SUB POP USA: Bruce Pavitt Looks to Upend the Music Business Again With 8Stem

Bruce Pavitt with Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989

Bazillion Points author and Sub Pop Records co-founder Bruce Pavitt has been a constant presence in tech news lately, thanks to his audience-empowering remix app 8Stem. The free iOS and upcoming Android apps enable allows users to break down licensed music to core elements (the eight “stems”); rework those basic components; and then share the new versions online. Song creators get a piece of the action via royalty payments.

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