Traditional depictions of The Devil – a.k.a. Satan, Beelzebub, El Diablo, Lucifer, Abaddon… you know, that bad guy, the baddest guy – typically describe a red-skinned, horned, winged, terrible creature, a fallen angel tempting humans to sin, the sworn enemy of God himself, and the enemy of virtuous humans everywhere.
In today’s music industry, the devil wears green.
We spend the better part of this podcast discussing the recent tiff between The Green Devil and The Biggest Pop Star On The Planet.
We also welcome our very special guest, Wes Davenport of Echo Ave.
SHOW NOTES (really just a reading list this time):
- Taylor Swift Catalog Removed from Spotify | Billboard
- Nikki Sixx Speaks To Taylor Swift’s Record Company President About Decision To Remove Catalog From Spotify – Blabbermouth.net
- $2 Billion and Counting | Spotify Blog
- Aloe Blacc: Streaming Services Need to Pay Songwriters Fairly | WIRED
- Garth Brooks Weighs In on Spotify, iTunes and YouTube Controversies | Rolling Stone (apparently the devil does wear red)
- The future of music sales is here. So how CAN the artists make it pay? | Music | The Observer
- Steve Albini on the surprisingly sturdy state of the music industry – in full | Music | theguardian.com
- How To Make Streaming Royalties Fair(er) — Cuepoint — Medium
