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What The Music Industry Doesn’t Talk About Enough: Following the Money Trail

What The Music Industry Doesn’t Talk About Enough: Following the Money Trail

The music industry thrives on inflated fees, hidden losses, spun metrics, and opaque payouts — and no one wants to…

October 10, 2025

What The Music Industry Doesn’t Talk About Enough: The Merch Economy

Globally, merch is a billion-dollar lifeline for musicians. In India, it remains underdeveloped, caught between cultural habits, price sensitivity, and…

September 26, 2025

​​What the Music Industry Doesn’t Talk About Enough: Hip-Hop’s Visual Identity in the Age of Brands

As budgets rise and stages grow, the questions are about vision, access, and who decides the picture.

September 19, 2025

What The Music Industry Doesn’t Talk About Enough: Minimum Wage For Musicians

If the music industry wants a future full of headliners, it must start by paying its opening acts today

September 12, 2025

What The Music Industry Doesn’t Talk About Enough: Music’s Carbon Footprint

Plastics and waste are being managed, but travel, power, and touring logistics remain invisible in India’s climate conversation

September 5, 2025

Jazz Corner: How 20th-Century Jazz Shaped Popular Music

From ragtime and the Jazz Age to Bollywood and hip-hop, jazz has been a constant force in influencing music across…

September 2, 2025

What The Music Industry Doesn’t Talk About Enough: The Sponsorship Illusion

Musicians avoid endangering deals, organizers tread carefully not to alienate sponsors, and publications rely heavily on ad revenue

August 29, 2025

What The Music Industry Doesn’t Talk About Enough: Unregulated Workplaces

India’s booming music economy is built on fragile, often toxic, and largely unregulated systems where basic dignity comes last

August 21, 2025

What The Music Industry Doesn’t Talk About Enough: Social Media Burnout

What happens when artists choose not to feed the feed?

August 13, 2025

What the Music Industry Doesn’t Talk About Enough: Streaming Royalties and Transparency

The numbers look good on paper until you ask how much actually reaches the people making the music

August 4, 2025