music industry

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• SOURCE: Jacobin
  3/6/2022
  

  When Musicians Went on Strike – and Won

  by Joey De La Neve Defrancesco

  Professional unionized musicians in the 1940s struck to stop the impact of recording technology on their livelihoods. It's an example for musical artists being squeezed by streaming services today. 

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  2/6/2022
  

  The Neil Young-Joe Rogan Affair Shows the Long History of the Music Industry

  by Sam Backer

  The music industry's adaptation to the streaming age (and return to profits for the big labels) is part of a long history extracting money from new technologies, including giving artists the smallest slice of the pie. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  1/23/2022
  

  Is Old Music Killing New Music?

  by Ted Gioia

  The growth in sales in music is coming overwhelmingly from old songs. Can the music industry sustain new performers if money keeps flowing to old catalogues? 

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• SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
  6/28/2021
  

  Country Music's Next Big Question: Where are Latino Artists?

  by Amanda Marie Martinez

  “My dream is for the cowboys and the vaqueros — who were the first cowboys — to all be in one place, to bring those two worlds together.”

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• SOURCE: Business Insider
  3/26/2021
  

  Black-Owned Record Stores are Disappearing while Vinyl Sales are Skyrocketing. Some Shop Owners Say it's a Sign of a 'Whitewashed' Industry

  The importance of Black musicians to American popular culture is not reflected in the ownership of record stores. Joshua Clark Davis explains why. 

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• 12/22/19
  

  We are living in the most practical period of music listening

  by Paige Morse

  Music listeners must understand the music industry's past to appreciate the convenience and affordability of today's streaming platforms.