Pink Floyd's David Gilmour: the wealthy have siphoned off music industry money

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/oct/03/david-gilmour-the-rich-and-powerful-have-siphoned-off-the-majority-of-music-industry-money

by anigbrowl • 2 years ago

19 11 2 years ago

theguardian.com

arthurcolle• 2 years ago

you just sold your catalog for 400 million

hollerith• 2 years ago

He got tired and could no longer resist the siphon :)

Arnt• 2 years ago

Why should he, tired or not?

We should expect people to act on their opinions. The rewards are not justifiable, he says, and sells.

skhunted3• 2 years ago

What is your point? He is talking about the situation for artists today. He says,

I was lucky to be part of the golden years when there was a much better share going to the musicians, so I support anything that could be done to make that easier. The working musician today has to go out and play live – they can’t survive any other way. They won’t do it by the recording process and that’s a tragedy because that is not encouraging new music to be created.

morbicer• 2 years ago

He's also 78. There's no way how he can spend 400m before he dies. He can use it to be the change he wants to see and support new music.

You know what they say, talk is cheap, put your money where your mouth is.

anigbrowl• 2 years ago

Kinda deliberately missing the point here, he's specifically not talking about his own financial situation.

NikkiA• 2 years ago

Has to fund his 'who has the most expensive/rarest ferrari' pissing match with roger, somehow.

Innervisio• 2 years ago

As a music lover (and working in the music industry) this 100% checks out.

Only focus in in politics, money and business… the value of music as art is totally forgot.

I believe this is a similar status of many things, when only business people runs an industry, the value of the things being managed decreses in importance, although not precisely in money.

Great for Gilmour to openly share.

Just as a wrote this, i read Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit) is suing Universal for $200 million of unpaid royalties.

Pink Floyd's David Gilmour: the wealthy have siphoned off music industry money

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