Rico is back on this episode of Minus Sixteen, and this time around we are talking about the state of the music business. Rico is in the perfect position to tell us what it really like to release an album and how the streaming culture has changed the music industry forever!
Checkout Rico's Seeds project here https://open.spotify.com/album/2RRVNJ5jUJdwjRUmfzoOo3?si=q_Iqxe44Sl2Qo37DtxvRpg
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00:00 Intro
02:00 Completing an album
05:00 A record companies involvement
11:00 Nearing release
15:00 Royalties and how they work
25:00 Streaming - the good and bad
32:00 Streaming revenue versus physical sales
41:00 Post release blues
43:20 Getting on a Spotify playlist
45:40 YouTube and music
49:00 How streaming revenue is set
53:30 Is music viable?
61:00 Wrapping up
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