Tom Dunne's Music & Me: Luka Bloom was right, and Spotify should pay more 

Luka Bloom bravely decided not to release his album via Spotify. 
Luka Bloom bravely decided not to release his album via Spotify. 

Luka Bloom nailed it: Spotify is no craic.

It’s doing what Record Companies used to do – exploiting your music - but is doing it without the charm. The foreplay is gone. There’s no offering to buy you a drink with your own money, telling you how great you are but naming someone else’s songs. You just wake up in bed with them, penniless and exhausted.

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