In-class interview #4

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Holly Stadel

In class on November 10 we discussed how Taylor Swift had pulled all of her music from Spotify – a streaming program for free music. My interviewee and I discussed streaming music, and how so many people do it now because it's available. We talked about the value of music and talent,  and how artists don't get paid enough for what they do, which was the basis of Swift's decision to pull her music. We also discussed the idea that music is political, but less now than it was in the past. My interviewee feels that there was more going on politically in the past, which is why music had more involvement in the expression of political beliefs.