I've found it kind of useful. Discovered Capital Cities, which I have enjoyed.
― Jeff, Sunday, 14 July 2013 17:08 (ten years ago) link
In principle a recommender could be great - I want to hear new stuff!
― wakaflockinihilipilification (seandalai), Monday, 15 July 2013 03:15 (ten years ago) link
yeah. so hard to do it right though.
― what a wonderful url (Matt P), Monday, 15 July 2013 03:17 (ten years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/8993-the-cloud/
"Galaxie 500's 'Tugboat' was played 7,800 times on Pandora in the first quarter of 2012, for which its three songwriters were paid a collective total of 21 cents, or seven cents each."
"Spotify pays better: For the 5,960 times "Tugboat" was played there, Galaxie 500's songwriters went collectively into triple digits: $1.05 (35 cents each)."
I think this speaks for itself. Spotify should be used as a way to discover music, not support it.
― More Than a Century With the Polaris Emblem (calstars), Monday, 15 July 2013 15:17 (ten years ago) link
That's exactly why you should go to the gigs they recommend.
― Orpheus in Hull (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 15 July 2013 15:32 (ten years ago) link
im curious how many downloads on iTunes or whatever (or even CD sales) they'd need to get to the same number?
― ryan, Monday, 15 July 2013 15:33 (ten years ago) link
thought this might be revived to talk about Radiohead pulling their music from spotify.
― JACK SQUAT about these Charlie Nobodies (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 15 July 2013 15:47 (ten years ago) link
"You listened to Parliament this week. Like to try Leadbelly?"
― crüt, Monday, 15 July 2013 15:48 (ten years ago) link
radiohead didnt. Just thom's other stuff (maybe radiohead are getting a better rate but thom isnt letting on)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 15 July 2013 15:52 (ten years ago) link
xxp Radiohead's stuff is still up, at least here in the UK, though Yorke's solo material has been pulled. Godrich and Yorke made some good points along with the often heard "fuck you, pay me" attitude you hear from wealthy middle aged rockers when discussing music and the web.
― Neil S, Monday, 15 July 2013 15:54 (ten years ago) link
oh ok, i saw the tweets but then i saw a story that said all of radiohead's stuff was pulled. guess either i misread the story or they misinterpreted the tweets.
― JACK SQUAT about these Charlie Nobodies (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 15 July 2013 16:00 (ten years ago) link
I guess Thom Yorke is no longer happy for people to pay what they want for his music
― boxedjoy, Monday, 15 July 2013 21:37 (ten years ago) link
i love spotify but i cannot begrudge ANY musician taking their music off the service and i'm surprised more don't remove their catalog, given the "terms"
― adrian "stanky" legg (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 15 July 2013 21:46 (ten years ago) link
I don't know. I still think the half penny per stream payment is somewhere in the ballpark? A million album sales would translate to a hundred million streams assuming a ten song album and ten plays per album on average. A hundred million streams would equal a half million dollars in royalties at the half penny rate, however that's split up.
― timellison, Monday, 15 July 2013 22:05 (ten years ago) link
So, basically a label is taking in 50 cents per album now through Spotify without doing any manufacturing or distribution.
― timellison, Monday, 15 July 2013 22:09 (ten years ago) link
I'd probably pay 3 or even 5 times as much as I do now for Spotify, but companies like this risk having a netflix problem when they try to raise their rates. The other option is to increase the number of subscribers, which I think they can, but even at ten times as many subscribers (assuming proportional increases in plays) most musicians are making less than they used to off the same number of fans.
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Monday, 15 July 2013 22:15 (ten years ago) link
otoh maybe galaxie 500's fanbase has just like really, really dwindled at this point
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Monday, 15 July 2013 22:20 (ten years ago) link
"most musicians are making less than they used to off the same number of fans"
If the compensation from places like Spotify isn't the problem, though - and I'm not sure it is - then this has more to do with the fact that people don't only listen to what they buy in physical format, but can listen to anything they want at any time.
― timellison, Monday, 15 July 2013 22:49 (ten years ago) link
― adrian "stanky" legg (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, July 15, 2013 9:46 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm. if artists (or the companies they gave their rights to) offer to let me hear their wares at my leisure for pennies I'll take it because OMG I love getting to hear tons of music for cheap. But it's a shitty deal and any artist who doesn't have to probably shouldn't offer it.
― da croupier, Monday, 15 July 2013 23:28 (ten years ago) link
why is yorke's stuff still on youtube?
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 15 July 2013 23:57 (ten years ago) link
Thom Yoink
― SEN. MORBIUS CALLS FOR WATERFACE TO RESIGN (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 01:52 (ten years ago) link
Thube Youke.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 04:13 (ten years ago) link
Since you listened to Steely Dan, you might like this new release by Robert Johnson.
― _Rudipherous_, Saturday, 27 July 2013 14:09 (ten years ago) link
did they completely do away with the "What's New" front page that lists new releases and stuff to emphasize this spotty "Discover" recommendations thing? kinda hate that.
