Mushroom
- Mushroom Records was founded in Australia in the 1970s by Michael Gudinski.
- His son Matt joined the company at the age of 17 and became CEO when his father died in 2021.
- Matt Gudinski says Mushroom helps artists build long-term careers and gives them creative control.
Once upon a time, if you wanted to listen to a particular artist, you needed to drive to a record store and buy their album or CD. And for many years, buying that album usually cost considerably more than seeing that performer play live.
YouTube and streaming platforms like Spotify changed all that, putting tens of millions of tracks in your pocket.
But it's also meant that most artists now make far less from releasing music, which is partly why the cost of seeing them play live has soared.