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In the digital age, music blogs play a pivotal role in helping artists gain exposure, build their fanbase, and navigate the competitive music industry. These blogs serve as gateways to connect with music enthusiasts, industry professionals, and fellow artists.

In the digital age, SoundCloud has emerged as a game-changer for musicians and music enthusiasts alike. Established in 2007, this platform has reshaped the music industry landscape by offering a space where artists can freely share their music, connect with fans, and even monetize their creations.

The music industry has always been at the forefront of innovation, constantly adapting to new technologies and consumer demands. In recent years, one technology that has made a profound impact on the industry is artificial intelligence (AI). AI has emerged as a powerful tool, transforming various aspects of music creation, distribution, and consumption. From composition to recommendation systems, AI is revolutionizing the way music is made, discovered, and enjoyed by millions of people worldwide.

Getting your music released is no longer a matter of finding the right record label that is willing to sign your music based on a demo. A multitude of digital distributors, aggregators and DIY music delivery platforms are available, just a few clicks away.

Can modern-day artists make a living from streaming music? That’s a very relevant and much-heard question in the music industry. The market of music streaming depends on the masses, scalable solutions and worldwide marketing efforts. But is there a simple answer to the question ‘how much do I make per stream’? No, unfortunately not. Let’s dive in deeper.

To explore what Web 3.0 has to offer for artists and record labels, we first need to understand what this term exactly means. To fully understand Web 3.0, it is useful to also learn more about its ‘predecessors’ called Web 1.0 and Web 2.0. So before discovering the full potential of Web 3.0 for the music industry, let’s first dive into the past for a little bit.

Radio is still a major source when it comes to discovering new music. For many artists radio is undoubtedly still a big goal: airtime on large national radio stations means reaching millions of fans through a well-respected medium. Having tracks on the radio is almost like a confirmation of quality.
Getting played on the radio, however, is very difficult and the rules are complicated. Let’s dive in deeper.

Beatport is the most important DSP for DJs. Established in 2004, it became the biggest in a wide range of digital download stores. Long gone competitors like Audiojelly, Track it Down and DJTunes all tried to compete with Beatport. Some smaller DJ stores are still around but all DJs know that Beatport is the place to be.

Every day over 60.000 tracks are added to Spotify. Most of them go unnoticed, a small portion ends up on the radio and even a smaller portion ends up as hits. With such a huge amount of tracks being produced on a daily basis, it is almost impossible to maintain the highest level of creativity. This is one of the reasons why so many tracks nowadays include samples of older tracks.

Streaming music consumption is still reaching new heights year on year. It has proven to be a solid business model, replacing physical carriers and increasing the total amount of annual revenue accrued in the music industry. It makes music easily accessible and solves the problem of illegal downloading.