Opinion | Open the Music Industry’s Black Box (Published 2015)

THIS should be the greatest time for music in history — more of it is being found, made, distributed and listened to than ever before. That people are willing to pay for digital streaming is good news. In Sweden, where it was founded, Spotify saved a record industry that piracy had gutted. Everyone should be celebrating — but many of us who create, perform and record music are not. Tales of popula