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The Music Industry Is Solving the Wrong Bottleneck

By Diana “ladidai” Umana ·

The Music Industry Is Solving the Wrong Bottleneck — by Diana “ladidai” Umana for Music Business Worldwide

The music industry keeps trying to fix discovery, but discovery is not the bottleneck. Advocacy is, and every advocate starts as a fan. With Audiomack's Brian “Z” Zisook, Pandora's Tatiana Snead, and Washington's leap from 500 to 115,700 monthly listeners.

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