Spotify laundry money

Spotify laundry money

Last week in the Swedish media, which has spread around the world, has been writing about criminals using Spotify to laundry money. I don’t understand why they start reporting that right now? In the business, we already talked about this on panels in 2019. It has not...
Sorry I have to leave you and move on!

Sorry I have to leave you and move on!

Presently, we find ourselves amidst a significant transformation within the music industry, a cycle that tends to repeat approximately every decade. These shifts stem from both a necessity for change and technological advancements that reshape the landscape. The 1990s...
1000 fans are all you need.

1000 fans are all you need.

In 2008, Kevin Kelly, then editor of Wired, wrote the 1,000 True Fans essay, which suggested that an artist on the internet only needs 1,000 superfans to earn a living from their art. The number was recalculated in 2020 by Li Jin, co-founder of Variant Fund, who...
You need to know when you hear a good song!

You need to know when you hear a good song!

I was speaking to some friends in the music industry and a kind of big problem is starting to arise in the music industry right now. The problem is that quite many people in the music industry don’t have the ears or knowledge to find a good song. How hard can it be...