Streaming links: 24,000 new tracks a day, Spotify as label, streaming pays better than radio.

 

• How bad is the competition in music these days? Spotify gets 24,000 tracks every 24 hours.

• Like music distributors always have, Spotify turns into something like a label.

• A couple of years ago, I said that streaming replaced radio, and paid similarly. In 2018, streaming pays better than radio play.

 

 

Not streaming — but for the first time in about twenty years, I’ve recorded an interview with a musician! It’s Gina Cimmelli, and her new mini-album My Little Lies is out on Monday, as will be the piece. I used this Skype setup and it worked like a charm! Rediscovering how much transcription sucks …