Music streaming services have rarely been higher on the news agenda, following the recent stand-off between Spotify and Neil Young over the streaming giant’s deal with controversial podcaster Joe Rogan, and ongoing protest from musicians over the company’s royalty payments.
So it’s not a bad time for an upstart start-up to come along and challenge the status quo, and Minm – founded by two Trinity College graduates – is just that.
The service was launched last year by friends and colleagues Luke Lau and Daniel Cosgrove, a pair of software engineers with no prior experience of the music industry, but who had been moved by the plight of musicians unable to perform live – and therefore to earn money – during the pandemic.
