Welcome to Four Things #33. Hope you are doing great. Here’s another longer piece for you to start off the weekend, inspired by some of James Blake’s social media posts recently about streaming and artist income. Hope you enjoy it!
Interesting article - what are your thoughts on the role of live shows as part of the solution? I'm not talking about large-scale shows, but thinking more of artists with smaller audiences (therefore small scale performance). Is there a smart way of using live performance to both reward the artist, but create the active/social engagement from the listener that you're referencing? Maybe not due to the costs involved with running events, but be keen to get your view!
Interesting article - what are your thoughts on the role of live shows as part of the solution? I'm not talking about large-scale shows, but thinking more of artists with smaller audiences (therefore small scale performance). Is there a smart way of using live performance to both reward the artist, but create the active/social engagement from the listener that you're referencing? Maybe not due to the costs involved with running events, but be keen to get your view!