EPISODE · Mar 23, 2026 · 16 MIN
Have streaming services diluted the value of music?
from The Scoot Show with Scoot
Spotify made music easier than ever to hear but harder than ever for musicians to make a living. Now some people inside the industry are saying the whole thing is about to collapse. Is streaming actually dying? Is Spotify about to go the way of the cassette tape? What would take its place? Will the next evolution in music make it harder or easier to make a career out of it? Joel Gouvia, publisher of "The Artist Economy" on Substack, joins Ian Hoch to talk about the potential future of music streaming services like Spotify.
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Spotify made music easier than ever to hear but harder than ever for musicians to make a living. Now some people inside the industry are saying the whole thing is about to collapse. Is streaming actually dying? Is Spotify about to go the way of the cassette tape? What would take its place? Will the next evolution in music make it harder or easier to make a career out of it? Joel Gouvia, publisher of "The Artist Economy" on Substack, joins Ian Hoch to talk about the potential future of music streaming services like Spotify.
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