The Music Industry is Broken
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LINKS TO OUR MUSIC: https://linktr.ee/arythmia
subscribe to our youtube channel: @Arythmiamusic
chapters:
00:00 – intro
1:07 – spotify
18:36 – record labels
28:36 – LiveNation/ticketmaster
35:09 – my own experience
some really cool local bands:
Walking Blue: https://www.instagram.com/walkingbluefl/?hl=en
Sky Navy: https://www.instagram.com/skynavy.fl/?hl=en
Orange Blossom Trail: https://www.instagram.com/obt_band/?hl=en
Foxlair: https://www.instagram.com/foxlair.band/?hl=en
Paracosm: https://www.instagram.com/paracosm_theband/?hl=en
Mode.: https://www.instagram.com/modeperiod/?hl=en
I Met a Yeti: https://www.instagram.com/imetayeti/?hl=en
Nursing: https://www.instagram.com/nursing.fl/?hl=en
Jupiter Storm: https://www.instagram.com/jupiterstormfl/?hl=en
My browser: https://opr.as/08-Opera-browser-drewisgooden
@drewisgooden
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
if you want to listen to my band here’s some links: https://linktr.ee/arythmia
youtube: https://youtube.com/@arythmiamusic?si=Euw4dEtIbISJKO5m
and you can download the album for free on bandcamp: https://arythmiamusic.bandcamp.com/album/parasocial
@grapefruit03
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
33:46 yes last dinosaurs rep!!
@Sumo_Slammer1O
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
I've been using Opera for years and I didn't know about the tab island feature
@bananapiracy
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
I cancelled my Spotify subscription at the beginning of 2025 and instead started buying albums with the money I would have spent on Spotify each month.
Now I own my favourite music that I can listen to whenever and wherever I want, and the artists I love make more money than they ever would have from me streaming their music. Also it turns out I really enjoy the process of looking for new music as well as keeping up to date with what's coming out using sites like AOTY, and I'm listening to so much great music that I'm sure Spotify would have never pushed to me. I can't recommend it enough!
@maryb6280
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
Casually mentioning your friends with dance Gavin dance?????😭😭 how did this happen
@thespudisback2133
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
Oh shit Drew still posts
@MadaoLEM
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
I got tired of Spotify as It was the same music over and over . I used to have Deezer which for me was the best maybe I should come back
@snaphaan5049
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
Soulless?! Nah mate.
And you just hammered on the romantic view artists have of the industry. AI is'nt there yet but it will be… soon. And it will be more creative than any human could ever wish to be. Some of the stuff that's in development is insane. It's not just about data or algorithms anymore.
@eli-fuvkin-krueger
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
As a spotify user, it is a good plattform. I love creating playlists. Before I had the app, used to semi-legally download all songs I liked and burned my playlists on CDs but that was ofc a lot of effort. But all this going on makes me feel guilty about using it
@ogge193
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
More likely than not these ai artists with a ton of listeners isn't so much a case of spotify pushing them on purpose, but more likely these accounts are used to buy streams for money laundering purposes.
@Babybean233
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
I feel like you could go down So Many rabbit holes with this if he chose to also look into kpop and how That's been affecting the american music market as well
@playronestudios7574
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
Guys! The stats are phoney. The bots are promoting bots, let that sink in.
@aaronnight4176
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
Hey Drew I know this is a long shot but would you and Julian ever consider releasing tab sheets for your music? I've been listening to Parasocial nonstop since this video came out and would love to learn how to play the songs myself (esp The Cost of Living). Anyway even if you can't, thank you for this awesome album!!
@gh8447
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
I can proudly say that:
– I have never subscribed to an music streaming 'service',
– I still buy CDs, often new from the bands' websites directly (as well as merch),
– listen to music by the album the way the artist(s) intended.
– will never listen to AI generated music. Part of what I love about music, and art in general, is human talent and creativity – art created by AI trained on human creativity is a pale talentless facsimile.
@bbqchicken8681
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
As an artist myself, I feel your pain. Being a musician is 100% rigged 🙁
(shameless plug, Barnabus, got one single out and an ep coming soon)
@aritaylor6351
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
well well well. look what the ad dragged in
@HyperUserGoesHyperer
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
Your music is actually my style so def gonna listen to it! 🎉
@emberwaves311
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
Literally every Drew Gooden complains video is him just wishing we lived in a monoculture again but he cant say it or he loses his sycophant fans.
