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About ngtruan

Hello everyone! I'm a local Hays native going on my 4th year here at FHSU, and pursuing a degree in Media Production. I'm now 28 and currently work with my Dad managing our family business. I'm a full-time heavy equipment operator during the week and on the weekends I'm usually off at some venue performing with a local band as a guitarist. Feel free to reach out and say hey! Cheers! :) View all posts by ngtruan →

Music Streaming Services: Royalty Payments, Discontent, and a User-Centric Solution

December 10, 2021UncategorizedDigital Service Providers, Music Streaming Services, Pro-rata, Proposal, Streaming Royalties, User Centricngtruan

Abstract Today, anyone with a smartphone or computer can access over 70 million songs in a matter of seconds. This has brought many positive and negative elements alike, yet the life of a struggling artist still remains an issue to this day. Digital Service Providers (DSPs: iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, etc.) give artists easy access to … Continue reading Music Streaming Services: Royalty Payments, Discontent, and a User-Centric Solution →

Music Streaming Services: Pro Rata vs. User-Centric Royalty Models

December 6, 2021Week 14 Blog PostArtists, Content Creator, Digital Streaming, Music Streaming Services, Pro-rata, Streaming Royalties, user-centeredngtruan

Hypothesis: Many streaming platforms promote the idea of a safe and fair platform that stimulates a creative environment for the artistic community. However, the widely used Pro-rata distribution model does not reflect this concept and often times has been found to grossly underpay the vast majority of hardworking artists. I propose that a hybridized user-centric … Continue reading Music Streaming Services: Pro Rata vs. User-Centric Royalty Models →

Improving Music Streaming: Pro-rata vs. User-centric

November 28, 2021Uncategorizedngtruan

Search Topic: I made some slight alterations to my topic as I mentioned in my previous post. I am now studying the effectiveness of the ‘Pro-rata’ royalties’ model (which is currently used by most of the major music streaming platforms) compared to a user-centric model based on fan-powered royalties. Many of these companies claim they … Continue reading Improving Music Streaming: Pro-rata vs. User-centric →

Understanding Research Methods: Topic 81 Presentation

November 28, 2021Uncategorizedngtruan

Fan-Powered vs. Pro-rata in Music Streaming: Research Cont.

November 14, 2021Uncategorizedngtruan

I’d like to begin this post with a side note: I will be slightly adjusting the angle of my research. The question I will concentrate on from this point is the effectiveness of a user-centric model based on “fan-powered” royalties versus the “Pro-rata” model which is currently used by most major streaming platforms, and how … Continue reading Fan-Powered vs. Pro-rata in Music Streaming: Research Cont. →

Music Streaming: Refined Search

November 8, 2021Uncategorizedngtruan

Music Index (EBSCO host) Search: “Music Streaming” AND – Royalties Include relevant topics/terms Results: 74 MasterFILE Premier (EBSCO host) Search: “Music Streaming” AND – Royalties AND – Revenue Results: 20 Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints Search: “Music Streaming” AND – royalties Results: 71 Starting out, I would say that Music Index was a useful source … Continue reading Music Streaming: Refined Search →

Music Streaming Research

October 31, 2021Uncategorizedngtruan

Music Index Search: “Music” Parameters AND – “Streaming” AND – “Royalties” Results: 176 Search: “Artists” Parameters AND – “Streaming” AND – “Royalties” Results: 56 Search: “Streaming” Parameters AND – “Revenue” Results: 243 Emerald Insight Search: “Music” Parameters AND – “Streaming” AND – “Revenue” Publish Date: 2015 – 2021 Results: 795 Search: “Streaming” Parameters AND – … Continue reading Music Streaming Research →

Live Streaming: All Time Highs and All Time Lows

October 24, 2021Uncategorizedngtruan

Your initial research idea and your current research idea. I originally wanted to figure out how to improve fhsu student engagement with local music events in the area. However, upon getting into this lesson and reviewing the assignment a little more, I’ve decided to go a different route. Instead, I will research how artist royalties … Continue reading Live Streaming: All Time Highs and All Time Lows →

Logistical & Symbolic Struggle of Music Streaming

October 5, 2021Uncategorizedngtruan

Beyond the platform: Music StreamingProvide the citation and attach a pdf of the article https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/14614448211036356 What is the abstract of the article? Research on music streaming has so far tended to normalize a view of streaming as an individual activity solely oriented towards the platform. However, as streaming media have become integral to everyday life … Continue reading Logistical & Symbolic Struggle of Music Streaming →

Topics: 46 & 47

September 26, 2021Uncategorizedngtruan

Topic 46: Interviews in Qualitative Research Topic 47: Other Methods for Collecting Qualitative Data

F21 Research Methods in Informatics

INF 405 Fall 2021