Neil Young has pulled all his music from streaming services

16 July 2015, 15:24 | Written by Laurence Day

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Neil Young has yanked all his music off of streaming services. Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, you name it, he's rejected it.

In a post on Facebook, the Canadian rocker wrote:

Streaming has ended for me. I hope this is ok for my fans.

It's not because of the money, although my share (like all the other artists) was dramatically reduced by bad deals made without my consent.

It's about sound quality. I don't need my music to be devalued by the worst quality in the history of broadcasting or any other form of distribution. I don't feel right allowing this to be sold to my fans. It's bad for my music.

For me, It's about making and distributing music people can really hear and feel. I stand for that.

When the quality is back, I'll give it another look. Never say never.

Neil Young

Young's been vocal in past about sound quality, and even realised his own music player, Pono.

This revelation, or a lack of revelation, arrives after Young's music was barred from the BBC over a copyright dispute with the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society (MCPS).