Spotify CEO: Soulless, Fascist Pile Of Human Scum? | Nate Garrett's Big Riff Energy Ep. 72
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- Опубликовано: 8 июл 2024
- Is Spotify CEO Daniel Ek the worst person who’s ever lived?
Discussing how Daniel Ek and other corrupt billionaires like him are ruining the earth, answering fan emails about the best “psych noir” albums, recounting personal experiences with the Spotify/major label mafia behind the scenes, and more…
Album of discussion:
Zombi - Direct Inject (2024)
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Recommended “Psych Noir” albums:
Witch - Witch (2006)
US Christmas - Eat The Low Dogs (2008)
Wand - Ganglion Reef (2014) / Golem (2015)
Uncle Acid - The Night Creeper (2015)
Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä (2016)
Windhand - Eternal Return (2018)
Genghis Tron - Dream Weapon (2021)
Hallas - Isle of Wisdom (2022)
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Faaaaantastic video. One of the best things for me was to ditch Spotify when I first started reading about him a few years ago. Plus switching to Apple Music was the best decision.
Great job Nate.
You mentioned the Nuclear Blast sound and everything sounding similar. I wonder sometimes if this will become popular/nostalgic one day, like the Morrisound sound or something that certain folks in the 90s couldn't stand either.
The sound I’m talking about has already been around for about 20 years and sounds lamer than ever so probably not. I would compare the 90s morrisound production to the practical effects in The Thing… it will ALWAYS look/sound awesome because it’s real. Real visual effects, real sounds. This modern metal sound I would compare to cheap/quick CGI from the mid 2000s. One year later you rewatch it and can’t believe how bad it is.
I do my part by supporting musicians like you by BUYING YOUR RECORDS. I own every Spirit Adrift vinyl release you’ve put out. I also plan on seeing you live next time you come through Seattle. You deserve to make a living rocking as hard as you do. 🤘
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Metal Jesus truly does rock. Always appreciate the support!
Great show, love Pull the Plug!
Amen brother..this needs to be talked about..Elitists vs the 99%. I despise Spotify and dont use it. Keep doing what youre doing
You're missing out on access to our new album
Great video. That CEO lives in his own planet.
Don't mind old Ecke, he's boosting our plays on Spotify and he likes our dank slammatocious slammification. We'll be on your yearly Rewind for sure babe. Deadbird and RWAKE would love to have our playlist placements.
Was wondering where RUclips’s greatest troll had been 😂
@@BornTooNate 👋 👋 🫂 👋 👋 🛶🛶🛶
Great episode Nate, thank you for doing what you do. I look forward to your show every week and appreciate your work brother.
Cheers! 🤘🏻
I didn't mind you sharing our convo, and you are a good dude! Street Tombs is on its way. 🤘
You rule!!
Nate, you're a fucking gem dude. Arizona misses ya
Appreciate that. Miss y’all too… AZ changed my life!
Easy, easy with the insults
Thank you for always speaking your mind man. You have a natural courage that I really admire
Cheers… appreciate that. But don’t mistake not giving a f*ck anymore and being satisfied with what I’ve already accomplished for courage! 😂
@@BornTooNate Haha good point, cheers Nate!
Dude, thank you for goin off about this! Spotify is a scourge on music. I try to tell ppl every chance I get not to use it and how corrupt it is. We need more ppl spreading this msg so good on you for using your platform to do so
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When you mentioned worrying about quality; I just wanted to say this has been my favorite stop for music recommendations and easily my favorite podcast (the only one I listen to these days). I just appreciate the honesty, the deep dives on music, and hope you can continue to put these out. Hope all is well and wish you the best!
Cheers! Thanks for this, much appreciated
Good stuff man thank you for sharing and what you do. A lot of great advice and inspiration.
Great video. Picked up the Freeways CD from Hells headbangers. Cool Canadian rocking metal. The Windhand vinyl is pretty dope.
