Travel through time and discover the ways in which we listen to music has changed

A brief timeline of key breakthroughs in recorded sound

Music is as old as time, but we’ve come a long way since drums and wooden flutes. As technology has grown, music production and consumption has seen

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Artists are cancelling live dates owing to soaring costs, venue bottlenecks, Brexit and the pandemic. Can touring ever be viable again?

Artists deserve clarity about the economics of music streaming. This site aims to increase transparency by sharing new data on the global streaming economy and breaking down the royalty system, the players, and the process.