Episode 2.11 Encoding Quality: Potato
Tidal, Youtube, Bandcamp, and the Future of Music Distribution
Show Notes
Chris and Stephen note the launch of Tidal with some skepticism, then contrast the service with what could be considered Tidal’s polar opposite: YouTube. We look at the international aspects of music distribution, and think about how youth factor in to the ever-changing equation. And, good news, there’s a happy ending. I love happy endings.
Before You Go
- Iran and the Obama Doctrine by Thomas Friedman
Music
- “Number One” by The Sideshow Tragedy. Used by permission.
- “Winning Slowly Theme” by Chris Krycho. Now with more techno! Just kidding.
Links
- Tidal
- Spotify
- Pono
- Bandcamp
- Beatport
- The Piano Guys’ YouTube Page
- Pentatonix’s Youtube Page
- By the Numbers: 80+ Amazing YouTube Statistics
- 33 Amazing YouTube Facts & Stats to Tweet & Share
- 13–24 Year Olds Watching More YouTube Than TV - To The Surprise of No-one by Andy Smith
- Lily Allen: “Tidal Will Make Fans Swarm Back to Piracy…”
- Neil Young’s PonoPlayer: The Emperor Has No Clothes
- Why Netflix needs to crack down on foreigners accessing its US site by Leo Mirani
- Bandcamp Hits $100 Million Payout Milestone, Plans Artist Subscriptions by Andrew Flanagan
Further Reading
- Jay Z Launches TIDAL As “Artist Owned” Music Service: Big On Star Power, Short On Details by David Ulevitch
Previously on the show
- 2.03: Impervious Scale—we talked about YouTube’s Music Key product and their problems with artists like Zoë Keating.
- 2.10: So You’ve Been Hacked—we talked about how all industries are affected by the Internet.
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