The new tastemakers: a day in the life of a music-streaming playlister
Digital music and audio | The Guardian 2016-05-31
Summary:
Once, people like Sam Lee would have aspired to work in music journalism or radio. Now they’re curating playlists for services like Deezer
“One of our most popular playlists is Sad Songs For Crying. That is a bit worrying, actually, now I think about it.”
Sam Lee is one of an emerging breed of music tastemakers. He doesn’t work for a magazine or music blog, nor does he work for a radio station. Instead, he’s the UK and Ireland editor at music-streaming service Deezer.
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