When you think of the biggest and most important cities in the music industry, what comes to mind? LA, Nashville, New York, heck maybe even Atlanta if you’re a trap fan. What if I told you that the city changing the music industry the most is Stockholm Sweden. Stockholm is doing more to save the music industry than any other city in the world. How is this you ask. Spotify. The music streaming company based in Stockholm is changing the way people listen to music while getting customers to actually purchase it. The man behind this is Daniel Ek, the co-founder and CEO of Spotify. The 34 year old has had two passions throughout his life, music and technology. By the age of 23 he had already sold multiple tech businesses for over 2 million dollars. He also plays multiple instruments. What better way to blend the passions than to create a social music provider. Ek combined his technology prowess with his passion for music and the result was an amazing success. As Spotify has grown into the largest streaming service in the world, Ek is still driven by these two passions. This is a great example of how combing two passions can lead to great innovation.