How Spotify and Discover Weekly Earn Me $400/month

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Post by steve-benjamins » Wed, Mar 27, 2019, 3:14 PM UTC

How Spotify and Discover Weekly Earn Me $400/month
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Post by karldanninger » Wed, Mar 27, 2019, 3:18 PM UTC

Wow, this is pretty informative. Thanks for sharing.

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Post by p_roz » Wed, Mar 27, 2019, 3:47 PM UTC

This is a great example of the opportunity created by ‘the long tail’ of web platforms. I’m glad that people can make money making music and that listeners have so much more choice. Very insightful.

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Post by sylens » Wed, Mar 27, 2019, 4:01 PM UTC

Very cool writeup. I'm a big fan of Discover Weekly as it turns me onto new artists constantly.

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Post by djhworld » Wed, Mar 27, 2019, 4:03 PM UTC

Nice write up, I listen to my DW playlist quite a lot.

I wonder if this approach is fraught with risk though, in the sense that if Spotify tweak the algorithm and suddenly his listener numbers drop. I guess in his case the snowball effect is already in motion, but a tweak could curtail that growth.

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Post by css » Wed, Mar 27, 2019, 4:05 PM UTC

This is pretty awesome to read, and the charts are really telling.

> For an indie artist like me, the major difference between Apple Music and Spotify is Discover Weekly. Apple Music has no equivalent.

This is just not true, Apple Music sends you 3 different personalized weekly playlists, two of which from Music you do not already have in your library. I have discovered tons of indie artists (many with < 100 followers on Twitter) through these playlists.

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Post by steve-benjamins » Wed, Mar 27, 2019, 4:12 PM UTC

css wrote: post #6

This is pretty awesome to read, and the charts are really telling. > For an indie artist like me, the major difference between Apple Music and Spotify is Discover Weekly. Apple Music has no equivalent. This is just not true, Apple Music sends you 3 different personalized weekly playlists, two of which from Music you do not already have in your library. I have discovered tons of indie artists (many with < 100 follower…

Thanks for pointing that out— I just updated the post with a note about that!

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Post by numbers » Wed, Mar 27, 2019, 4:20 PM UTC

Thanks for sharing with actual numbers! I'll check out your music too.

Discover Weekly is how I find a lot of new music similar to my music, I trust it more than most of the other playlists Spotify or Apple Music create. So far, I've probably discovered 300-400 new songs using Discover Weekly.

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Post by toastking » Wed, Mar 27, 2019, 4:21 PM UTC

They bring up something interesting which is how streaming has changed how music is made. Albums are now shorter with more songs, that nets more plays and more money. They also focus on singles instead of full albums, which gives more opportunity for "playlisting". It's an interesting, albeit concerning, effect that technology is having on art.

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Post by steve-benjamins » Wed, Mar 27, 2019, 4:23 PM UTC

numbers wrote: post #8

Thanks for sharing with actual numbers! I'll check out your music too. Discover Weekly is how I find a lot of new music similar to my music, I trust it more than most of the other playlists Spotify or Apple Music create. So far, I've probably discovered 300-400 new songs using Discover Weekly.

That's awesome— thanks!!