Taylor Swift, one of the most popular artists of the moment, published just a few hours ago an article on her own blog criticizing the Apple company and the method by which it tries to offer music through the service Apple Music.
As you already know very well, the Apple company intends to offer users 3 months of free use of the Apple Music service before actually paying for a subscription, and this strategy has attracted a lot of criticism both from artists and from record companies.
During this period of three months, Apple does not receive any money, but neither do the artists receive any money for the listenings made for their songs, so they earn absolutely nothing from the music they make available to the whole world for listening.
Considering that recently it was discussed that the new album 1989 released by Taylor Swift will not be part of Apple Music, the artist tried to explain in the article the reason why she made this decision.
This is not about me. Thankfully I am on my fifth album and can support myself, my band, crew, and entire management team by playing live shows. This is about the new artist or band that has just released their first single and will not be paid for its success. This is about the young songwriter who just got his or her first cut and thought that the royalties from that would get them out of debt. This is about the producer who works tirelessly to innovate and create.
She says that the decision not to include album 1989 in Apple Music is based on Apple's strategy of not paying the artists during the three months of free Apple Music, but not because this would affect them, but because this strategy affects a lot of small artists who are afraid to oppose the Apple company.
Although she is not shy to express her respect and admiration for Apple, considering the company an important partner for her income, Taylor Swift makes it clear that she is actually a "spokesperson" for artists who do not have her influence and cannot oppose a large corporation .
These are not the complaints of a spoiled, petulant child. These are the echoed sentiments of every artist, writer and producer in my social circles who are afraid to speak up publicly because we admire and respect Apple so much. We simply do not respect this particular call.
What Taylor Swift explains in her blog, I heard in the last weeks from multiple sources, but I also learned that Apple would have forced some artists to join Apple Music, so we are talking about an increasing number of complaints related to Apple Music.
Swift claims that Apple has the power to pay artists for the 3 months of free Apple Music and says that since people don't ask for free iPhones, Apple shouldn't ask for artists' music to be offered for free either.
I told you that Apple Music will be launched in Romania and that Apple Music subscriptions in Romania will cost 4.99 euros and 7.99 euros, but it remains to be seen what will happen with the 3-month free period in the face of such a large wave of criticism.
