Spotify Protest Band To Release £1 Million Album
INDIE BAND THE POCKET GODS WHO’VE BEEN CAMPAIGNING FOR FAIRER ROYALTIES FROM SPOTIFY SET TO RELEASE ONE COPY OF THEIR FINAL ALBUM FOR £1 MILLION
The band who have been releasing albums of just 30 second songs since 2015 to highlight the lack of fair royalties from Spotify and other streaming services are set to release their final album called Vegetal Digital - of which there will be only one vinyl copy for sale for £1 million. The only copy will be on sale at their local records shop in St Albans - Empire Records. This will also be the only place fans will be able to hear the album.
The band will then use this money to fund their own rival streaming platform - NUBPLAY which will guarantee to pay artists and songwriters a minimum of 1p per stream (which is 50 times the rate that the band currently receive from Spotify which is £.002).
The Pocket Gods’ frontman - Mark Christopher Lee - adds:
“It’s time we stopped moaning about Spotify and how unfair the current streaming system is for artists and songwriters and did something positive. What I want is for artists and songwriters to be valued by their listeners and to be fairly compensated for their life changing craft. We are heading to a soulless world without organic music to a world dominated by AI generated algorithmic playlists. I vision as world where musicians, artists and songwriters will change the world for the better we must pay them fairly.”
This will be the band’s 76th to be recorded and will consist of 10 new songs (not 30 seconds long!), and one copy only to be sold on vinyl on October 3rd 2022 for £1 million. At the same time they will be begin removing their entire catalogue from Spotify.
The album will also be featured in the film the band are making called - Inspired The 30 Second Song Movie which will be released in December 2022.
Since their immaculate misconception back in 1998 the band are now recognised by Guinness World Records for being the most prolific band of the digital age:
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/690728-most-studio-albums-released-digitally
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