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Spotify talk about developing tools to help music makers create music that works on their platform.

Hmm.

Anyone else see a problem? The logical conclusion is extremely formulaic sounds. Using unconventional structures or time signatures? Well that’s a no. Working outside an ABABCB structure? That’s a no. Weird sound design or texture? No.

Sound exactly like Ed Sheeran’s last record? Win!

Ed seems like a nice chap but his music never moved me like Miles Davis. His music never confused me like Pierre Schaffer and his music never tortured me (in a good way) like Portishead. His music never came close to hyping me like MOP.

Sorry Ed!

Keep music weird.

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GLACA 1y ago

Just implement ai music and stop pretending 🤣 This streamers are such scummers

inpc 1y ago

Indeed. I mean is there any real difference?

Will be interesting to see how these companies deal with the dirge of new noise coming.

I read an article that Deezer are getting 100,000 new songs every week. Some of those include submissions where the left/right stereo have been split to be 2 separate tracks and all sorts of other shenanigans.

GLACA 1y ago

No way. They're clowns. They killed music. Not to say that I made more on nostr:npub1yfg0d955c2jrj2080ew7pa4xrtj7x7s7umt28wh0zurwmxgpyj9shwv6vg in 2 month than last year on Spotify 🤣

tf 1y ago

Frank Zappa: "you rang?"

Cognitronic 1y ago

This is one of many reasons why I been moving away from Spotify and the other major platforms. Both for distribution of my own music and music consumption. Platforms like Bandcamp is better. Wavlake even so (would like a download and pay with sats option). Physical records is still king!

inpc 1y ago

Yeah I’m not using them going forward. Bandcamp brings in actual money.

There’s also Mirlo, Jam CoOp and FairCamp starting up, all with the aim of paying musicians properly, I’m also trying all of them but it’s going to be tough. I’ve made about £1 in two weeks on Wavlake. If that trends upward I’ll be very happy!

The way I see it, things are only gonna change from the ground up.

Maybe they’ll be 2 industries? Spotify can do all the AI stuff and people who like music can check these other platforms.

Pre 1y ago

Why would musicians want their music on Spotify? Seems like that place just rips you off and doesn't even pay you unless you're famous.