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Mina Tindle talks streaming music’s “global transition”, ahead of London show this week
By Andy Malt | Published on Monday 10 November 2014
French singer-songwriter Mina Tindle will be in London this week to promote her recently released second album, ‘Parades’.
Discussing the album, Tindle told CMU: “I did not have a clear idea of what I wanted [before I wrote ‘Parades’], I never really have. For me, music, and especially work in the studio must remain unpredictable to be magic. What is certain though, is that I have changed between these two records, and I think both reflect who I was, or how I was feeling when I recorded them. I can say when I look back, that ‘Parades’ is less cerebral and more spontaneous”.
She also weighed in on (ie answered a question about) the streaming music debate, in the wake of Taylor Swift’s decision to pull all of her music off Spotify and Deezer last week. “It is a complex issue and I think music industry is sick”, she said. “Streaming does not help it, it is true. But in a way, this is how it works these days – music and culture are available for ‘everyone’. You cannot fight a global transition. Personally, I stream music and buy records and vinyl and go to shows”.
Catch Mina Tindle at Hoxton Bar & Kitchen in London on 13 Nov, read her full CMU Q&A here, and watch her performing her latest single, ‘The Curse’, in session by a lagoon here:
