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At our core, songwriters are
creators. We challenge ourselves and
others to reflect on the world around
us. And the work we produce has
power – power to capture people’s
emotions and imaginations like few
other art forms, power to transcend
traditional barriers of age, language
and culture, and power to generate
positive social change.
But does our work
as songwriters have
value? Coming
from someone who
has spent his life
working hard to
master his craft in
order to touch the
lives of others, that may seem like
an absurd question. But in today’s
rapidly changing music marketplace,
the answer is increasingly unclear.
Just this week, Taylor Swift removed
her music from Spotify – not because
she doesn’t want you to stream
her songs, but because she wants
to be compensated fairly for her
work. She wants Spotify to treat her
work as though it has value. This
problem ought to cause anyone who
cares about the future of music –
professionals and fans alike – to
stand up and take note.
First, unlike most people in creative
industries, songwriters seem to have
less control over our work than ever
before. If you copy a handbag design
from a high-end fashion house or
use a sports team’s logo in your new
T-shirt line, you can soon expect
problems with the law. And just
I am many
things … But
above all, I am
a songwriter.
try copying a big tech company’s
patented innovation. You need
express permission from the original
creators to use or copy their work
before you resell it. That’s how they
protect the value of their work.
But the world doesn’t work that way
for songwriters. We have no power
to protect the value of the music we
create. The ridiculously low rates
songwriters are paid by
streaming services are yet
another indication our
work is being devalued in
today’s marketplace.
Consider the fact that it
takes roughly one million
spins on Pandora for a
songwriter to earn just $90. Avicii’s
release Wake Me Up! that I co-wrote
and sing, for example, was the most
streamed song in Spotify history and
the 13th
But the irony of the situation is that
our music is actually being enjoyed by
more people in more places than ever
before. Our work clearly does have
value, of course, or else it would not
be in such high demand. So why aren’t
songwriters compensated more fairly
in the marketplace?
I, for one, can no longer stand and just
watch as songwriters are left out in
the cold, while streaming company
executives build their fortunes thanks
to our hard work. Songwriting is truly
a labour of love, one that often does
not result in wealth. But I know the
work we create has real value. And I
believe people will one day recognise
that a system that allows digital
streaming services to enjoy enormous
profits while music creators struggle is
imbalanced and broken.
most played song on Pandora
since its release in 2013, with more
than 168 million streams in the US.
And yet, that made only $12,359 in
Pandora domestic royalties – which
were then divided between three
songwriters and our publishers.
If that’s what’s now considered a
streaming ‘success story’, is it any
wonder that so many songwriters are
now struggling to get by?
The reality is that purchasing
and downloading songs have
given way to streaming, and as
a result, the money that
songwriters depended on for
years to make a living is now
drying up.
3 Read the article again and answer the questions.
1 According to Blacc, what different types of power
does a songwriter’s work have?
2 Why did Taylor Swift remove her music from Spotify?
3 How are important fashion or technology companies
different from songwriters?
4 In what way was Avicii’s song Wake Me Up! a
success?
5 Why does Blacc think that today’s system is
‘imbalanced and broken’?
6 What does Blacc want fans to do and what does he
think will happen if they don’t do it?
4
You can also do your part to protect
the music you love by buying albums
and encouraging streaming services
to respect the value of songwriting.
After all, if songwriters can’t
afford to make music,

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