Spotify - anyone heard of it?

otoh maybe galaxie 500's fanbase has just like really, really dwindled at this point

"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.

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, 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.

why is yorke's stuff still on youtube?

Thom Yoink

Thube Youke.

Since you listened to Steely Dan, you might like this new release by Robert Johnson.

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.

If you like David Bowie, we recommend Ray Charles.

Since you listened to *Steely Dan*, you might like this new release by *Robert Johnson*.

it keeps recommending things i've already listened to on spotify. I PAY SEVEN DOLLARS A MONTH OR WHATEVER FOR THIS

It's confirming how good your taste is! That's worth $7/mo, right?

or maybe it's mocking my taste?!

No, that's the rest of the internet's job.

(for everybody, not trying to single you out here)

haha, yeah nah i know

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.

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!

And the ones that sound like an intervention:

You've been listening to a lot of "Sentients" by Fuck Buttons lately.

Since you listened to Boris, try this new release by David Lynch

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...

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"

At least they seemed to have fixed the weird playlists resetting to an older set and then restoring issue.

I wonder if Daryl Hall's Fripp collaborations fuck up their Hall & Oates algorithim

lol at this thread being nothing but Since you listened to... repost

o wow sacred songs is on there, that's another tiny slice of fripp on spotify

You listened to The Breeders. Here's an album you might like.

Tim Buckley - Greetings from L.A.

People who listen to JAY Z also listen to Nas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbeR6uYxU50

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?

ok. they've got me with this ads things. I give in. I will pay $4.99 a month.

what you don't like the condom ads that come on during your family BBQ mix?

you're fucking yourself over in the long run if john maus comes back

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

Now with comedy! I haven't checked, but I bet there's no Pigmeat Markham.

why would you think that?

I just checked and he is there fwiw.

oh shit now i'm listening to john maus

you and me on the cross of the womb
jibberish let your man on the cross of the moon

they call me the believer

evil man on the cross of the moon
ee chee chee

they call me the believer

ancient sea on the toss of the world

lol i hope song meanings is right:

Hulk Hogan flashing all across the world

who does music recommendations the best? apparently facebook and google are launching their own APIs for this. who do they need to topple? pandora? echonest? last.fm?

here you go: http://bit.ly/2CilC7

Rdio uses Echonest so is actually pretty great. I think I'm going to switch and give them my money instead of Spotify.

I dunno crut! Since they don't have any Fatima Mansions or Microdisney albums, I assumed there'd be no Pigmeat or Moms Mabley.

afaik Pigmeat Markham's recorded comedy is a lot more historically significant than Microdisney

Two Coyle and Sharpe albums!

i wish spotify would team up with datpiff or whoever to include rap mixtapes

probably sample clearance issues with that

Recommendations are hard. But if your idea of a recommendation is "You've been listening to a lot of song by artist lately. Play now?", where song is a song I listened to once, 4 months ago, then your problem is not that recommendations are hard, it's that you are acting in bad faith, filling in boxes on a feature checklist instead of caring about music or people or freedom. Ditto "Owner of a Lonely Heart was huge when you were a teenager. Play now?" and "You listened to Charlotte Church. Check out Olivia Newton-John."