Is Mick Jagger for or against streaming music? He answers

Even though they initially facilitate access to music, streaming platforms divide opinions due to a series of other factors. Whether by replacing more celebrated forms of consuming this art by enthusiasts (such as CDs and vinyl records) or by artists protesting a lot about the amounts paid for their work, applications such as Spotify, Deezer, Apple Music and Amazon Music are not unanimous among fans.

Although, Mick Jagger seems to have a very positive opinion about this. The vocalist of Rolling Stones addressed the subject in an interview with CBC(via website Igor Miranda) and was very open to streaming, especially due to the ease it offers.

Initially, the star reflected on how the music market is directly linked to technological advancement. Not only for those who produce music, but for those who consume it as well.

“As the music business is supported by technology, it never remains the same. When we started, singles were the main attraction. Albums by pop artists didn’t sell, only concert albums. Only Frank Sinatra managed to sell albums. Until, suddenly, the Beatles appeared and started selling pop albums. It was a big change. Then came the CD revolution. Everyone threw away their LPs and bought CD versions. Then cassette tapes arrived, that changed all the time, then back to vinyl.”

Then, with the arrival of streaming, everything changed. Same. And in the vision of Jagger, for good. The singer said he now has access to records that he himself had difficulty with in the past.

“Streaming is much maligned, but the interesting thing is that people of all generations can access music from all periods. Before, if I wanted to buy a blues record from 1955, it was very difficult. I had to order it by mail or go to a specialized store, even though I had a lot of money. Now I can just access it right there. So what does this mean? Well, it means 16-year-olds can access whatever they want.”

Mick Jagger and the holograms

In another interview, now with Wall Street Journal(via website Igor Miranda), Mick Jagger showed himself even more “forward” by commenting that he is not opposed to a tour of Rolling Stones with holograms, made posthumously. The topic was introduced after a mention of Abba, who has been putting on the virtual show “Voyager” — even with all the members still alive.

“You can have a posthumous business now, right? You can do a posthumous tour. Technology has advanced since the Abba thing, which I was going to go to, but ended up missing out on.”

Then the voice of “Satisfaction” and so many other hits highlighted his and his colleagues’ pioneering in another show format: tours in arenas and stadiums.

“One of the things I’m most proud of, with the Stones, is that we pioneered arena tours, with our own stage, our own sound and everything, and we did the same with stadiums. I mean, no one did just stadium tours.”