http://tapeop.com/blog/2012/08/11/why-and-how-spotify-managed-get-such-low-royalty-r/
― This cad needs a cordial introduction to Eugene of Oxbow. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 20:08 (eleven years ago) link
the guy whose band i'm in ran the numbers: anytime someone streams his entire 10-song album on spotify, he gets paid 5.5 cents. they've paid between $0.0006 and $0.0141 per single song stream.
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 20:19 (eleven years ago) link
there are a variety of reasons why individual songs might not be available on spotify (and rhapsody and mog and sometimes itunes). it's different from case to case. but for starters,m i'm pretty sure that every publisher that has even a small piece of a song has the right to say no, so if there are a lot of songwriters and a lot of samples, that increases the odds someone's going to do so. also, you'd be amazed how often the record companies simply screw up and make songs and albums unavailable by mistake. it's a ridiculously (and needlessly) complicated business.
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 22:03 (eleven years ago) link
The only thing I can say in favour of the low Spotify royalty rates is that more often than not I'm streaming stuff I already paid for on CD, but don't have on my hard drive, so the musicians are being paid a second (admittedly paltry) sum on top of what they already got when I bought their album, purely because of laziness on my part.
― computers are the new "cool tool" (James Morrison), Thursday, 6 September 2012 09:17 (eleven years ago) link
I've bought 52 new CDs this year, and all but a handful were trialled on Spotify before purchase. However, even after purchase, most plays are still via Spotify, which does beg the question "so why buy the CDs in the first place". I have my reasons!
― mike t-diva, Thursday, 6 September 2012 09:58 (eleven years ago) link
is it me or does no-one ever say what the royalty rates should (as specifically as possible) be for a service like this? does anyone actually know?
― nashwan, Thursday, 6 September 2012 11:09 (eleven years ago) link
ve bought 52 new CDs this year, and all but a handful were trialled on Spotify before purchase
This too, actually--I've bought a heap of CDs since I got spotify, because of hearing them there
― computers are the new "cool tool" (James Morrison), Thursday, 6 September 2012 23:09 (eleven years ago) link
Have to say my CD/download purchasing has lessened as a direct result of Spotify and I'm spending less overall so there's no way that can be good for artists on average. I'm more likely to buy something if it's *not* on Spotify. That said, I've discovered a bunch of artists through Spotify that otherwise would have received £0.00 from me and now have my undying affection and occasional purchase.
― direct references of (seandalai), Thursday, 6 September 2012 23:42 (eleven years ago) link
i'm mostly using spotify the same way I used listening booths in record stores
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 7 September 2012 08:22 (eleven years ago) link
I haven't bought a CD in years, but have completely transitioned to Spotify from illegal downloads.
― Jeff, Friday, 7 September 2012 11:42 (eleven years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 8 September 2012 01:47 (eleven years ago) link
i like to make hard-copy versions of some of my playlists, so i'll end up looking on itunes/amazon/boomkat for the mp3s if i don't already own the songs in some other format.
― arvo peart (get bent), Saturday, 8 September 2012 01:53 (eleven years ago) link
I wish you could search playlists on Spotify, like a playlist that has certain artists. I mean, when I search "goth" I get a lot of goth music I don't like.
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Italo Night at Some Gay Club (Mount Cleaners), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 13:38 (eleven years ago) link
It needs more Boolean operators for sure.
― Frobisher the (Viceroy), Friday, 28 September 2012 22:41 (eleven years ago) link
I wish you could browse by label
― hot slag (lukas), Friday, 28 September 2012 22:59 (eleven years ago) link
If you use the This Is My Jam app, you can click on songs and see all the people who've jammed that song (and thereby see a playlist of all the other songs they've jammed). Not quite the same, but good.
― Alba, Friday, 28 September 2012 23:02 (eleven years ago) link
You can do this by entering "label:________" in the search field. It's not perfect.
― Andy K, Friday, 28 September 2012 23:10 (eleven years ago) link
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d195/richhunt35/harveysidfasterspotifylol.jpg
Easy ROFLs are too be had. I'm not complaining too much, if you like dicking around with databases, it's fun.
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Italo Night at Some Gay Club (Mount Cleaners), Saturday, 29 September 2012 14:11 (eleven years ago) link
I want a search based on song length.
While I'm working, I try to listen to a big mix so the next song surprises me enough to listen and keep me wondering what will come on next. That said, If the next song is eight minutes long and I don't like it, it's not fun anymore obviously.
I came up with this playlist of 26 songs all around 2:18 or so, which is 12 seconds short of an hour. Not every song on that list is a winner, but it doesn't ever drag on you either.
I'd like to make more lists like that. I'm also aware that there are 36 matches on the floor, 36 matches.
― pplains, Saturday, 29 September 2012 14:23 (eleven years ago) link
Do a search for every song that begins with the letter "T" in it and save all of the 2:18 ones. Repeat with every letter of the alphabet.
