Ian York

@JeffHoogland And they clearly do not understand how music licensing works. In Q1 of this year songs I’ve written on had 73000 streams. I made $6.62. Granted my situation is pretty bad for several reasons but lots of independent (and signed) artists are in a similar boat.

This person has been going back and forth in my mentions for literally three days since I blocked them. They finally point blank said musicians should like being paid in exposure, but drawing shouldn't. Absolutely despise people who belittle specific forms of art. So crappy.

@CandiSparks22 @JeffHoogland It’s impossible to show that hearing music on a stream will do any of this though. Twitch qualifies as a “public performance”, which is a similar license to what bars etc. are supposed to use when playing a song. Songwriters (like me!) take the hit when these aren’t properly used

@JeffHoogland Right, but that one stream encourages others to listen to same said music, which makes up for that minor loss, not to mention merch sales, concerts etc. These artists are getting their art used in services, forever, and not seeing a dime after a predatory contract...

I really hope the creators I'm seeing on my timeline with strong opinions about paying artists for their work will reconsider using licensed music in their streams.

@davideotape 🙃💀🤐👏🤪 looks like I’m gonna kill someone and go insane weeee

😇😱😮🥀🤡 oh no

@mossymanse Yes?

@JayAdamsSocial @andrewhirsh @WordsandBeer @jeannathomas Cc @E11even745

@daviddouglas268 @E11even745 Really I think I discovered frozen dinners but I digress

@E11even745 @Ian__York hey Ian wtf

@e_y08 s a m e

I regret to inform you that, perhaps, I do not *get* animal crossing

@daviddouglas268 And it’s like just kinda weird until the last 10 minutes then it goes off the rails

@daviddouglas268 Oh I was upset. I think it was somebody’s 21st birthday too so we were all like...... wtf mate

haven’t been able to get AUDITION (1999) out of my mind

i’m pleased to introduce y’all to my newest obsession - - - accidental renaissance photos: a thread

No one at all: Me: Bali Hai’i from South Pacific and the last midnight from into the woods have surprisingly similar melodies

@srbrown70 @mossymanse Smhhhhhh

@mossymanse been a good week for me so far, so I'm sure I'll be in my head the rest of the week and bomb out

Idea: reality TV show about the people who plan fireworks shows called “Up In Flames”

@E11even745 @mossymanse Glenn Greene

Maybe we could just like not have a president for a bit? I think we need a break

@daviddouglas268 I think the real takeaway here is that cameo is just a meet and greet for the Internet

@Ian__York Ok yes but to little kids they’re like “OMG PARENTS YOU BROUGHT ME TO SEE THE ~ACTUAL~ SANTA CLAUS???????”

ok ok ok hear me out the “meet & greet Santa” events at malls are just IRL Cameo vids

Lol?

And to be clear here, the law itself is good! But police reform is not the same as justice.

The “Justice for Breonna Taylor” Act is offensive. It’s the type of law you propose when a kid doesn’t wear a seat belt, not when a *human being* is killed in their private residence. Lol “justice”. Breonna Taylor’s murder was not just some preventable tragedy