Kid Rock vs. iTunes
Kid Rock is refusing 'to go all in' with iTunes for now because he thinks the Apple service is screwing artists.
To date, there's a minimal collection of Kid Rock's works on the iTunes site.
The rocker tells the BBC that artists do not get paid enough for downloads from the Apple store. The revenue share model is based "an old system, where iTunes takes the money, the record company takes the money, and they don't give it to the artists," he claims.
He went on to say that the internet "was an opportunity for everyone to be treated fairly, for the consumer to get a fair price, for the artist to be paid fairly, for the record companies to make some money. But they (Apple) stuck to the "old system".
BUT as the interview goes on, Pammy Anderson's ex says, "I will be on iTunes eventually because I can't avoid it, but I like to always stick to my guns and prove a point and do something original and because I believe in it."
He makes no sense! Either you believe in it or you don't and you act according to principle.
At the end of the day, seems like Kid Rock proves the point that for the most part, peeps will 'sell out' to get paid.
Getting paid helps ya get laid, Kid!
[Image via Mavrix Online.]
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Read this ages ago…Keep up Perez
whatever he has every STI ever found and soon one will be name after him…
kidrockosis
Can't wait to catch that one!
symptoms are making crappy music, and urges to sleep with bimbos made half out of plastic!
god I hate kid rock
"peeps will 'sell out' to get paid." Kinda like you? Kid Rock does have a point, and i can see why he eventually would go to iTunes because it is becoming unavoidable if you want your music out there. CDs arent selling…iTunes is!
Too late, Kid;
Once one of you fold, everyone follows like Dominoes…
"At the end of the day, seems like Kid Rock proves the point that for the most part, peeps will 'sell out' to get paid." Sorta lets you off the hook as well, right Mario?
eww what a redneck….
He didnt turn up for Download 2008. Seriously doubt he was "ill"
But it did mean longer sets for Judas Priest and Distubed.
Why wernt Nightwish there? They are AMAZING.
First… I LOVE YOU PEREZ!!!
first… or second by the time I email this!
It's pretty laughable for him to claim originality, with his new song being a COMPLETE Warren Zevon ripoff… and obviously Lynyrd Skynyrd (regardless of minimal credit given). Not…original.
Screw iTunes!! LIMEWIRE RULES!
Kid rock needs to get over himself. Who would download his songs anyways?
he's just pissed that no one is buying his crap off of I tunes. He sucks and that is why hes getting next to no money on any of his shit on itunes.
Nobody cares hes a has been
first time i made it to the top 20 comments hahah
yaaay.
i love u perez.
come back and party in t.o anytime!
Re: virgi –
dipshit…he gives props all the time to those artists, in fact, his next tour is co headlining with Skynard…
I don'y understand why all these artists are getting mad over their songs being recorded 'illegally'. I'm sorry but correct me if I'm wrong, but did we not do this years ago before the cd was big? It was called a TAPE RECORDER. I can't count the number of times I would be listening to the radio and go "Oh my god, that's the best song ever, I'm gonna record it!' We're all guilty of it….they weren't whining about it then.
He speaks the truth.
Peeps….
Kids a good guy and a true artist. Sure he has taken some songs and mashed them up to make a new song but what artist hasn't now a day? Every interview about that song he made sure he gave credit where credit is due.
Kid's beef with Itunes also has to do with his old school mentality of "protecting the album". True artists (that is the artists of the 70's) feel that they will put out a album that speaks to something and is a collection from start to finish…current artists are all about getting 1 hot song, putting it on Itunes and getting Paid…anyone ever hear of Soulja Boy?
Don't be a hypocrite Perez, today you proved to us all what a disgusting sell out you are. Even though Kid Rock is not a great artist, he's still doing something with his life. You on the other hand are trying to charge 5.00 a month for "gossip phone calls" all the while screwing your hard core fans by claiming you'll post the news on your site SECOND. I am not going to stoop to a level and call you fat and other names I've seen on this site. Your appearance is not the issue at all. I am simply disappoint that you've sunk so low as to do the one thing you claim you hate. I think you should apologize.
