“If even one cent of the money Spotify earns from my music is going to pay for the opinions of someone like Joe Rogan, the chance of depriving them of that one cent is worth it,” Calgary-born folk singer-songwriter James Keelaghan told The Globe and Mail. “I’ve been thinking of doing this for a while. With Neil Young and Joni Mitchell standing up and doing this, it feels like in some ways they’ve given me permission to pull my music as well.”
Explaining that being on Spotify has been “demoralizing” for years because of the low royalty rates paid out by the world’s most popular streaming service, Ontario indie musician Danny Michel will also be moving his catalogue. “I’ve slugged it out on the road for 30 years, own my entire catalogue and I’m finally in a comfortable place where I can choose where I share my music, based on my values,” Michel told The Globe. “The conversation was reopened because of Neil Young, but for me it’s not necessarily anything political.”
