Search results

...from the very same company as GTA - DMA in Dundee.

He described Spotify's rates as "pitiful" in the Tweet here: https://www.northstandchat.com/threads/martyn-ware-heaven-17-v-rockstar-grand-theft-auto.409552/#post-11285637

He wants his work valued appropriately. That's all.

Yeah, fair enough. He did mention royalties - but I took this as an explanation is that $7500 was a flat, one-off fee, and can't rise. (Even if it was used in a trailer?) I think your final line here sums up exactly why he's insulted. Imagine someone talking your most famous song - a huge hit...

He doesn't.

Maybe a few seconds of research, before posting, would have calibrated your opinion of him.

UPDATE: Apparently it was $7500 for each of the three writers. Still p1ss-poor though.

Martyn is very much a socialist. You missed the sarcasm in his original post.

The BEST of times.

Grand Theft Audio etc etc

He's making a stand and encouraging artists to put value on their work - and not just accept the promise of 'expsoure' and, maybe, millions of streams... which are worth little anyway. Reasonable imo. Edit: In fact...

Tweets tell the story. Twitter/X is now full of 1000s of American no-marks saying things like... Fair play to Martyn for sticking up for the value of his work. Apparently GTA VI will have 400+ songs. Probably would lead to exposure among da kidz. Then again, so has this spat.