(according to press releases published in those months). Spotify listeners understand they won’t get many of the remixes and mashups found at SoundCloud and YouTube. Apple Music listeners get access to long-form DJ mixes not available elsewhere. But, by and large, streaming platforms have the...
From a user standpoint, SoundCloud and Spotify bring very different experiences to the table. While it’s almost not really a matter of SoundCloud vs. Spotify, here’s a quick look at some of the pros and cons associated with each platform. You’ll see that there’s plenty of reason why...
with Kendrick Lamar nearly making $2. On Spotify, that would be about 45 cents. Over time, I will likely generate the cost-equivalent royalties for my most loved albums as a digital or physical media purchase.
Spotify has been the most prominent digital music provider for years, and they have used that position to pay less than their competitors. They also are increasingly doing what tech companies tend to do when they begin to dominate the industry they are disrupting:find ever more creative ways no...
TIDAL’s lack of intelligent app switching is annoying. Not being able to have my current listening jump from device to device was a bit of magic on Spotify. So was Smart Shuffle. But I can feel confident that the creators are getting their rightful share in exchange for these missing feat...
You have to take that music and connect it to listeners. The usual questions apply: 1. What will Warner’s music “On SoundCloud” look like that would make people look for it there instead of on YouTube or Spotify or iTunes? 2. What will the content channels even look like; what’...