and there’s my point. as a user, i really like it too.

Electronica

Chillout

Continouos Mixes

Progressive classics

mono-stereo It’s actually better that YouTube, but thats like saying you’d rather have a your knob trapped in a car door rather than a hot furnace. The reason Spotify takes so much slack is that it has the most market share by some way and their deals are really murky, complex, horrible pieces of shit from all accounts.

      Amps It’s actually better that YouTube, but thats like saying you’d rather have a your knob trapped in a car door rather than a hot furnace

      Given your virtuous stance on preventing others from trapping their dick in a car door, it seems slightly perverse that you would still singe your own Hampton in a furnace.

        Amps this is a really long read, but i just happened across it and thought it fit pretty well with this discussion.

          The people who are most missing out nowadays are the mangers.

          I mean, if Spotify were around in the 90’s, there is no way I could ledge it like I do.

            Smallman1 joke aside, is that actually true? wouldn’t most touring singers/bands/djs still employ managers that are well-paid?

              Of course not.

              The combination of album sales and touring/merchandise sales made it a win win for all.

              Take single/album sales out of it and things are a lot more difficult commercially.

                Smallman1 yeah that’s what i though, just making sure i’m not completely out of touch. 😉

                  There’s been no money in music sales for years, that’s not down to Spotify

                  exactly, if you’re not already popular, it’s almost impossible to become popular. algorithms aren’t helping, but they’re not the cause. we’ve got an excellent system for consumers, just not for the people who spend the time and money to produce music. that’s been the dichotomy between djs and producers for years too.

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                  another massive dub techno list …

                  2 months later

                  for those of us already making nothing from spotify, maybe this does help with exposure, but they’ll actually have to add small artists to the big playlists and i have yet to see more than a handful of examples.

                  i read something the other day about the about deezer (i think, could be wrong about the platform) using a model where a subscriber pays their monthly fee and that fee is divided specifically between the artists they listen to, instead of kicking that money into a pool that ends up mostly being paid to a very small percentage of very popular artists. seems like a much better system and a step in the right direction.

                  19 days later

                  Some of the “Track IDs” playlists are quite good. Dixon’s being one I’ve enjoyed.