Spotify Design Update

Clear thinking here, in this great article posted to hypebot.com by David Macias, of Nashville-based Thirty Tigers… he addresses recent misinformation and assumptions being perpetuated about Spotify royalty payouts and fairness in the evolving digital music landscape. Understanding digital revenue streams is hard enough, without the added confusion of factually incorrect social media posts being widely shared and re-tweeted:
“Saying incendiary things that aren’t based in fact is damaging. The music industry stuck their heads in the sand about the pros and cons related to the digitization of music in the 1990s, conducted their affairs in an atmosphere of fear and lack of understanding, and many bad decisions resulted. The power in the music industry is now shifting from labels to artists and managers. Now that we have more control, let’s be careful not to make similar mistakes because we’re approaching the discussion from that same vantage point of misinformation and fear.”
Read the whole article here:
Making Dollars: Clearing Up Spotify Payment Confusion – hypebot
Mike Shupp CDs “This Time”, “The Key” and “October Sun” are all now available for streaming on Spotify. Have a listen, and share, share, share…
Mike Shupp CDs “This Time,” “The Key,” and “October Sun” are all streaming now on Spotify.
I’m inclined to believe this, from my own experience:
“Some in the music industry believe that Spotify and music streaming cannibalizes download sales. Not so, says the CEO of digital music innovator X5 Music, at least when it comes to Spotify’s apps…”
X5 Music CEO Says Spotify Apps Sell Downloads, Shares Stats To Prove It