[erikpukinskis]

Great. They leave, push their listeners over on the younger version of them.

It's like sailing... Every bit of air that hits your sail will end up behind you, dispersed. That doesn't mean your boat will stop. You travel by charting a course where you stay ahead of a pressure differential.

Same in music. You need to find a source of new artists that will continually replenish you as you lose artists to platforms that focus on the stage after you in maturity. The beauty of culture is it always replenishes.

[dilemma]

This is exactly why SoundCloud should be a publisher. To take advantage of the gems their platform unearths.