The Future of Streaming: Where Should Music Live?

LV16 panel series - Panel: The Future of Streaming: Where Should Music Live?

1:30pm / FREE / All Ages

The music industry and the way we consume music has shifted greatly over the past 15 years since the launch and rise in popularity of music streaming services such as Spotify, Apple Music, and Tidal. With listeners shifting from a file sharing era with MP3s players and physical media to a catch all subscription service that pays artists a fraction of a cent per stream. Movements by artists and users alike against streaming giants, particularly Spotify, have emerged, initially to protest unfair compensation for artists, and more recently to raise ethical concerns with the company’s CEO Daniel Ek’s investment in the military AI company Helsing. Join our panelists in a discussion about where music should live 2026, how music consumption can be democratized while supporting artists, and alternative ways of discovering…