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Based on ethnographic research among Spotify engineers, record labels and musicians, this article explores how music recommendation systems become inculcated with a corporate rhetoric of ‘scalability’ and considers, following Anna Tsing, how this impacts musical creativity further down the value chain.
- Thomas Hodgson
- 2021
Jun 28, 2024 · Music Streaming's Impact: Music streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music have revolutionized the industry, providing new revenue streams and democratizing access to music for both major labels and independent artists.
Mar 30, 2023 · Last year, digital music accounted for the lion's share of worldwide music revenues, with streaming services alone accounting for 67% of the industry’s total haul. This article explains how the transition to digital distribution has both fuelled the music industry's decline and stopped it.
- Streaming Services Have Taken Over
- Stratification Within The Streaming Economy
- Fraud and Distrust
- Major Players Have All The Advantages
- More Awareness of Rights Today
Today, you can access a huge selection of music through commercial streaming services such as Spotify and Tidal. If you can stand advertisements, you can also watch and listen for free on Youtube. How much of the money that ends up with the artists depends entirely on the contracts they have with their intermediary, often a record company. “Revenue...
Kjus has interviewed 18 established Norwegian artists regarding economics and copyright, several of whom suspect that the major artists receive the lion’s share from the current economic model. The researcher admits that they are partly right in their assumptions. “Those who want to earn a lot must be backed by a major company. At the same time, yo...
“The concentration of power is enormous within the music industry. It is difficult to succeed if you do not get the right placement on Spotify or are included in their playlists,” says Arnt Maasø, associate professor at the Department of Media and Communication. He has interviewed directors of the record companies and other players within the indus...
Skepticism notwithstanding, the streaming figures from Spotify are useful to the industry. “Many find that it provides another opportunity to make choices on behalf of artists. They can see if they are reaching new audiences or schedule concerts where they know more people are listening,” says Maasø. Which songs will be boosted by Spotify's curated...
Succeeding financially in today's music market is about the path from production to the ears of the listener, and securing the right to get paid for it ending up there. Knowing your rights is more important than ever. “There is a difference between owning a work and owning a recording. Many of the artists who have not collaborated with a producer, ...
Jun 10, 2020 · Heading into 2020, streaming was driving the music industry toward a new high. Then came the COVID-19 pandemic, which canceled tours, concerts, and album releases. Can streaming platforms help the industry weather the storm?
Oct 24, 2021 · On-demand music-streaming services such as Spotify, Apple, Deezer, and Tidal are presently the most important vehicles for recorded music distribution, and music streaming accounted for 62 percent of the generation of worldwide recorded-music revenues in 2020 (Citation IFPI).
Jun 16, 2019 · Pandora’s founders, and the music analysts who worked with me, wanted nothing less than to democratize music, to free it from the hegemony of record executives and DJs, and to better enable...
