Piff Marti: Music industry faces 4-to-5-year overcorrection between artists and labels
Piff Marti · Evolve or Die: The Future of the Creative Process, Artist Authenticity, and the Value of the Music · Jun 13, 2023 · at 42:01
Rapper and artist Piff Marti discusses the shift in bargaining power and financial alignment between music creators and traditional record labels during an a16z panel.
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“There's gonna be An overcorrection, where artists want to be the winner, and the labels lose, and the companies lose, so I think it's gonna take that four to five years to get to that point.”
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