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# This Week In Music Commentary
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/this-week-in-music-commentary-1-26/
- Published: 2016-09-11T11:02:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-09-11T11:02:00.000Z
- Description: Music commentators this week weighed in on why indie musicians should focus on podcasts and playlists, the importance of tour safety, and what will come next after streaming exclusives.
- Author: admin
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, Arcade Fire, Beats Electronics, Ben Sisario, Chester Bennington, Chief operating officer, Complex (magazine), concert, Deorro, Linkin Park, YouTube, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:22

[![6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c88eddd3970b-100wi](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d21b1d21970c-100wi "6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c88eddd3970b-100wi")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d21b1d21970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Music commentators this week weighed in on why **indie musicians** should focus on **podcasts and playlists**, the importance of **tour safety**, and what will come **next** after **streaming exclusives**.
- [Indie Musicians Should Focus On Podcasts And Playlists Not Pitchfork And Paste \[Kosha Dillz\]](https://www.hypebot.com/focus-on-podcasts-and-playlists/)
- [Linkin Park's Jim Digby Talks Concert Tour Safety In Dangerous Times \[Larry LeBlanc\]](https://www.hypebot.com/jim-digby-industry-profile-interview/)
- [Streaming Exclusives Are Done: What Comes Next? \[Cortney Harding\]](https://www.hypebot.com/streaming-exclusives-are-donedraft/)
- [The High Wire Of Releasing Music \[David Emery\]](https://www.hypebot.com/the-high-wire-of-releasing-music-david-emery/)

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