On Wednesday, in a series of Twitter posts, electronic music dj and producer Kaskade revealed that he was getting SoundCloud takedown notices for many of his posted tracks and that he was moving on to his own platform. He followed last night with a well-written take on the fact that he was legally in the wrong but definitely in the right. It’s a position with which many would argue but Kaskade’s take on changes brought on by the digital age and EDM’s embrace of such changes is quite sharp and well worth a read.
Kaskade’s revelations on Twitter are getting quite a bit of attention. Here are the key tweets in chronological order:
It was hard to tell from the tweets and the resulting coverage how things were being resolved. But Toneden’s Ali Shakeri put me on to Kaskade’s post which is full of interesting points about how things are in the new music industry.
“Here’s the thing. I’m not in the right here.
I’m definitely, without question, black-and-white in the wrong.”
“That’s not to say I am wrong, though.”
Kaskade explains that, yes, he gave up ownership of a lot of his music when he signed with Ultra and now Sony owns it.
But he says he’s also authorized to post his own music. It’s the mashups that are the problem. But he has a very different take on mashups, copyright and free music than do the power players in the old music industry.
“There’s always been this cagey group of old men
who are scared to death of people taking their money.”
“We can’t love music we haven’t heard.”
“Innovation helps the music industry.
The industry only needs to make the effort to keep up and adapt.
Make no mistake: …read more
Source: Hypebot.com
