He had previously been a significant holdout on both streaming services and online music stores like iTunes, saying that he wanted to sell albums rather than individual tracks. With fans of Brooks’ preparing for gigs over the next week, they may be wondering why it is so difficult to stream his music online through typical streaming services, like Spotify and Apple Music.Ĭurrently, fans are only able to listen to Brooks on Amazon Music, after he signed an exclusive deal with the retail giant in 2016. He’s set to return to Dublin for five gigs starting this Friday, with the remaining four gigs on September 10, 11, 16 and 17. The country star is set to return to Ireland for his first gig in the country since 1997, following the 2014 fiasco which lead to five gigs in Croke Park being cancelled. I don't have any info on the overall success of the platform or if indeed artists present there do get a bigger piece of the pie, it would be interesting if anyone on the stack could comment on that.AS TENS OF thousands of people prepare for Garth Brooks’ return to Croke Park this weekend, it may be a struggle for some to stream his music ahead of his first gig this Friday. It is not a streaming service in the strictest sense, though, as although you can hear the purchased music online (you can also download it if you want), you still have to purchase each song or album individually. You can find Brook's music in GhostTunes, as well as many other artists, both new and well established.

For these reasons he has always refused to make his music available through these channels.Īpparently wanting to be part of a solution and not just a critical voice, in 2014 he founded his own digital distribution service, GhostTunes, and vowed to give a fairer deal to artists on his platform, as well as allow the artists to sell albums only in their entirety, if they prefer so (although sales per song are also possible if the artists so wish). Also he disliked the emphasis on songs as the selling unit, as opposed to albums. Garth Brooks has always been critical of the revenue model for artists provided by digital channels and streaming services in particular.

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