Oh boo fucking hoo!! I'm so sick of these "artists" crying about money when they have millions in the bank!
Kid will give in… in the long run, to make his fans happy. He is making a very good point. Good for him.
And for all you haters out there… FUCK YOU!
it's pretty true, though, artists make jack from sales on itunes.
Isn't Perez pretty much a douchebag anyways… he'll put people on blast left and right but then bend over and suck their dick to hang out with them at a club or premier.
Re: HAHA – Hell yeah man !! =P
Haha hes funny
People r just not buying his shit, thats y hes not getting any money lol
Because the digital stores are still so new, the system of licensing digitals sales hasn't been fully implemented yet. He's right, mostly the old model still stands but in Canada, we have started paying out royalties on digital sales and we have been working closely with stores like iTunes. Because digital is ever changing it may take a while to get a system that works best for everyone. However it would not shock me if labels were keeping money to themselves, it's not like it would be a first time. Artists, songwriters and publishers all deserve their piece of the pie.
or perhaps he knows that people that are actually fans of his are the ones getting hurt if he doesn't eventually let them put his catalog on iTunes…..sure money is the point, but some artists do actually care about their fans
Whatever, He just wants to be back in the news like Pam and Tommy.
And to Jacki,
whatever you are the one who reads Perez all the time.
Keep rockin P!!!!!!
He should support Pandora Internet Radio. THey're battling the government right now to get more money for the artists and less money for the labels!
PEOPLE… PLEASE READ THE BBC ARTICLE. Perez only paints a small portion of the picture. SEEMS LIKE PEREZ DIDN'T FEEL LIKE TELLING THE WHOLE STORY!!!!
The Beatles, Garth Brooks and AC/DC are the only other major stars who have still not made their music available on iTunes.
The rocker, who was famously married to actress Pamela Anderson, said he was losing 10-20% of album sales by not being on iTunes.
But he added: "I've just sold a million records, I'm not really feeling that blow."
The performer - whose real name is Robert Ritchie - said his record company Atlantic had asked him to "stand up for illegal downloading" a few years ago because it told him "people are stealing from us and stealing from you".
Kid Rock has just played his first UK shows for five years
"And I go: 'Wait a second, you've been stealing from the artists for years. Now you want me to stand up for you?'
"I was telling kids - download it illegally, I don't care. I want you to hear my music so I can play live."
Asked whether he was worried about illegal downloading, he replied: "I don't agree with it. I think we should level the playing field. I don't mind people stealing my music, that's fine. But I think they should steal everything.
"You know how much money the oil companies have? If you need some gas, just go fill your tank off and drive off, they're not going to miss it."
Who cares if he is or isn't on iTunes?!?!? His music sucks and he's a big piece of trash! He doesn't even deserve to be famous. What a chotch!
i hate kid rock.
Re: Kelly –
I'm going to correct you because you are wrong. He's not talking about illegal recordings or downloads (there's a levy on recordable tapes/CDR's anyways to cover the copyright for recording illegally), what he is talking about his not getting proper royalties for digital sales that were sold by iTunes. These are two very different things. He should stick to his guns and he should complain, it would be like your work shorting your pay a couple of hours. Would you stand for it?
I sure wouldn't. What's mine is mine and I would fight for it.
you're an idiot for criticizing this. as much as i hate kid rock and his music even more, he makes one of the best point by an artist to date. the artist gets screwed by itunes and since there are still enough cds sold his music still gets out to the public, but in ~5-10 years most all music will be digitally distributed and if you don't join in by then your music just wont get heard/promoted and that means no tour sales (where the artists make their real money)
HYPOCRITE. He steals songs from other writers and pays his band members nominally. HE'S KNOWN AS A CHEAP CHEATER BACK HOME, Y'ALL.
he needs to go back to the trailer park. his record company is making way more $$$ than apple is from iTunes downloads, which is his problem…and he's too stupid to even realize it.
