It used to be that you’d listen to new songs on MTV, in your car radio or at the record store. Cities had distinctive sounds, whether it was funk in D.C. or Motown in Detroit. But all of that has changed, and now music is heard through so many formats that many wonder how artists and the industry will adapt and survive. One answer right now is profitability through streaming content, and that means finding opportunity by adapting to the times.

“In the past, it would usually be the same artists who would release new songs and make their way to the top charts,” said Shahier Rahman of General Assembly, who moderated a recent discussion on music and tech. “Well, since the advent of music streaming and the easy availability to find new music, we’ve seen that so many more people that are new to the music scene are able to get their content out there.”

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