Nov 5, 2020Spotify’s New DiscoveryTool Should Raise Eyebrows for Major Label ArtistsSpotify released their Q3 earnings this week, and with it, announced the launch of a new discovery tool that has already sparked controversy. The product will allow rights holders to influence Spotify’s personalized recommendation algorithm to favor songs deemed to be priorities by opting them into something called ‘Discovery Mode”…Music3 min readMusic3 min read
Nov 2, 2020It’s 2020 and Pop Music Has Moved Beyond Genre — Is That A Good Thing?Last week 24kGoldn and Iann Dior’s “Mood” did what many assumed would never happen; the song simultaneously reached the no. 1 spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 pop chart, Billboards Hot Alternative Songs chart , and Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs chart all in the same week. The song was also #1…Music4 min readMusic4 min read
Sep 22, 2020What Quibi’s Failure Can Teach Musicians in the Era of SuperabundanceHow the Internet Toppled the Old Guards of the Entertainment Industry — You may have heard of Quibi, or read one of the 400 articles written about how Quibi raised a monumental 2 billion dollars in capital, but odds are you have not subscribed to Quibi. That’s because Quibi is doomed to be a very expensive failure. …Music3 min readMusic3 min read
Sep 8, 2020The Golden Age of the Music Industry is over. Now begins the Golden Age of the Independent ArtistBack in July, Spotify released their Q2 financials, and with it reported that the number of artists in the top 10% of earners has increased to over 43,000. That’s roughly 15,000 more artists than the top 10% of earners in 2019. Similarly, AWAL reported last week that hundreds of their…2 min read2 min read
