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Why is TOOL not on Spotify?
Posted on 12/23/16 at 8:18 pm
Posted on 12/23/16 at 8:18 pm
Googled it. Sounds like mostly bullshite. Kind of a "not really focused on it" excuse.
What's the real reason TOOL doesn't allow their music on Spotify?
What's the real reason TOOL doesn't allow their music on Spotify?
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Posted on 12/23/16 at 8:32 pm to Upslope
Doesn't pay enough? 
You want to hear Tool? Buy their albums.
You want to hear Tool? Buy their albums.
Posted on 12/23/16 at 8:36 pm to NewIberiaHaircut
Thanks for your insight. Sorry about the haircut.
This post was edited on 12/23/16 at 8:39 pm
Posted on 12/23/16 at 9:44 pm to Upslope
They don't allow their music to be used/sold digitally. They're not on iTunes either.
Posted on 12/23/16 at 9:55 pm to WAY2GOLSU
Oh man they're so edgy
Posted on 12/24/16 at 10:08 am to Upslope
quote:
What's the real reason TOOL doesn't allow their music on Spotify?
Some bands realize how little revenue there is to be generated from streaming services such as Spotify.
Posted on 12/24/16 at 2:44 pm to Upslope
The real reason is that they believe in the experience of the full album listen and they think that streaming their music will only have people listening to their singles. Garth Brooks has claimed the same thing actually.
Posted on 12/24/16 at 3:02 pm to Melvin
Zeppelin did a similar thing--they never released singles because they wanted their music listened to as an entire work, rather than little snippets.
Posted on 12/24/16 at 4:45 pm to Upslope
they are not on i-tunes either
Posted on 12/24/16 at 5:26 pm to Upslope
quote:
The real reason is that they believe in the experience of the full album listen and they think that streaming their music will only have people listening to their singles.
True artists
Posted on 12/24/16 at 6:47 pm to river_man
If I remember right, there is a dispute on how the record contracts were structured. Mostly inked at a time that pre-dated digital distribution. I'd have to dig to find it, but I believe they get virtually nothing if they OK'd the digital releases so there is no incentive for them to do so. That, plus the album in it's entirety thing.
Posted on 12/25/16 at 6:22 am to RaginCajunz
There's a few I've noticed who aren't on Spotify
Tool, Garth Brooks, Taylor Swift, Bob Seger off the top of my head
Tool, Garth Brooks, Taylor Swift, Bob Seger off the top of my head
Posted on 12/25/16 at 12:42 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
I remember reading last year that TS was in some legal shite with them and pulled her music off Spotify. She used to be on there.
I just found it odd tha Tool isn't on there because APC and Puscifer have every album on there. Different bands, I know but damn I wish they were.
I just found it odd tha Tool isn't on there because APC and Puscifer have every album on there. Different bands, I know but damn I wish they were.
Posted on 12/25/16 at 3:55 pm to Upslope
Here's a more important question: Which comes first - the next Tool album or the next Game of Thrones book? The wait for both has been a bitch.
Posted on 12/25/16 at 5:17 pm to Upslope
Tool is on Pandora. I'm listening to them right now. 
Posted on 12/25/16 at 6:27 pm to Upslope
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I remember reading last year that TS was in some legal shite with them and pulled her music off Spotify. She used to be on there.
Legal shite my arse. It was either right before or right after her album release that she took the music down. She knew what she was doing.
Posted on 12/25/16 at 9:53 pm to Upslope
Most of dr dre's stuff isn't on there either
Posted on 12/26/16 at 1:40 am to Upslope
from a spin article:
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Tool: Maynard James Keenan’s band doesn’t have a unique reason for staying away from digital music – like many on this list, he doesn’t want his band’s work consumed in random pieces. Unlike most, though, Tool is truly committed. The band’s music isn’t on iTunes or Spotify and it has never allowed its label to split up its songs into a greatest-hits collection. Gotta respect those principles.
Posted on 12/26/16 at 12:43 pm to monsterballads
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Gotta respect those principles.
No, I don't.
Posted on 12/26/16 at 12:44 pm to Upslope
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the real reason TOOL doesn't allow their music on Spotify?
Dumbfrick, I sold out long before you ever even knew my name. I sold my soul to make a record, Dipshit
then
you
bought
one.
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