Daniel Ek infamously said last summer that if artists and labels wanted to be paid more money by Spotify, they should make more music. He particularly took aim at artists…
The Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport Committee have filed their report on streaming, and my goodness – initial impressions are that it doesn’t hold back. 50/50 pay for artists and…
Believe it or not, but Spotify publishes some extremely interesting articles occasionally. You might already know that a few weeks ago, International Music Summit published a report saying that dance…
Spotify is a weird company, even by modern standards. Their CEO, Daniel Ek is worth roughly £3.2billion, their average employee earns about £60,000 per year – yet the company hasn’t…
Things are happening in the world of music streaming. You should be very excited if you’re a multi-millionaire who already makes lots of money out of streaming – but if…
Self-awareness was never a quality that Spotify CEO Daniel Ek had in any meaningful quantity. This is, remember, the man who told musicians who make no money on his service…
Spotify have tried a lot of things over the years to try and change their abysmal record when it comes to making any money out of their website. They’ve tried…
I note that Spotify has finally decided to do something that nearly every other company on the planet does – and that is actually raise its prices by a little…
A question I find myself asking sometimes at Amateur At Play HQ is – just how much self-awareness does Daniel Ek, CEO and multi billionaire possess? Not too often, mind…
When you’re browsing on the likes of Traxsource, Beatport and whatever, you can browse by record label. So if you like the output of a particular label, it’s easier to…