This is actually fucking terrifying. You've articulated so much about late-stage capitalism as it relates to the future of the music industry in a charming, yet deadly serious and accurate way. Great video, mate.
Cheers!
I listened while driving to and from the dentist in Bastrop so couldn't respond right away, but thanks for humoring me and offering your own take on psych noir faves. I made that term up a few years back, so there's no wrong answer, it's however you want to interpret it. Your picks are awesome -- I know and love all those albums. Was chuffed to see Witch at Austin Psych Fest this spring, with J. Mascis surprisingly able to do drum duties in between his solo dates. Hallas was a highlight at last year's Hell's Heroes. I've seen Windhand a few times with their early tours, like taking a doom low-end soundbath. I saw Wand in 2015 and Cory Hanson could really shred.
A recap of my own list, just based on my own subjective experiences and preferences:
1. Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats - Blood Lust (2011)
2. Large Plants - The Thorn (2023)
3. Rosalie Cunningham - Rosalie Cunningham (2019)
4. Purson - Desire's Magic Theatre (2016)
5. Blood Ceremony - The Old Ways Remain (2023)
6. Molassess - Through The Hollow (2020)
7. Lola Colt - Twist Through The Fire (2016)
8. Jess and the Ancient Ones - Jess and the Ancient Ones (2012)
9. Roky Erickson And The Aliens - The Evil One (1981)
10. The Sea Kings - Woke In The Devil's Arms (2014)
12. Jex Thoth - Blood Moon Rise (2013)
13. The Devil's Blood - The Thousandfold Epicentre (2011)
Bubblin' under: Lucifer, Mansion, Lucid Sins, Jack Harlon & The Dead Crows, Messa, Vitskär Süden, Serpent Venom, The Black Angels, Blood Farmers, Rosegarden Funeral Party, The Oath, The Exploding Eyes Orchestra, Lord Buffalo, The Janitors, Avatarium, Dead Skeletons.
Awesome that you got to see Witch WITH J Mascis!
my favorite Bolt Thrower riff is in Profane Creation btw!
Johnny!!! Hell yea! Good to see ya here
All I kept thinking was you should ask "hey Daniel do you like Huey Lewis and the news"?
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Saw Maiden a couple of years back for the first time with my parents on the Legacy of the beast tour in Dallas. One of the best shows I’ve been to! It was kinda cool too with the multigenerational thing going on with my parents there.
It’s such a cool experience. Nothing but good vibes.
The ceo of Spotify is basically the reason why I don’t have Spotify.
Seeing this episode title pop up on Spotify's own feed was something beautiful 👌 Get 'em, Nate!
The irony is not lost on me!
Dude! Deja vu. When this thumbnail and description popped up in my RUclips list, I was like, "I thought I'd already seen and watched this."
Haven't had Deja vu since I don't know when. The craziest time was when I was pretty young at a Super Bowl party at my friend's dad's buddy's house. In the backyard with a hammock in it. I felt the moment coming together, and told my buddies that this, this, and that was going to happen, and then right in front of us it did! We were like, "Woa!", but we were kids. Went on about our business, enjoying our under-age beers, and lots of snacks.
Anyway, Deja vu's a trip, man! You want to dwell on it, but what are you actually gonna do?
I’ve noticed the portal opening up more and more lately. Happens to me when I’m really digging into writing tunes, or right about to release something
Love the channel , every one should pull their music from Spotify , Nate have u thought of taking you’re music off there
Don’t have a say in it or I probably would
Dear Nate, concentrate your energy on next Spirit album man. Last record made me believe thaere is future for classic heavy metal...You have all the keys to teasure vault. Make it a bit meaner, heavier, inject the great melodies you're able to create. Blow the god damn roof off with all of it. That is the next logical step after GitG LP in my humble opinion😁
I’m guessing you would be happy with the demos so far…. 😈
@BornTooNate well...I'm guessing I would😁 But it would be awsome if my guess became certainty, cmon send me a sample!😁
@@bmb3178you will hear the finished product if we live to see 2026
Staunch as ever 💪
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Dawwg got walked😂
I just commented on JDawwgs newest video about this and he played stupid and said he doesnt know who Nate Garret is..hahaha
I got receipts. Dude scared of me I guess? Total clown.