Re: emily – FUCK OFF EMILY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just noticed Kid Rock didn't have music on iTunes the other day…yeah, he totally should put his music up! Hello, he'll make money from people who don't want to buy his abulms (but he'll always have his loyal fans).
he's only losing money cuz i had to download some of his music off limewire when i couldn't find it on itunes….i was willing to PAY but whatever, his loss
i was supposed to see him live on friday, but he pulled out due to 'dehydration'. i still saw KISS though, gene simmons' tongue really is a magic wonder…
Good for him! Artist are getting ripped off!
Perez would suck Kid's cock (if he'd let him)
"Getting paid helps ya get laid" like you Perez… selling your blog phone services and your crappy clothing line at Hot Topics. the only problem with you is that you are probably not getting paid and the getting laid part well need I say more… you suck Perez
All music fans should read an article on antimusic . com about Kid Rock and the state of the music and concert industry. It talks about how and why ticket prices are so ridiculously expensive and then when you go to the show, there are a bunch of empty seats. It answers the questions on why promoters and artists don't drop the prices.
Despite an increase in ticket prices across the board, there has been a declining interest in attending these shows over the last half decade as concert attendance appears to be on the downslide and yet prices keep going up every year. Even a C-grade economist would tell you this is not a positive trend and something should be done, yet nothing is being done. Now it would be one thing to have prices go up and have nary a ticket in sight, but the reality is that almost every show I attend has empty seats but there are fancy accountants who still find a way to make these shows sell-outs for the Billboard Boxscore chart. A perfect example of this was a few weeks ago for the Jay Z and Mary J. Blige concerts in Chicago where the total attendance over two nights was less than 20,000 and yet somehow it was deemed a sell-out for two shows in an arena that holds twice that number on true sell-outs. Now why not let some less than fortunate or financially challenged people get tickets for $10 and experience the show? I've been told that it is said to be a sign of weakness and will "hurt the stock price" of certain companies the artists associate themselves with to admit a show is "not selling well".
iTunes has a vast and wonderful selection of classical music.
I have never even LOOKED for Kid Rock OR his "music".
hey can either get a few nickles from itunes or zip when ppl download illegally instead…….but who would download a kid rock song?
Re: Kelly – I don't think there is anything at all wrong with downloading music but….
Damn good point Kelly!
I used to record songs off the radio ALL the time onto tapes but never thought about it like that lol. You know Kid rock did the same thing along with every other artist!
Whats good about it now is you don't miss the first 10 secs of the song because you had to hurry and run to the tape recorder and push 'record' lol.
OOOOHHHH……and what the hell r u talking about selling out to get money??
Thats the hipocrite Perez himself with his gallon of gas worth phone call telling me all the news you got from other sites "first", yah ok.
Fuck him! Try living in massive debt or without anything asshole. I'm in a pissy mood….for anyone interested, yes you can download Kid Rock's/Sheryl Crow's duet "Picture" under the guise….Artist "Countdown singers," Album "Love songs"….go download to tick him off more! Hahaha just listened and you didn't get a cent! Made my day!!!
Silly Kid Rock, you can't get royalties if no one downloads your songs!!
Ha ha! Fuck you Kid! I don't use itunes anyway. I use free downloading! That way you don't get a cent from me! But this shouldn't bother you because I wouldn't download your shit even for free. So fuck you!
yah, kinda like you sold out
Shut up and keep doing business with Ticketmaster. Fuckin' hypocrite.
Yea well…. buddy.. .wake up call… all your tunes can be downloaded for free anywhere. All songs… all music. Hello. Wake up call. Reality = change with the times and find a different way to make money with the music. Innerrrrnet has a funny way of making everything free. I haven't bought a CD much less paid for anything in years and years and years with sheeet online. But hey = if an artist can find a different way to make the capital with the music = genius.
Re: Ms F –
Well done! I haven't paid for music for years too. It looks like we're the smart ones…there are actually idiots out there who PREFER to pay! Morons!
Soooo…. this guy hasn't died yet??
Sounds like it should be between him and his record company to me
fuck bob ritchie!!! who the fuck cares about his "music"? BUY A MOTLEY CRUE ALBUM SON OF A BITCH..HA!