Saved by Sterling Proffer
Record Labels Dig Their Own Grave. And the Shovel is Called TikTok.
Musicians compose their tracks with TikTok’s length in
mind, and then title them exclusively for SEO. The figure and ground have been reversed: artists don’t upload their music for distribution, they
make music for distribution.
Matt Klein • Page Not Found
There is an overload of music. 60,000 songs are uploaded to Spotify every day. Over 20% of those don’t get streamed even once. The ubiquitous access to almost every piece of recorded music in history has led to a paradox of choice, promoting passive and playlist-driven music consumption and creating winner-take-all effects for the biggest artists.
Yash Bagal • A New Funnel for Music