@@DeathMetalShred lol, the Dawg doesn't "play" stupid... Forrest Is as Does.
Don't forget that he also takes money from Spotify and invests it into weapons manufacturers like Raytheon and the like. All for the investors.
Love ya man!
Another billionaire who profits from endless global conflict…
I like it when you are in rant mode. Seems to me you are just saying something that needs to be said. Cheers!
Nobody is advocating for themselves because they’re afraid to lose some imaginary standing as a consequence. But everyone feels the same way.
He even looks like a Harkonnen.
The Harkonnen were surely inspired by guys like him.
I buy my music, but I do use Spotify because I've found new bands on that app and have bought their merch. As a musician I fully understand what's happening here, but please BUY music from the people who made it.
ya man, i'm torn, spotify is just a software to me. one that enriches my life through ease of access to music i love. it sucks that a shithead owns the product, but then there's like... home depot, right? hells headbangers too i guess? and we also know a bunch of shithead kids that through passion, went on to create music we love, then banged teenagers or slapped lita ford around. and perhaps i mistakenly rationalize the situation, since in my estimation spotify hurts labels more than artists. being an artist has always been a lottery, but with more extreme music the lottery aspect kind of goes out the window and being a touring act becomes a necessity. vinny appice was just out there in the news dogging spotify saying at least the radio pays artists. yeah well the radio model is broken - it sucks and has sucked for 30 years, for fans AND new artists and labels didn't do shit. it's for that reason I turned to pirating music, which made me a fan and a collector and a concert-goer. i mean, i don't know, sorry for the rant, but you're an artist - what odds are better and what would you prefer, that you'll get a song on the radio or that a million streams gets you a ten date tour filling each 1500 capacity club?
Imagine if the CEO of Home Depot declared that the cost of creating content was close to zero, so he required employees to work for no money (just do it cuz you love it!)… and required brands to stock his stores for free (free exposure!) Also, I’ve had songs on the radio and songs with over 1 million streams, unfortunately neither equates to filling 1500 cap rooms or even securing a tour that covers its own expenses. Believe it or not, Sirius XM pays GREAT, and it’s run by actual human beings and not algorithms. I could do an entire years worth of podcasts about this, but the big takeaway is that Spotify and other streaming services have made it acceptable to live in a world where soon human beings will no longer be capable of making music in any halfway serious/professional manner.
@@BornTooNate thanks, i appreciate the reply and insight. i never really thought of the artists as the employees, and as a software developer that's my bias. you did bring up an interesting question in the video about 'when is enough enough' and karl marx/engels explored that, noticing historically when the class divide gets too big, the people start going for heads. however, i had a sociology professor that highlighted that the rich introduce mechanisms to prevent the uprising. healthcare was a good example, something that marx couldn't have predicted. i mean, here i am a victim of it - the rich has made the service of exploring music so easy for me, that despite knowing better, i'm willing to support fuckwits whose goal is to maximize disenfranchisement.
Right on… I will say I am an unapologetic capitalist. But there are people who would burn down the planet (literally) to advance their own financial interests under unchecked capitalism. They’re doing it right now.
@@BornTooNate yeah capitalism is fine. i know marx is a loaded word. in terms of validity, don't get me wrong the implementation is a mess (communism) but considering marxism as merely an analysis of human culture across civilizations... that was a paradigm shift. it was nuts being 19 in that sociology class and the professor just giddy, repeating "marx wasn't right... YET." and you start seeing that society is a like jenga in reverse, with each block a social contract, and the rich are picking and choosing the cheapest ones to keep us happy. and you start thinking, hoping, one wrong move you fucks, come on!
Bandcamp forever.