Spotify is a Poor Paymaster

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On the issue of the music streaming website Spotify and how it’s “saving the music industry” [1] from financial loss resulting from piracy, I have a few comments to make. It is my opinion that Spotify does not provide sustainable returns to the industry. I own the masters and rights to all of my recordings and therefore I collect royaties that would otherwise be collected by a label (except for a small commission I pay to CDBaby, who are my
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Album Release: “Echoes” featuring the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra

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Check out Matthew Dewey’s new album Echoes featuring the The Russian Philharmonic conducted by Alexey Osetrov perform two orchestral works by Matthew Dewey: The dramatic Orchestral Suite No.1 is a three movement work for full orchestral that evokes both the various moods of the southern ocean and a sense of isolation; and Dewey’s Symphony No.1 (Port Arthur, 1996) for orchestral strings, which was written in response to the Port Arthur massacre of 1996, inspired by Tom Holloway’s haunting play “Beyond
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Michelangelo’s poetry makes a world first at Mona Foma – ABC Hobart – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Follow the link below to check out an ABC online video about Michael Lampard’s performance at MONA FOMA featuring the premiere of “Il Tempo Passa” by Matthew Dewey: “Mona Foma likes to be a festival of firsts and this year it’s featuring a world first with Michael Lampard’s performance of a special Tasmanian composition using the poetry of Renaissance artists Michelangelo.” —> Michelangelo’s poetry makes a world first at Mona Foma – ABC Hobart – Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
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