cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/24295868
One survey by the US Library of Congress suggested that less than 20% of all recorded music was available on the internet. That’s where Rob Johnson comes in.
By day, he’s a 41-year-old working in business development for a London law firm. By night, he’s a music industry crusader – digging up obscure gems and persuading record labels to make them available online.
Some really interesting cases of “not-available-digitally” music he tracked down and the impact on the musicians are in this articles!
Weirdest thing for me recently was wanting to listen to one specific single version of a song, scrolling through the streaming platform and seeing “ah great that single exists” - only to find out when playing it that the label had uploaded the album version of the track as the single version.