Björk Says Spotify Is ‘Probably the Worst Thing That Has Happened to Musicians’
Noted, 31 Jan 2025, 09:09Tag: spotify
Some Mood Machine links:
- What Spotify took from us by giving us everything - review by Elizabeth Lopatto
- Music for nothing and your chill playlists for free: a new book by Liz Pelly on the horror story of Spotify - review by Sasha Frere-Jones
- Liz Pelly Wrote a Book About Spotify and the "Systemic Grift" of Streaming - interview with Shawn Reynaldo (paywalled)
Gwyneth Paltrow says her Spotify Wrapped data was wrong
Noted, 05 Jan 2025, 16:04Spotify has faced a number of conspiracy theories from music enthusiasts throughout the year, with many questioning why artists like Taylor Swift or Sabrina Carpenter appeared in their most listened-to artists
"Spotify is hardly the only platform offering functional music playlists. There is one company which offers ONLY that: Endel"
Noted, 02 Jan 2025, 11:51The Ghosts in the Machine by Liz Pelly, who highlights that Spotify has been accused of filling its popular playlists with cheap stock music from ghost artists to save on royalty costs, and the effect this has on independent musicians.
Noted, 20 Dec 2024, 11:33When it comes to year-end music round-ups, Laura Snapes argues that Last.fm does a better job than Spotify... and she's even got the IRL relationships to verify it
Noted, 15 Dec 2024, 17:16Declan McGlynn on the rise of the "creator economy". He argues that it has led to the devaluation of music, reducing artists to mere "creators" who upload content rather than produce meaningful art. This shift, driven by tech platforms like Spotify, undermines traditional music remuneration and floods the market with low-quality releases. As a result, both artists and listeners are caught in a system that prioritizes profit over the cultural significance of music.
Noted, 09 Dec 2024, 09:06Spotify Unwrapped - How Much Did You Pay Your Favorite Artist?
Noted, 09 Dec 2024, 08:57Cam Scott: Spotify's partnership with Ancestry.com raises concerns about how music and identity are commodified through data collection. Their collaboration suggests a simplistic link between genetic information and cultural experience, reducing complex identities to mere algorithms. As digital monopolies dominate the music industry, artists struggle to thrive while consumers are offered a narrow view of culture.
Noted, 09 Dec 2024, 08:47"A New Obsession for Spotify's Former Chief Economist: A Conversation with Will Page" - Chris Dalla Riva sits down with Will Page to talk about the biggest problems with streaming today
Noted, 09 Aug 2024, 14:03Emily White was dragged for predicting the future of music streaming 12 years ago. Where is she now?
Noted, 06 Aug 2024, 08:18The music industry is engineering artist popularity – listeners are right to be angry
Noted, 04 Aug 2024, 14:02"From stealing to Spotify: the story behind how music got free - a two-part docuseries looks back at the history of piracy and how the music industry found itself in such a precarious place"
Noted, 19 Jun 2024, 11:43Apple hit with first ever EU fine following Spotify complaint
Noted, 06 Mar 2024, 13:22Spotify Wrapped is creepy, meaningless – and shows just how much data big tech has on you
Noted, 05 Dec 2023, 19:13Spotify changes: artists will have to hit a minimum number of streams before they get paid anything
Noted, 26 Oct 2023, 19:14Neil Young Is Still Off Spotify - Here’s What It’s Costing Him
Noted, 10 Oct 2023, 19:51Spotify approaches $40bn in all-time payouts to the music industry - paying nearly 70% of every dollar it generates from music is paid back as royalties to rightsholders, who then pay the artists and songwriters, based on the agreed terms
What Happens When You Take Your Music Off Spotify? - Attack Magazine with an update to the question they posed several artists this time last year
Noted, 05 Feb 2023, 19:09How Spotify turned dance music into dance muzak - inadvertently creating a brand new genre called Spotify House
Noted, 02 Feb 2023, 08:10Harold Heath with next two parts in his series of articles on artists removing their music from Spotify: I Removed My Music From Spotify”- Why Artists Are Stepping Away Part 2 and Part 3
Noted, 24 Mar 2022, 20:49"I Removed My Music From Spotify" - Why Artists Are Stepping Away - Harold Heath talks to artists about taking their music off Spotify
Noted, 21 Jan 2022, 08:20