17 Aug 2023

The dark side of music streaming

From Afternoons, 1:50 pm on 17 August 2023

Even though we kinda know that musicians don't earn much off Spotify it's algorithms seem to know our music tastes better than we do ourselves.

We're going to burst that bubble now and find out more about the dark side of music streaming.

Dr Fabio Morreale is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Music at the University of Auckland and speaking on this topic at a Raising The Bar event in Auckland. He speaks to Jesse.

Headphones are on the screen of a smartphone, which displays the logo from the music streaming service Spotify.

Photo: Fernando Gutierrez-Juarez / dpa-Zentralbild / dpa Picture-Alliance via AFP