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Which is why artists like doing exclusives with Apple. https://medium.com/@sdotglass/apple-music-exclusives-2d5b5ed3ac4f#.9qi2941ii https://medium.com/@sdotgla

• dogma1138 10y ago
  I don't see why if an artist can publish directly on Apple Music they can't do it on Spotify. Artists are usually locked by their labels with pretty bad contracts that prevent them from doing anything else on the side. Labels often even can even get the majority of the revenue from live performances.
  • bogomipz 10y ago
    Publishing directly is the Tidal model and it really should be the future as it benefits the artist and the streaming provider and positions the record label as the middle man that it is. I am not aware of any artists that "publish direct" to Apple Music. The reason that is a problem for a Spotify is because that is "biting the hand that feeds." If you start encouraging artists to deal directly to you the streaming company, you can rest assured that when it comes time to renegotiate your licensing deal with the record labels the terms will not be very favorable or at least not as favorable as they were previously. You mentioned that "Labels often even get the majority of revenue from live performances." I believe what you are referring to is a "360 deal" I think these are largely the domain of the only biggest artists in the world. I could be wrong though. https://www.thebalance.com/how-360-deals-in-the-music-industry-work-2460343 https://www.thebalance.com/how-360-deals-in-the-music-indust...