KISS Frontman PAUL STANLEY - “I Don’t Believe That Most Artists Are Getting What They Deserve; They’re Getting What They Can... And That’s Ass-Backwards”
September 23, 2016, 7 years ago
KISS singer/guitarist Paul Stanley discusses a number of topics in a new interview with Yahoo!, including streaming music…
Q: A lot of modern listeners stream your music. Some KISS songs have well over 20 million listens on Spotify, like “I Was Made for Loving You”, “Heaven’s On Fire”, and “Rock And Roll All Nite”. What do you, as an artist, feel about streaming?
Paul Stanley: “It’s a choice. It’s a convenience, for sure. And then it just comes down to, is the artist being paid? What happened when the internet got involved in music is that, initially - and to this day, in some ways - it was stolen property.
“And it’s really not fair when an artist is making a deal based upon “take it or leave it.” I don’t believe that most artists are getting what they deserve; they’re getting what they can. And that’s ass-backwards. That’s the tail wagging the dog. When somebody is, in essence, saying, “I will do this with or without you” — well, you don’t have much to stand on, and that’s the unfairness. That’s the injustice of the internet.”
Read more at Yahoo!.
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