The people that actually do something always get screwed, and the lazy ones in front just for the image, doing nothing and don't even have talent get the millions, the way of our wonderful world we live in.
The people that actually do something always get screwed, and the lazy ones in front just for the image, doing nothing and don't even have talent get the millions, the way of our wonderful world we live in.
It is not the responsibility of the consumer to compensate each person involved in the creation and delivery of the product. It is the company owners responsibility.
Not sure why people keep pointing at the consumer here. They are given a price to pay, and they pay it. No questions asked. However, internally, the people involved in making it happen, should be fairly compensated by the record label.
Again...This has absolutely nothing to do with the consumer, they have no part in this other than paying what they are told to pay.
RIP Genn Greymane, Permabanned on 8.22.18
Your name will carry on through generations, and will never be forgotten.
Sometimes. Some writers are studio musicians as well. Some writers will basically perform the entire song, instrumentals and vocals, and then the hired performer will then use that material on stage, or repeat it in the studio with their own voice.
You would be amazed at what goes on behind the scenes in the music industry.
RIP Genn Greymane, Permabanned on 8.22.18
Your name will carry on through generations, and will never be forgotten.
I'm not saying it's feasible. I'm just saying that's the way it works. That's why the little guy always gets screwed. But just because it's not feasible doesn't mean consumers aren't any less sheepish or at fault for their own misery as a result.
Still if they're just writing the words then fuck this guy. I don't get no 6 grand for writing a bunch of shitty lyrics that don't make any sense (like "No treble"? REally? Bass and Treble are relative terms. You can express bass notes on a treble clef scale and vise versa.
After removing the part that everyone knows. This is the remainder of the lyrics of the song. I'm not proving anything here. Just showing that there is more to the song then the chorus. I'm not a fan, and I feel it is a very shallow song.
Yeah, it's pretty clear, I ain't no size two
But I can shake it, shake it, like I'm supposed to do
'Cause I got that boom boom that all the boys chase
And all the right junk in all the right places
I see the magazine workin' that Photoshop
We know that shit ain't real, come on now, make it stop
If you got beauty, beauty, just raise 'em up
'Cause every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top
Yeah, my mama she told me "don't worry about your size"
(Shoo wop wop, sha-ooh wop wop)
She says, "Boys like a little more booty to hold at night"
(That booty, uh, that booty booty)
You know I won't be no stick figure silicone Barbie doll
(Shoo wop wop, sha-ooh wop wop)
So if that's what you're into, then go 'head and move along
I'm bringing booty back
Go 'head and tell them skinny bitches that
No, I'm just playing, I know you think you're fat
But I'm here to tell you...
Every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top
Yeah my mama she told me, "don't worry about your size"
(Shoo wop wop, sha-ooh wop wop)
She says, "Boys like a little more booty to hold at night"
(That booty booty, uh, that booty booty)
You know I won't be no stick figure, silicone Barbie doll
So if that's what you're into, then go 'head and move along
RIP Genn Greymane, Permabanned on 8.22.18
Your name will carry on through generations, and will never be forgotten.
That's not what Gheld's saying.
As near as I can tell, song writers are compensated fairly. What we're running into is that people have different concepts of "fair". I'm inclined to think that if someone writes something and sells the rights to the content to someone else for a sum of money or contract that they understand fully, they've been compensated fairly. If they truly have a product that's rare and difficult to obtain, they should be able to command quite the princely sum for it. That they can't suggests to me that there product just isn't that hard to come by; this is confirmed by looking at the actual lyrics to Trainor's song, which don't exactly suggest bursting poetic talent.
People seem to think it's "unfair" that the song-writer doesn't get paid more. I don't know why.
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This is a really silly sentiment - "do this thing that I know isn't possible or you're a sheep". Maybe adopt a less hipster approach.
That isn't really the point.
The aspect to look at is the revenue the song has drawn in.
It should be said that this song broke a billboard charts record, for 10 consecutive weeks at #1, formerly held by Michael Jackson's Billy Jean (I believe it was).
Which means, that tune made a crap ton of money, of which the lion share went to the streaming services, not the writers or the artist performing either.
"The pen is mightier than the sword.. and considerably easier to write with."
If writing songs was that easy, everyone would be doing it. Considering just for singing the song, she's got a net worth of about $2m, yeah there's a bit of a discrepancy there. Now I'm not saying he exactly deserves half, but there should be some kind of contractual situation made that doesn't seem like it was in this case.
A simple, "I'll pay you X amount of money for this song now." or "I will pay you X% of the profit of the song later." would have easily solved this situation. Likewise, he's trying to take full credit when it clearly says he co-wrote it. If he did truly write it himself, he shouldn't have given her the rights to put her name on it as "writer".
Which, of course, suggests that the actual marketable product is the streaming service. If the song-writer and other people involved in making the music disagree, they can always take the Prince approach and refuse rights to the streaming companies, electing to try to monetize their work on their own. Maybe it'll work. That's a business decision for music makers, but I can't imagine why a consumer should care much one way or the other.
The bolded is what was done. He's just pissed that someone else made more money on it than him. Had he known at the time that he had actually produced a work of musical genius, worth millions, he would have shopped the content around for more bucks.
Maybe, just maybe, his content isn't all that special though.