Just like money, most people dont understand how music works. How does the song go from an artists head, turn into a song, get onto Spotify, and into your earholes? Theres a workflow, a music pipeline. And just like how dollar bills have to go from being a twinkle in powell's eye to a scam voucher in your back pocket.

And similar to money, the music pipeline is centrally captured by a cartel of 3 major corporations.

And just like with bitcoin, ***this is important*** for people to understand and do something about ***if you care about music beyond tswift or whatever lil g pussy dolla holla flava of the day copypasta music is out today***

Its not enough for an artist to write, record, and produce a song. That song has to be published and distributed in a place where people are gathered, for you to hear it. This pipeline is almost entirely controlled by the 3 majors.

The 3 majors only care about profit. They and their affiliates are the only ones who can quickly/easily drop the songs into the algo controlled musicmoney box (spotify, itunes, etc). The songs that trigger it the best and make the most money gets even more radio airtime, promotion, and push (flywheel). So when they go out to sign, the A&R guys are told to go sign more of the same style. And they do, cause its easy and works. The algo continues to push a specific style, which forces it to make more money since the noise exponentially drowns the signal. Over time this homogenizes music.

***Dont be surprised the house is burning as you pour on the gas. ***

This is why music today is stale.

So if you want new music... If you want incredible sounds... and if you dont want music and culture to die out...

***ANON, you need to put in the proof of work***. Do the slightly harder thing, listen to DeMu and boost into the shows.

Stop using Spotify.

SAVE MUSIC - DO DEMU

Exactly why I listen almost exclusively to metal, post-rock and "nostalgia music" (my name for synthwave, vaporwave, etc) and buy 99% of my music from Bandcamp.

Music is art, it's the language of emotion, but most refuse to accept this and continue consuming the pop-slop of the mainstream.

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