INDIE BAND THE POCKET GODS WHO’VE BEEN CAMPAIGNING FOR FAIRER ROYALTIES FROM SPOTIFY SET TO RELEASE ONE COPY OF THEIR NEXT ALBUM FOR £1 MILLION

The band who have been releasing albums of just 30 second songs since 2015 to highlight the lack of fair royalties from Spotify and other streaming services are set to release their next album called Vegetal Digital - of which there will be only one vinyl copy for sale for £1 million.

The only copy will be on sale at their local record shop in St Albans - Empire Records from 1st October 2022. This will also be the only place fans will be able to hear the album.

The band will then use this money to fund their own rival streaming platform which will pledge to pay artists and songwriters a minimum of 1p per stream (which is 50 times the rate that the band currently receive from Spotify which is £.002).

The Pocket Gods’ frontman - Mark Christopher Lee - adds:

“It’s time we stopped moaning about Spotify and how unfair the current streaming system is for artists and songwriters and did something positive. What I want is for artists and songwriters to be valued by their listeners and to be fairly compensated for their life changing craft. I vision as world where musicians, artists and songwriters will change the world for the better we must pay them fairly.”

This will be the band’s 76th to be recorded and will consist of 10 new songs (not 30 seconds long!), and one copy only to be sold on vinyl on October 1st 2022 for £1 million.

The band will also record a special personalised message for the owner.

Since their immaculate misconception back in 1998 the band are now recognised by Guinness World Records for being the most prolific band of the digital age:

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/690728-most-studio-albums-released-digitally

In 2015 the band decided as they were getting paid so little for a stream (which was counted after just 30 seconds of a song) they decided just to release albums of 30 second songs - why write longer songs when you get paid jus £0.002 per stream!

Since then they have released 15 albums of just 30 second songs, totalling 3000 songs! Their 1000X30 Nobody Makes Money Anymore album released earlier this year had and incredible 1000 songs on and is set to break their own Guinness World Record for most songs on a digital album:

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/412387-most-songs-on-a-digital-album
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