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Italo Night at Some Gay Club (Mount Cleaners), Saturday, 29 September 2012 14:38 (eleven years ago) link
I notice you can do this with genres as well. I know nothing of Boolean searches, so this is all new to me. Where do you find how stuff is catalogued by Spotify?
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
Here's their list of genres https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=psnjFY3R2itsqjinSs9hkZw
― wk, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 19:09 (eleven years ago) link
Disappointed by the lack of coverage in "genre:yodeling". Only three albums!
― fish frosch (seandalai), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 19:20 (eleven years ago) link
the genres aren't so great. a bunch more yodeling albums come up (for instance) just searching for 'yodeling' than going thru genre
― Mordy, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 21:23 (eleven years ago) link
http://mashable.com/2012/10/05/spotify-revenues/http://9.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/spotify-revenue.jpg
― EVERYONE COOKING SCMABLED EGGS,CHEESE WITH TOASTER!! (forksclovetofu), Friday, 5 October 2012 18:08 (eleven years ago) link
Well they need to sack some people.
― Eyeball Kicks, Friday, 5 October 2012 22:25 (eleven years ago) link
Uh oh, I have a job interview with these guys. Am I asking for trouble?
― Moodles, Friday, 5 October 2012 22:49 (eleven years ago) link
Tell them to fix their damn iOS app.
― Jeff, Friday, 5 October 2012 22:53 (eleven years ago) link
I have a whole list of things they could work on, although the specific job I'm going for may not be one that would have much say over such stuff
― Moodles, Friday, 5 October 2012 22:55 (eleven years ago) link
I hope you looked at their job listings... when you're not at work.
― pplains, Friday, 5 October 2012 22:59 (eleven years ago) link
Worried I was slacking off?
― Moodles, Friday, 5 October 2012 23:05 (eleven years ago) link
I may be paraphrasing it wrong... seems like I hear their house ad "Why don't you come work for us? Check our website now... or maybe when you're not at work." (she says with a grin.) every five minutes.
― pplains, Friday, 5 October 2012 23:08 (eleven years ago) link
Thank goodness I'm a subscriber and don't have to hear their terrible ads anymore.
Still, it's odd that they are making such a big hiring push when they are so deep in the hole. I hope that means they have a clear plan on how to turn the corner.
― Moodles, Friday, 5 October 2012 23:11 (eleven years ago) link
i think their (correct) plan is to be in the hole for four years until they have a generation that thinks of them as netflix for music, puts it on their credit card and forgets they're even paying anyone
― EVERYONE COOKING SCMABLED EGGS,CHEESE WITH TOASTER!! (forksclovetofu), Friday, 5 October 2012 23:28 (eleven years ago) link
already happened for me
― Mordy, Friday, 5 October 2012 23:32 (eleven years ago) link
I hope that works, but unlimited free play kind of makes that more difficult
― Moodles, Friday, 5 October 2012 23:38 (eleven years ago) link
I was doing that until I had to close my bank account for reasons that are TMI... Unlimited free play is nice but it means I have to hear those damn condom ads every 4 songs.
― Frobisher the (Viceroy), Saturday, 6 October 2012 02:56 (eleven years ago) link
I just compiled the "Scorpio Rising" soundtrack -- apparently no one had done this yet!
http://open.spotify.com/user/1245064873/playlist/4Wz7H3L5x0xR9rnp9c4p0W
― bell biv devo (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 8 October 2012 06:43 (eleven years ago) link
which site does everyone use for good/interesting playlists? there always seems to be hundreds.
― piscesx, Monday, 8 October 2012 11:56 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/NewAnswersControllerServlet?boardid=41
― Crackle Box, Monday, 8 October 2012 11:59 (eleven years ago) link
My Spotify playlists, let me show you them
― fish frosch (seandalai), Monday, 8 October 2012 13:34 (eleven years ago) link
There's a lot of really bad playlists here (http://sharemyplaylists.com/), but you can find great big ones to at least filter some chaff out of.
― pplains, Monday, 8 October 2012 15:49 (eleven years ago) link
guys if I am skipping through an album, are the Spotify + Facebook timelines spammed with EVERY SINGLE TRACK that I skip through?
― *triumphant sauce horns* (crüt), Friday, 26 October 2012 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
it doesnt usually post every track. I think if you play 5 tracks from the same album it makes that post. (unless its changed today)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 26 October 2012 19:15 (eleven years ago) link
nothing from you has appeared to me fwiw
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 26 October 2012 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
but i am fairly new to fb and dont really understand it fully
does spotify still stream while online w/playlists marked offline?
― cozen, Sunday, 28 October 2012 22:36 (eleven years ago) link
http://spoti.fi/UB5foW
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 28 October 2012 22:56 (eleven years ago) link
is it fucked up for anyone else? i can play off my playlists but if i try to search it just says "browsing failed - please try again" over and over
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 2 November 2012 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
Been listening all day with no problems.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 2 November 2012 20:00 (eleven years ago) link