“It's a new dawn. It's a new day. It's a new life for me, and I'm feeling good…”

It’s issue #1624, but also the maiden voyage for Platform & Stream on Substack (after 6 years on the Revue platform). We’re still finding our way around, but there’s no slowing down the daily links!

✔️ SongVest CEO Talks Music Royalties, Streaming and 'SongShares'

SongVest gives fans an opportunity to invest in their favorite artists’ music.
Their platform makes it easy for any artist, songwriter, or rights holder to engage fan investors. It’s the opportunity to sell any percentage of any royalty stream for any term.

✔️ Fan-focused strategy still the best catalyst for success

Vasja Veber, co-founder of music data analytics platform Viberate – and one of the co-headline sponsors of the event – to share some key insights for readers to take into the new year. Veber looks into the underlying data, and explains how building immersive artist strategies that cultivate fandom are more likely to encourage fan cross-over to streaming.

✔️ Orchestras on-demand: the online world of Symphony.live

These are not performances you will find on YouTube, and they are performances worth paying for – just as you would buy a ticket if you were in Budapest or Cleveland. Unlike the other subscription sites listed above, however, Symphony.live has an ace up its sleeve.