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AI Challenges in the Era of Music Streaming: an analysis from the perspective of creative artists and performers

Publicated to:Revista Mediterránea De Comunicación: Mediterranean Journal Of Communication. 15 (2): 26929- - 2024-07-01 15(2), DOI: 10.14198/MEDCOM.26929

Authors: Arenal, Alberto; Armuna, Cristina; Aguado, Juan-Miguel; Ramos, Sergio; Feijoo, Claudio

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Univ Murcia, Murcia, Spain - Author
Univ Nacl Educ Distancia UNED, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

This paper addresses the challenges posed by Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the music industry from the perspective of the sustainability of the business models involved in the creation of value in streaming platforms, and considering the perception of composers-lyricists and performers, understood as key players in the value creation process. To this end, the authors resorted to a state-of-the-art delimitation based on recent literature and updated reports, and to a semi-structured questionnaire applied to a qualitatively representative international sample of creators and performers, both professional and amateur. This approach, albeit preliminary, shows that AI contributes to intensifying some of the problems highlighted in the consolidation of the streaming platform model, in particular with regard to its two major sustainability challenges: the shift of value from creation to technology and the increasing homogeneity of its inventory, with impacts in cultural diversity and creativity. It also highlights that generative AI concentrates its impact on the creation and consumption stages of the value chain, affecting the scope and possibilities of the value creation of musicians, composers, and performers and of music users' experience. The perception of creators combines uncertainty and pessimism, characterising technological innovations as accelerating the dysfunctions of the streaming platform model and resulting in devaluation of the artistic profession and creative Fechas | Recepci & oacute;n: 12/02/2024 - Revisi & oacute;n: 21/04/2024 - En edici & oacute;n: 08/05/2024 - Publicaci & oacute;n final: 01/07/2024Retos de la IA en la era del streaming musical: un an & aacute;lisis desde la perspectiva de las personas creadorasAI Challenges in the Era of Music Streaming: an analysis from the perspective of creative artists and performers

Keywords
Artificial intelligenceArtistsMusic streaming platformsSession musiciansSongwriters, performers

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Revista Mediterránea De Comunicación: Mediterranean Journal Of Communication due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Cultural Studies.

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-05-17:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 21.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 23 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 2.95.
  • The number of mentions on the social network Facebook: 1 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 4 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Additionally, the work has been submitted to a journal classified as Diamond in relation to this type of editorial policy.
Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (ARENAL CABELLO, ALBERTO) and Last Author (FEIJOO GONZALEZ, CLAUDIO ANTONIO).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been ARENAL CABELLO, ALBERTO.