Streaming solved access and broke almost everything else: discovery, ownership, and how artists get paid. My opinions, from someone who spent years designing and building listening experiences at Pandora and now works on royalty data.
Music · Product7 min read
A song can be streamed in dozens of countries and still pay its writer almost nothing, not because nobody owes them, but because the money can't find them. A follow-up to my music post, on metadata, registrations and why global catalogues leak royalties.
Music · Data · Product5 min read