Well I had to think about that quite a bit, because in a very broad sense, they can overlap from an "audience" perspective. Also, I don't think a large majority

Well I had to think about that quite a bit, because in a very broad sense, they can overlap from an "audience" perspective. Also, I don't think a large majority of amateur musicians take much of any time to get into basic rights management concepts until, well, a hard lesson shows up. Lumping the two together at least - this is my rationalization - brings up that both of them DO entail rights considerations. It's not the dark local club scene of trading riffs and dying young anymore... The other reason to talk about both of them in the same breath is that both avenues are ones that intelligent, diversified labels will want to exploit whenever possible. Fan culture and engagement is a touchy prospect, and going to SoundCloud and Dubset (iTunes & Spotify) as "partners" rather than "enforcers" is simply smart PR. If that means, haha, blurring the lines about what "up front" rights need to be secured when otherwise having no say in the matter, I think for once the industry is catching on. You may not agree that these are valid reasons to put the two in tandem, but I think they are and that's why I put it together as a topical - sound though not specific overall - review of what the "traditional" and potential "new" rights avenues might be like.