Stream weavers: The musicians' dilemma in Spotify's pay-to-play plan
Stream weavers: The musiciansâ dilemma in Spotifyâs pay-to-play plan January 19, 2021 | 12:02 am By John Hawkins, Ben Freyens and Michael James Walsh Spotify offered the promise that, in the age of digital downloads, all artists would get paid for their music, and some would get paid a lot. Lorde and Billie Eilish showed what was possible. Lorde was just 16 when, in 2012, she uploaded her debut EP to SoundCloud. A few months later, Sean Parker (of Napster and Facebook fame) put her first single â âRoyalsâ â on his popular Spotify Hipster International playlist. T...
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