― some dude, Saturday, 27 July 2013 14:15 (ten years ago) link
If you like David Bowie, we recommend Ray Charles.
― some dude, Saturday, 27 July 2013 14:16 (ten years ago) link
Since you listened to *Steely Dan*, you might like this new release by *Robert Johnson*.
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 27 July 2013 14:19 (ten years ago) link
it keeps recommending things i've already listened to on spotify. I PAY SEVEN DOLLARS A MONTH OR WHATEVER FOR THIS
― arby's, Saturday, 27 July 2013 15:53 (ten years ago) link
It's confirming how good your taste is! That's worth $7/mo, right?
― schlock corridor (WilliamC), Saturday, 27 July 2013 15:56 (ten years ago) link
or maybe it's mocking my taste?!
― arby's, Saturday, 27 July 2013 15:58 (ten years ago) link
No, that's the rest of the internet's job.
― schlock corridor (WilliamC), Saturday, 27 July 2013 16:08 (ten years ago) link
(for everybody, not trying to single you out here)
― schlock corridor (WilliamC), Saturday, 27 July 2013 16:09 (ten years ago) link
haha, yeah nah i know
― arby's, Saturday, 27 July 2013 16:20 (ten years ago) link
I got some right now that sound like a bitchy record store clerk into giving humbling history lessons
You listened to Cheap Trick yesterday. Want to try Styx?
You listened to REM. Check out Chris Isaak.
If you like Soundgarden, we recommend Rush.
You listened to Neil Young and Pulp. Here's an album you might like. *large image of Jefferson Airplane's "Long John Silver"
You listened to the Pretenders. Here's a song you might like. *insanely large image of Neil Diamond's Moods album, track "Song Sung Blue"*
You listened to Cheap Trick yesterday. Want to try George Thorogood & The Destroyers?
I GET IT SPOTIFY, YOU THINK CHEAP TRICK SUCKS.
― da croupier, Saturday, 27 July 2013 16:50 (ten years ago) link
You listened to Jason Isbell. You might like this album: Jason Isbell- Southeastern
You mean the same Jason Isbell album I listened to? Thanks Spotify!
― President Keyes, Sunday, 28 July 2013 15:57 (ten years ago) link
And the ones that sound like an intervention:
You've been listening to a lot of "Sentients" by Fuck Buttons lately.
― President Keyes, Sunday, 28 July 2013 16:00 (ten years ago) link
Since you listened to Boris, try this new release by David Lynch
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 28 July 2013 16:00 (ten years ago) link
You listened to Bat For Lashes. Here's an album you might like: Abandoned Luncheonette, Daryl Hall & John Oates
they're not wrong, mind you, but...
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 29 July 2013 14:53 (ten years ago) link
Also, I just scrolled down and the very next thing is:
You listened to Daryl Hall. You might like this song: The Supremes, "The Boy From Ipanema - Live At The Copa/1965"
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 29 July 2013 15:32 (ten years ago) link
At least they seemed to have fixed the weird playlists resetting to an older set and then restoring issue.
― Orpheus in Hull (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 29 July 2013 18:17 (ten years ago) link
I wonder if Daryl Hall's Fripp collaborations fuck up their Hall & Oates algorithim
― hello :) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 29 July 2013 18:18 (ten years ago) link
lol at this thread being nothing but Since you listened to... repost
― ω (carne asada), Monday, 29 July 2013 20:40 (ten years ago) link
o wow sacred songs is on there, that's another tiny slice of fripp on spotify
― balls, Monday, 29 July 2013 21:51 (ten years ago) link
You listened to The Breeders. Here's an album you might like.
Tim Buckley - Greetings from L.A.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 30 July 2013 15:44 (ten years ago) link
People who listen to JAY Z also listen to Nas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbeR6uYxU50
― Austin, Tuesday, 30 July 2013 23:17 (ten years ago) link
artists not on spotify: isotope 217 for some reason. Seems like other thrill jockey stuff is on there.
lol i noticed this
― jaymc, Saturday, April 20, 2013 1:30 AM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the new dustin wong/takako minekawa is on thrill jockey and still isn't on spotify despite being out for a few weeks now, so i guess they pick and choose what they add?
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 1 August 2013 17:54 (ten years ago) link
ok. they've got me with this ads things. I give in. I will pay $4.99 a month.
― I tweeted too much and I am in jail. (crüt), Sunday, 18 August 2013 09:06 (ten years ago) link
what you don't like the condom ads that come on during your family BBQ mix?
― Kissin' Cloacas (Viceroy), Sunday, 18 August 2013 23:35 (ten years ago) link
you're fucking yourself over in the long run if john maus comes back
― markers, Monday, 19 August 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
yea i stopped using pandora b/c of the ads (also b/c it's a shitty format for trying to learn more about a single artist). spotify hasn't been too bad imo
― marcos, Monday, 19 August 2013 01:07 (ten years ago) link
Now with comedy! I haven't checked, but I bet there's no Pigmeat Markham.
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 August 2013 19:32 (ten years ago) link