- Angus Finlayson speaks to Avalon Emerson, Mat Dryhurst, Marta Salogni and others about the impact of streaming services on artists.
- Dance music is a multi-billion dollar industry, yet there's never been so much debate over where all that money goes. The inequality of the scene's wealth distribution is now a hot topic, especially among producers. While their music is the engine of the scene, their traditional revenue streams have steadily dwindled, leaving them in an ever-more precarious state. Considered against a precipitous rise in DJ fees and the paradigm shift toward streaming services, it's not hard to see how electronic producers are in crisis.
In the first of a two-part series for The Hour, DJ, producer and journalist Angus Finlayson unpacks the factors that led to this state of affairs, and explores how the scene could work toward a more equitable model. He speaks to renowned engineer Marta Salogni, electronic producer Xin, artist and educator Mat Dryhurst, Buy Music Club founders Louis Centre and Avalon Emerson, and Liz Pelly, a journalist who has written extensively on the topic of streaming services' impact on musicians.
You can read a written version of the podcast in today's feature.
The RA Exchange is also available on Spotify.
Producer /
Martha Pazienti Caidan
TracklistLeif - Myrtus [Whities]
Joe - Get Centered [Cómeme]
Call Super - All We Have Is Speed [Peach Discs]
Telefon Tel Aviv - standing at the bottom of the ocean [Ghostly International]
BFTT - Ofusc [Gobstopper]
Xin - Sucker [Subtext Recordings]
BFTT - I [Gobstopper]
Unslaved - Screen Drain [Grade 10]
Avalon Emerson - Honest Gangster [Spring Theory]
Call Super - All We Have Is Speed [Peach Discs]
Sky H1 - Hybrid [PAN]