Yellow Brit Road, 9 August 2020: Streaming, Chart Battles, Live Performances

<p>This week, the Yellow Brit Road trekked down the paths of the current and happening in the world of music, both in the UK and globally. We listened to some classic bands and music, discussed the trends and workings of music streaming, cheered on an emerging charts battle with a front view, and sipped some masala chai from Montreal.</p> <p>We heard some classic Led Zeppelin and the last EP from Gang of Four, <em>Anti Hero</em>. We listened to some studio and live performances by singer-songwriter L.A. Salami from London. His full performance at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpYCCcWlxNo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NPR Music's Tiny Desk Concert can be watched here</a> (bless visual media!), and his music can be purchased <a href="https://lasalami.bandcamp.com/album/the-cause-of-doubt-a-reason-to-have-faith" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">on his Bandcamp here</a>.</p> <p>We discussed the inner workings of music streaming platforms to the best of public knowledge about them, and why in a gig-less world of quarantine, social distancing and livestreaming, the meagre amount musicians are able to make from their music itself has to increase and why Spotify CEO Daniel Ek's comments to <a href="https://musically.com/2020/07/30/spotify-ceo-talks-covid-19-artist-incomes-and-podcasting-interview/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">MusicAlly in interview this week </a>are especially tone deaf and unrealistic.</p> <p>Find out more about <a href="https://twitter.com/MrTomGray" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tom Gray</a> and the <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BrokenRecord&amp;src=hashtag_click" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrokenRecord</a> movement on Twitter here. A few others advocating for change include <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/fixstreaming?src=hashtag_click" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FixStreaming </a>and more generally, <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=KeepMusicAlive&amp;src=typed_query" rel="noopener noreferre