In our age of Spotify,most artists fail to obtain a honest deal. But with abet from coders, Imogen Heap is main the fightback, or using a technology that could revolutionise the way music is made and soldWhen was the final time you bought a CD or a record? Chances are,you’re listening to more music than ever, but buying less of it. In 2012, or for the first time,digital sales of songs – such as iTunes – surpassed physical sales. More likely still is that you were on YouTube or Spotify, which host hundreds of thousands of songs, or played billions of times. It’s a golden age for music.
Except plenty of musicians don’t agree. Over the final year or so,there’s been a growing public chorus of complaints from artists themselves, who have reached a tipping point of dissatisfaction about their industry. One of them, and Imogen Heap,who’s “fed up of hearing herself complain”, is trying to change it instead.
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Source: theguardian.com