Once again we have a major move in the record industry for majors to take over the industry and shut the minor labels and artists down. Gee does that surprise us?
It started when the major labels fought the digital age. Then when they could not win that battle they bought every digital distributor they could that exists in the world.
Then they embraced streaming services and publicly announcing “Indies are becoming competition and we need to level the playing field” So they made deals with streaming companies. They took in millions of advances to allow these streaming companies to stream their catalogs.
They never asked any of the artists or labels if they wanted or agreed to be streamed, they just did it. Then they took the millions of yearly advances and never shared a dime with the artists or labels. Then they even took the minute airplay royalties and kept them too. Artist know they are now being paid peanuts for music they created that cost them money to create.
Now the majors have aligned themselves with iTunes and developed a blacklist (list below). iTunes is rejecting releases from digital distributors that have had deals with them for many years. These are digital distributors that would not agree to be bought out. So let’s bully them and put them out of business. No reason other than to push them out of business and take over the music industry with the majors. In other words, if a major labels does not own the master recordings, iTunes is taking it down
After all this is the American way. Let’s be corrupt, deceitful, and greedy. INDIE ARTISTS haven’t we all been insulted enough? None of you are making any money on digital distribution anyhow, so why are we supporting these bullies. Because they tell you as an artist you need the exposure? Take your music down and tell iTunes and the majors to go screw themselves.
Not only did they blacklist the artists below but if you have done any remakes of any songs they are pulling them all down. Harry Fox Agency was the premier agency that licensed the Indie Artists to perform and release remakes read this http://www.sesac.com/News/News_Details.aspx?id=2253
What business does a songwriters association have in buying a licensing agency?
Here’s the blacklist. Why is Bing Crosby blacklisted? Why is Eric Clapton blacklisted?
iTunes Blacklist:
Ahmad Jamal
Al Jarreau
Al Jolson
Albert King
Alfred Butt
Andy Williams
Aretha Franklin
Art Blakey
Art Farmer
Art Pepper
Art Tatum
Artie Shaw
B.B. King
Barbara Streisand
Barry White
Bela Bartok
Ben E. King
Ben Selvin and His Orchestra
Benny Goodman
Bernie Leighton
Beryl Davis
Bessie Smith
Betty Carter
Big Bill Broonzy
Bill Evans
Bill Haley & His Comets
Billie Holiday
Billy Eckstine
Bing Crosby
Bix Beiderbecke
Bo Diddley
Bob Dylan
Bob Hope
Bob Marley
Bobby “Blue” Bland
Bobby Darin
Bobby Rogers
Bobby Vinton
Brenda Lee
Brook Benton
Buck Owens
Buddy Clark
Buddy DeFranco
Buddy Guy
Buddy Holly
Burl Ives
Cab Calloway
Cannonball Adderley
Celia Cruz
Charles Mingus
Charles Trenet
Charley Pride
Charlie Barnet
Charlie Christian
Charlie Parker
Charly Soler
Chet Baker
Chicago
Chick Webb
Chubby Checker
Chuck Berry
Chyvonne Scott
Claude Nougaro
Cliff Richard
Clifford Brown
Clyde McPhatter
Connie Francis
Conway Twitty
Count Basie
Danny Kaye
Dave Brubeck
Dean Martin
Della Reese
Dexter Gordon
Daryl Hall & John Oates
Dick Haymes
Dinah Shore
Dinah Washington
Dion & The Belmonts
Dizzy Gillespie
Django Reinhardt
Dolly Parton
Donald Byrd
Doris Day
Duke Ellington
Earl Hines
Eartha Kitt
Eddie Cochran
Edith Piaf
Ella Fitzgerald
Elton John
Elvis Presley
Enrico Caruso
Eric Clapton
Eric Dolphy
Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours
Etta James
Fats Domino
Fats Waller
Francis Bay
Frank Sinatra
Frankie Lymon
Frankie Valli
Fred Astaire
Gene Ammons
Gene Autry
Gene Vincent
George Benson
George Jones
George Shering
Georges Brassens
Gerry Mulligan
Ginger Rogers
Glenn Miller
Hank Mobley
Hank Snow
Hank Williams
Harry Belafonte
Hasil Adkins
Henry Mancini
Herbie Hancock
Horace Silver
Howlin’ Wolf
Ike & Tina Turner
Jackie Wilson
Jacques Brel
James Brown
James Taylor
Jan & Dean
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lewis
Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Durante
Joan Baez
Joe Tex
John Coltrane
John Lee Hooker
John Lennon
John Mayall
Johnny Cash
Johnny Hallyday
Johnny Hodges
Johnny Mathis
Jonathan Winters
Judy Garland
Julie Harris
Junior Wells
Leadbelly
Led Zeppelin
Lena Horne
Leonard Cohen
Les Paul
Lester Young
Lightnin’ Hopkins
Lionel Hampton
Little Anthony & The Imperials
Little Richard
Lloyd Price
Lloyd Ryan
L’Orchestra Cinematique
Louis Armstrong
Louis Prima
Ma Rainey
Mahalia Jackson
Maria Callas
Marilyn Monroe
Marion Hutton
Marlene Dietrich
Marvin Gaye
Mary Lou Williams
Mary Wells
Maurice Chevalier
Max Roach
Mel Torme
Merle Haggard
Miles Davis
Muddy Waters
Nat “King” Cole
Nina Simone
Nino Rota
Ornette Coleman
Orson Welles
Oscar Peterson
Patsy Cline
Patti Page
Paul Desmond
Paul Whiteman
Pearl Bailey
Peggy Lee
Percy Sledge
Perry Como
Pete Best
Pete Seeger
Petula Clark
Quincy Jones
Ray Charles
Ray Conniff
Ray Eberle
Red Garland
Red Nichols
Robert Johnson
Rosemary Clooney
Roy Orbison
Ruby Murray
Sam & Dave
Sam Cooke
Sammy Davis Jr.
Santana
Sarah Vaughn
Serge Gainsbourg
Sex Pistols
Shirley Bassey
Sidney Bechet
Simon & Garfunkel
Slim Whitman
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Solomon Burke
Son House
Sonny Rollins
Speedy West
Stevie Wonder
Sun Ra
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Tex Ritter
The Andrews Sisters
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
The Chi-Lites
The Cleftones
The Coasters
The Commodores
The Crickets
The Drifters
The Everly Brothers
The Four Tops
The McGuire Sisters
The Modern Jazz Quartet
The Platters
The Rat Pack
The Rolling Stones
The Shirelles
The Supremes
The Whispers
The Yardbirds
Thelonious Monk
Tito Puente
Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Roe
Tony Bennett
Tony Pastor
Tony Sheridan
Van Morrison
Waylon Jennings
Willie Nelson
Wilson Pickett
Woody Guthrie
Woody Herman
Youth Of America