Mark Johnson
@quantreau
dj, producer, and co-founder of Fortune Signal, a dance music label. also marketing for Infinite Catalog, a royalty accounting tool for the music industry.
Mark Johnson
quantreau.xyz
The creative industries, more often than not underpinned by copyright, are not easily measured (nor captured) by economists, but that doesn’t mean they don’t matter. Indeed, ample evidence shows they matter most, and one of the best case studies to explore is music.
Introducing the Music Economy Development Initiative — Center for Music Ecosystems
CONSTELLATIONS
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Still The Work.
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The pressure to be as efficient and productive as possible has a way of sneaking into one’s mind and body, reconfiguring one’s priorities, and directing one’s creative decisions without being detected and called out for what it is.
Devon Hansen • The great process squeeze: How efficiency bias is choking the music industry
Being a phenomenon of the attention economy, streaming platforms rely both on vast quantities of content and a competitive, almost gambling-like environment to attract artists who hope to go viral in the playlist ecosystem, particularly on Spotify. This leaves an opening for various commercial parties to double down on the incentives that are... See more