Spotify CEO: musicians can no longer release music only “once every 3-4 years”

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jul 31, 2020, 6:24 PM UTC

quacked wrote: post #12

shakezula wrote: post #4

I used to work in the music industry professionally, on the ground level doing booking and management. This trend has been happening slowly for nearly a decade but it’s finally here. Rap and Hip Hop figured out a long time before most other genres that rapid small releases was a far better way to keep hype and sales up. Before Spotify was a thing, the shift was happening with YouTube but it wasn’t as predominant. Now…

> The music isn’t your product, the music is your marketing. The shows, the merch, your influence - that’s your product. Man, that's depressing.

Post by leetcrew » Fri, Jul 31, 2020, 6:24 PM UTC

lotsofpulp wrote: post #122

Larrikin wrote: post #50

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Most of an album being bad as a stereotype I believe was just from actual bad artists when basically anyone could get a deal and possibly go platinum from a single song. Good artists typically had good albums

Possibly, but I think albums are only significant due to the historical medium of music requiring grouping songs together on various disks. Once it’s digital, I don’t see the importance of grouping certain songs together, outside of certain categories like movie soundtracks. I guess some albums could tell some story about what the musician was feeling at some time, but that probably doesn’t apply for a lot of music i…

Post by SparkyMcUnicorn » Fri, Jul 31, 2020, 6:24 PM UTC

nabergh wrote: post #127

haram_masala wrote: post #110

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Kanye West is a singular being. He is a human work of art, this generation’s Warhol. Perhaps even more fascinating than Warhol, if less self-aware. I’m a huge fan of his brilliant public trajectory, yet I despise his music.

Interesting. I feel the exact opposite. I think he is a great artist, but I think his persona outside of the actual songs is just noise.

Post by JAlexoid » Fri, Jul 31, 2020, 6:26 PM UTC

Hoasi wrote: post #41

oconnor663 wrote: post #25

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I think it could be depressing if we think of "your product" as "the most important part of what you do". But we could also think of it as "the thing that you need to make money from". If the music itself isn't the thing that you need to make money from, then instead of charging a bunch for it, now you want to spread it as widely as possible as cheaply as possible. That's a good thing!

> If the music itself isn't the thing that you need to make money from, then instead of charging a bunch for it, now you want to spread it as widely as possible as cheaply as possible. That's a good thing! It is, but only if the music gets better in the process. Unlikely to happen if you rush for faster releases. More production doesn't equal to more novelty.

Post by tyrust » Fri, Jul 31, 2020, 6:26 PM UTC

dade_ wrote: post #109

Great, but 80% of it is crap either way. Does anyone else have difficulty finding good music suggestions? Recommendations from friends for movies and TV shows are usually very good, but not with music. My opinion of Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music recommendations is much worse. I find that I am better off randomly picking music tracks.

  * reviews and ratings that line up with what you thought: you might find a critic or outlet with similar tastes that can provide new recommendations

  * the producer or label: their other works might be similar to what you already like

  * (on the artist page) the "associated acts" of the artist: you might like other projects with which the artist is involved

  * any influences listed: you might like what the artist liked

  * reddit has many music sub-reddits https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/wiki/musicsubreddits

  * /mu/ is actually a pretty good 4chan board.  The essentials wiki is a good starting point that doesn't require filtering through trolling: https://4chanmusic.fandom.com/wiki/Essential_Charts