Thom Yorke - Fellowship of The Ivors Academy

US Insightful acceptance speech in full      29/05/26

Thom Yorke was honored with the Academy Fellowship award at the 71st Ivor Novello Awards last week - an award which celebrates the craft, cultural impact and enduring importance of his compositions. Here is his acceptance speech in full, with a strong insight into his views on the music industry - streaming, risk-aversion, prospects for new artists, and future investment in music. The full list of winners can be found here.

He also performed a solo piano song called 'Space Walk', which you can see here...

 

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About the author [midierror]: midierror is co-founder of Potato Audio, he makes nifty Max For Live devices, award-winning Sample Packs and hosts the 'midierror meets...' interview series speaking with all kinds of people working in sound & music. 


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