> I guess the idea is, why would you long tail when you can Pareto Principle? IMO, that's not a great point. The music is already made - that's the hard part.

> I guess the idea is, why would you long tail when you can Pareto Principle? IMO, that's not a great point. The music is already made - that's the hard part. It just needs to be licensed. Maybe there are other channels that are more profitable than streaming, but I'm guessing that a lot of older/niche music is just locked away for no good reason. At a certain point, I have to imagine that most artists would prefer their music be listened to if they aren't going to make money either way.