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# Last week in music industry commentary
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/last-week-in-music-industry-commentary-37/
- Published: 2021-09-27T12:59:35.000Z
- Updated: 2021-09-27T12:59:36.000Z
- Description: Over the past week, music industry insiders weighed in on the “work hard, playlist hard” mentality musicians should cultivate, why songwriters deserve more compensation, the reason middle-class musicians need niche,. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2021/09/last-week-in-music-indust
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Over the past week, music industry insiders weighed in on the “work hard, playlist hard” mentality musicians should cultivate, why songwriters deserve more compensation, the reason middle-class musicians need niche, not scale, and more.

- **[‘Work hard, playlist hard’ says Chartmetric’s Mike Warner](https://www.hypebot.com/work-hard-playlist-hard-says-chartmetric-mike-warner/)**
- [**Smart artists are live-streaming their album launches**](https://www.hypebot.com/smart-artists-are-live-streaming-their-album-launches/)
- [**‘Songwriters are the lowest paid person in the economic equation’ and Merck Mercuriadis is bankrolling a Guild to fight back**](https://www.hypebot.com/songwriters-are-the-lowest-paid-person-in-the-economic-equation-and-merck-mercuriadis-is-bankrolling-a-guild-to-fight-back/)
- [**Middle-class musicians need niche, not scale \[Mark Mulligan\]**](https://www.hypebot.com/middle-class-musicians-need-niche-not-scale-mark-mulligan/)
- **[Where’s my money?’ songwriters, publishers ask MLC](https://www.hypebot.com/wheres-my-money-songwriters-publishers-ask-mlc/)**