Drew Gooden tells us why the music industry is broken. A facinating look into Spotify, Ticketmaster, and the other gatekeepers of the music industry. How they work, how things have changed over time, and how artists end up drawing the short straw at almost every turn. Also loved the little twist near the end.

This means that while there’s obviously a correlation between the amount of plays a song gets and the amount of royalties that artist receives, it’s not as if a third of a penny gets deposited into their account every time you press play.