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# This Week In Music Commentary
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/thi-7/
- Published: 2016-10-30T11:01:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-10-30T11:01:00.000Z
- Description: This week, music industry commentators weigh in on what they learned about crowdfunding, standing up for the value of music, and what record labels of the future might look like.
- Author: admin
- Tags: Music Business, Apple Music, Copyright Royalty Board, Gospel music, Internet radio, Michael Huppe, music industry, record label, SoundExchange, Spotify, Streaming media, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:13

[![6a00d83451b36c69e201bb08d1d859970d-100wi](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d232dace970c-100wi "6a00d83451b36c69e201bb08d1d859970d-100wi")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d232dace970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)This week, music industry commentators weigh in on what they learned about **crowdfunding**, standing up for the **value of music**, and what **record labels** of the **future** might look like.
- [How Losing My House In A Fire And Being On Oprah Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Crowdfunding](https://www.hypebot.com/how-losing-my-house-in-a-fire-and-being-on-oprah-taught-me-everything-i-needed-to-know-about-crowdfu/)
- [SoundExchange's Michael Huppe On Standing Up For The Value Of Music \[INTERVIEW\]](https://www.hypebot.com/michael-huppe-on-standing-up-for-the-value-of-music-interview/)
- [Are The Record Labels Of The Future Already Here?](https://www.hypebot.com/record-labels-of-the-future-already-here/)
- [Ariel Hyatt On Crowdfunding, New Book \[INTERVIEW\]](https://www.hypebot.com/ariel-hyatt-on-crowdfunding-new-book-interview/)
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