Digital distribution: Streaming takes over, Apple goes label, go to your listeners, Bandcamp 2016.

29 December, 201629 December, 2016 David Gerard Industry, Links, mp3 Leave a comment

The takeover of streaming, mostly courtesy Apple who are 60-70% of download sales.
Remember when Spotify were the most evil parasitical bastards in the music industry? Yeah, that was then. Bet Lowery’s delighted.
Apple starts acting a bit more like a label, or “record industry hands Apple the whole business a second time.”
In the meantime, put your record in ALL the shops — people get their music where they want to, not where you want them to.
And make one of those stores Bandcamp: The year in statistics.