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# Overheard At The Future Of Music Summit Day 3
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/future_of_music_summit_day_3/
- Published: 2009-10-07T10:13:00.000Z
- Updated: 2009-10-07T10:13:00.000Z
- Description: Daniel Ek of Spotify and Casey Rae Hunter of FMC: Casey: What role do you think Spotify might play in artists revenue streams? Daniel: not sure this is going to. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/10/future_of_music_summit_day_3.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Conventions & Awards, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:03

**Daniel Ek** of **Spotify** and **Casey Rae Hunter** of FMC:

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> **Casey:** What role do you think Spotify might play in **artists revenue streams**?  
>  
> **Daniel:**  
> not sure this is going to remain the way it is, if you look at my  
> native country Sweden we've got 90% of the population using broadband,  
> 50% are using spotify, Bit Torrent traffic is down. We're **growing**  
> **50-70% in revenues to the artists month to month**.

**Brian Message**, manager of **Radiohead** and others:

> "Recorded **music is still the language between artists and fans**. If you pass that control over to someone else, it's very easy to do that, it's not so good. Certainly we have found with a number of our **artists, they understand we live or die now by they we do**, not the management. For example, instead of **The Rifles** hanging out backstage after a show **they go sign merch**, **fans love it.**  
>  

**Via Twitter:** 

- RT @tbquirk: Metadata Joke: **if someone names his band Various Artists, he'll make a lot of money from soundexchange, etc** #fmc09
- RT @lindsaydoll: At a panel in future of music journalism.. **"content is no longer king. The audience is king."** #fmc09