Matt Walters, Contributor

As music progressively becomes a numbers game instead of one based around the quality of artistry, the question swiftly becomes: who's listening?

The pre-streaming world ensured that making the right choice about what you listened to was as inextricably linked to your enjoyment as it was your finances. Decades later, things have changed.

An entire industry has organised itself around a daily activity that many people who do it privately hate. It's worth asking what we're doing.

Australia is debating who owns yesterday’s songs while ignoring who can afford to make tomorrow’s, writes UNIFIED Music Group Artist Manager Matt Walters.