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Sean Parker On Spotify, The New Music Business & Why Most Bands Should Never Sign With A Label

We usually post the latest episode of This Week In Music on Saturday morning, but since they're taking a week off, we're re-posting this great video with Sean Paker, billionaire. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/10/sean-parker-on-spotify-the-new-music-business-why-most-bands-sh

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We usually post the latest episode of This Week In Music on Saturday morning, but since they're taking a week off, we're re-posting this great video with Sean Paker, billionaire venture capitalist, founder of Facebook and Napster and Spotify investor. Parker talks about the future of the music industry: "I'm not actually sure why you would sign with a record label".  On Spotify, Parker says its "an attempt to finish what I started at Napster".  WATCH THE VIDEO:

    Most of the music discussion happens from 9-18 minutes, then the discussion turns to what's wrong with Facebook and the glut of information.