and are providing the service; it should be their choice as to what price they sell it for. Unfortunately the internet and the modern belief that you're entitled to everything for nothing mean that practically everything the artists create is given away for peanuts, via said internet
Adele (your example) is apparently worth $185 million
Daniel Ek, the owner of Spotify is apparently worth $2.6 billion.
Daniel Ek pays Adele somewhere between $0.003 to $0.005 per stream.
If you can't see where the problem is there then I can't help you. Spongify might be a more appropriate name for them.
Artists used to make money from album sales & took a loss on the tour to drive the sales; now with little in the way of album sales, they make their money on the tours.
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Orikoru
Tour Winner
In fairness the tickets prices are sky high because they make bugger all from album and single sales now. Fractions of pennies per click. They've had to put the tour prices up to compensate.
Pin-seeker
Well-known member
So apparently Adele is worth $185m.
She doesn’t have to put her prices so high,pretty sure she’s going to survive the winter.
Mel Smooth
Hacker
On the flip side of course, Spotify and other streaming services gives the the opportunity for people to download the music of relatively lesser known and newer acts. There are loads of bands and songs I've listened to that I would never have gone and bought the singles / albums of in a hard copy, or a digital download.
Pin-seeker
Well-known member
Yeah same for me.
I do agree that the artist should get paid more tho.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
I wouldn't go and see her unless she paid me so I couldn't care less. ?
Bunkermagnet
Journeyman Pro
Likewise the fees she probably has to pay the venues for holding a concert there arent cheap and have probably increased, along with her support staff etc.
As with all things internet, everyone wants it for next to nothng, yet complain if their boss asks the same of them.
Carlwm
Active member
Internet hoaxes, in particular the one that stated Timothy B. Schmidt had died.
His new album - Day By Day - is excellent. Delighted he's still with us!
Slime
Tour Winner
Bournemouth AFC!
srixon 1
Journeyman Pro
I wouldn’t even go if she did pay me. Each to their own but as far as I’m concerned her music is drivel.
