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Keep it Local: Music Streaming & Local Music Communities

Jones, Richard Earl
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4129-686X
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1512137210213619

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2017, Master of Fine Arts, Miami University, Art.
The Napster revolution at the turn of 21st century toppled recorded music revenue streams as peer-to-peer file-sharing and piracy tore listeners away from music retailers and left a power vacuum at the center of the music industry. From 2008-2016, streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube emerged as the de facto leaders in the free culture of recorded music. This paper examines the impact of streaming services on local musicians and explores possible design interventions to improve financial returns of streaming for local acts. Streaming revenues accounted for 51% of recorded music revenue in 2016, but local artists, without the financial resources of major record labels, are not enjoying the financial revival. Favoring regional talent in streaming algorithms and incorporating existing plugins or widgets into the user interface of streaming platforms can funnel more revenue toward local artists.
Dennis Cheatham (Committee Chair)
Richard Campbell (Committee Member)
Diane Fellows (Committee Member)
Chris Strobel (Other)
Glenn Platt (Other)
60 p.
Fine Arts; Mass Communications; Mass Media; Multimedia Communications; Music; Performing Arts; Technology
music; streaming; spotify; apple; recording artists; live performance; music streaming; napster; pandora; iTunes; iPod; YouTube; Netflix; RIAA; design; soundcloud; bandcamp; record labels; experience design; music industry; revenue; radio; college radio;

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  • Jones, R. E. (2017). Keep it Local: Music Streaming & Local Music Communities [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1512137210213619

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Jones, Richard. Keep it Local: Music Streaming & Local Music Communities. 2017. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1512137210213619.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Jones, Richard. "Keep it Local: Music Streaming & Local Music Communities." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1512137210213619

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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