Decentralized #music — What Opportunities Lie Ahead
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Source: Gratisography.comThe role of technology in music has always been to take the artist’s work to a larger audience. Each technological advancement helped artists to reach a larger audience.To give you some numbers, we as music consumers are listening to more music than ever before — on our commute, at the gym, while we work, in bars and restaurants. Weuse our earbuds, our phones, our Bluetooth speakers, our smart-watched wrists… music now occupies a larger place in our everyday lives than ever. A person in the US listened to an average of 32.1 hours of music per week in 2017, which is nearly eight hours more per week than just two years ago.However, this technology which helped artists to spread their music is also threatening them. Artists no longer have control over their music due (...)