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How Spotify and Discover Weekly Earn Me $400/month

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Re: How Spotify and Discover Weekly Earn Me $400/month

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Post by mr_luc »

js2 wrote: post #117
iamben wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Exactly this. And this is exactly the reason why we'll probably all end up pirating movies again. Pretty much everything mainstream (with the exception of a few artists) is on Spotify. Netflix, Amazon, etc etc. get more fractured every day. Every studio wants their own streaming service. How many will you pay for? 2? 1? 0? Everybody loses.

I’ve been working my way through Ebert’s Great Movies of late and was surprised to discover you can’t find some films online, legally or otherwise. E.g., this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pledge_(film) (There’s two DVD rips listed by the indexer I use but neither of them is the complete film, and no streaming service has it.)

A silly example of a movie like that I've looked for off and on in a digital/streaming form for a long time is my favorite Marx Brothers movie, "A Night in Casablanca."

(I know, I know, it's one of their least 'significant' movies -- but IMO it's their most fun and watchable one).

Re: How Spotify and Discover Weekly Earn Me $400/month

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Post by scrooched_moose »

Fogest wrote: post #58

I used to love the Discover Weekly, but now that I use Spotify most days when going to the gym any of my auto generated playlists like discover weekly kinda suck. I usually put on random gym playlists like the popular "Beast Mode" one. While I like this music for working out, I definitely don't normally enjoy listening to rap, hip hop, and EDM music however this is what most workout music consists of. I wish I could…

There's this weird uncanny valley effect in every music recommendation algorithm I've tried.

Most every song hits a "I 100% understand why you're recommending this. It's superficially similar to some stuff I really like. I hate it though".

Almost like a bad cover band of your favorite artist.

Re: How Spotify and Discover Weekly Earn Me $400/month

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Post by kingosticks »

anoncake wrote: post #113
kingosticks wrote: post #92

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You used to have to go online every 30 days (or something) else they would expire. Is that no longer the case? Also, it used to be 10,000 across 3 devices and bizarrely only 333 on each device (even if you only used one device)! I think they have since fixed that.

Did you mean 3333 or was Spotifys policy really that absurd?

Oops yes, sorry typo there. 3333.

Re: How Spotify and Discover Weekly Earn Me $400/month

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Post by steve-benjamins »

frogpelt wrote: post #114

I'm interested how you record your music. I see on your website that you have a producer. Do you record in a home studio? Pro Logic?

I record in my home and Stephen Kerr (https://www.sjkaudio.com/) produces my music. Having a producer like him is hugely helpful to the sound— he brings so much clarity and polish ...

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Post by bearcobra »

kingosticks wrote: post #92
askosh wrote: post #69

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Yes, Spotify allows you to download 10,000 tracks offline per device. No limit on the expiration.

You used to have to go online every 30 days (or something) else they would expire. Is that no longer the case? Also, it used to be 10,000 across 3 devices and bizarrely only 333 on each device (even if you only used one device)! I think they have since fixed that.

It looks like they still need you to go online to check your subscription status every 30 days, but the 10,000 songs looks like it's per device (up to 5) https://support.spotify.com/is/using_spotify/the_basics/list...

Re: How Spotify and Discover Weekly Earn Me $400/month

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Post by caprese »

hi5eyes wrote: post #55
iamben wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Exactly this. And this is exactly the reason why we'll probably all end up pirating movies again. Pretty much everything mainstream (with the exception of a few artists) is on Spotify. Netflix, Amazon, etc etc. get more fractured every day. Every studio wants their own streaming service. How many will you pay for? 2? 1? 0? Everybody loses.

oh theres places to get all the shows streamed for free, and getting even the pirating the most obscure music is easier than ever piracy is currently the most convenient way to consume content now that all the streaming services/labels want to fragment their libraries

not currently for me

all the properly licensed streaming services are about as and a little more convenient than 2004's piracy-scene was for me

the licensed music scene is top notch for me between soundcloud, shazam and spotify

just need to let youtube know that youtube music is never going to happen, and let the other guys know not to mess their things up

for music I only pay for spotify

and if spotify messes up in the availability, I rip the same song from youtube in HD and put it in my spotify library

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Post by siquick »

velcrovan wrote: post #26
mfoy_ wrote: post #24

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It has always been, and always will be, about convenience first. Pre-Spotify and pre-bandcamp, getting music you could play on multiple devices was hard . Piracy was the only reliable way you could have the same songs on your walkman, your mp3 player, your phone, and your computer. Bandcamp is nice, in that it offers DRM-free music in high quality, but Spotify offers raw, unadulterated convenience . And Convenience i…

Spotify is literally where I discovered Kings of Convenience https://open.spotify.com/artist/41AbNVba2ccpmcc9QtOJE7?si=4v...

Great band. Check out Erland Oyes other band Whitest Boy Alive if you haven't already.

Re: How Spotify and Discover Weekly Earn Me $400/month

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Post by cmurphycode »

cm2012 wrote: post #84
CPLX wrote: post #71

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> The average CD-buyer spent much less than that. Citation needed My understanding is that total spending on recorded music is way down from heights in the 90's. I could be wrong though.

We're still down from the 90s heights, but increasing rapidly : https://www.riaa.com/u-s-sales-database/

Great graph! It doesn't take much away from your observation about the increase recently, but I do think it's fair to point out that you should click the "Adjusted for inflation" button for a fair comparison.
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