@iLeomaru
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
So this is how i found out that Drew is extremely local and I couldve watched him perform at Will's pub huh
@Rowenmuff1n
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
31:58 love DGD
@notthatprettyboyy
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
Unsubscribing to Spotify now
@NarvikBand-t9i
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
As a band member of a band that has songs on spotify and sometimes does concerts, I can tell you the most profit you'll make as an independent musician is, when you take your guitar, sit down at a busy road and put a hat in front of you and start playing/singing. And because no big corp makes money out of that, it is illegal to do so in my country. Gotta love the modern world.
@TheApplebanger
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
Interesting sponsor choice. Opera is absolutely pushing AI as well, so the ad segment feels very icky
@Red_Tulip
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
The irony that I got a Spotify ad LMAO
@ultraali453
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
I don't watch videos like this too often but it was totally worth it. Thank you for sharing!
@jeirennn
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
But there’s also the money of the consumer which is overseen. I’m a student. I work part time. I literally cannot afford to buy CDs. I can barely afford the Spotify student plan. I want to support the artists more directly but I simply do not have the means to do it. I mean, I have had to Afterpay school supplies on TEMU. Yes, the cheap Chinese app. Money is not easy to get when you aren’t born in the middle class. I, and likely millions of others, are trying to work their way up, but until then, we have to use what we can afford.
@mib5633
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
i wonder if apple music is any better
@OhMyMeezy
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
I’m so happy you interviewed some of the members of Dance Gavin Dance. I’ve seen that band every single time they’ve come to my city since I was 13. The change in the industry is so crazy to see as a fan. I actually just went back to find one of my old tickets and I paid $20 to see them in 2015. 🥺 crazy to think I how little profit they got from that.
@dermanater
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
what i love about drew gooden videos is you're like 10-15 minutes in and you start to worry that it's ending soon then you check and you're not even halfway there
@aleks_jones
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
so if they sell 10,000 tickets each band member makes $50,000 in a single month, and theyre still complaining????????????? lmfao………… what a joke. everybody is so greedy it's disgusting….
@GozzyWozzyWoo
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
Now how many listen bots are being used to artificially increase the monthly listeners of these AI songs??
@AMAS-ss22
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
Congratulations on your album
Industry is just money and business
Create your art for yourself
It came from you and is for you
Generating money out of it is just bonus
Real value is the process of creating art for the artist
@teej7244
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
DGD appearance fuck yeah
@bean3243
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
The Drew Gooden industry is an interesting place right now.
@Pennyroyal9
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
i finally ripped the bandaid off and canceled my spotify subscription a few months ago. I'm already paying for youtube, so paying for both was just a waste of money, not to mention spotify is supportive of genocide in palestine, and has also become enshitified
@aleks_jones
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
people seem to forget that for conglomerates to own everything requires that the owners sellout to the highest bidder rather than sell it cheaper to someone who will keep the original core business values….. you can't blame the buyer and not the seller too.
@wyrmrose2273
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
:3 <3 hitting the nail on the head
@freyacreaton626
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
How do you get what Spotify gives you, but ethically? Is there any options
@nrares21
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
Man this is so great to see the obly way to "win" at capitalism is to be a parasitic service that makes the luves of everoyne worse, exclusing them. Both worse for clinets and the artists. Why do we reward things like these with money and recognition ???
@TheEmifisch
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
Actually very glad you made the video so I could find your band! Also such an interesting insight on the music industry ❤
@odessapietryga
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
I guess guitar hero worked…
@vergonium
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
Being a musician this just made me sad
@CodeWarrior01
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
great video, thanks
@baspastar868
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
YouTube music for the win
@krostjani2574
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
Please research how shity opra as a company is
@henlokiti
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
23:43 CHESTER NOOOOO 💔
@Everydayisforgrimmie94
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
23:19 reminded me of Oliver tree
@avramsanders9198
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
If I had the ability to make one company crash and burn? Well it would have to be Nestle, but if I had the ability to make TWO companies crash and burn? Ticketmaster would fall to a glorious class-action lawsuit that sees all of us get our "service fees" redunded
@baertur
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
46:12 and I was one of them 💪
@amxst1819
June 20, 2026 at 3:29 pm
I actually am ok with the way the music industry is in a selfish way. I don’t really like any new artists so wouldn’t support them anyway but I get to listen to a whole universe of old classics as much as I want as part of YouTube premium. That suits me. I feel sorry for the younger generation though, they will never have all the artists all at the same time smashing the industry now it’s just whatever’s hot for a minute on tik tok