Zach Gagehelvetica@mastodon.gamedev.place
Nov 24, 2023, 4:56 PM@dada_drummer @anna anna do you think this is a preemptive measure because of the incoming (ongoing?) flood of ai music?
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Dec 6, 2023, 10:03 AM@helvetica @dada_drummer oh wow, that is a really interesting take. My assumption was that there would be an easier way for Spotify to resolve that (eg music published by established record labels), and that this had more to do with pulling their leverage to broadly reduce payouts to artists. But I wonder if you're right!
- Zach Gagehelvetica@mastodon.gamedev.placeDec 6, 2023, 2:55 PM
@anna @dada_drummer yeah it is easy to imagine a world where arrived here through trying to find a way to maintain letting anyone upload music (even without a label) and wanting to treat everyone equally for payments.
or maybe they’re just tightening in an extra messed up way for everyone
- Dec 8, 2023, 6:40 AM
@helvetica @dada_drummer yeah, I'd like to think it wasn't predatory. The new system has precedent (eg video streaming), but it's a mismatch to most musicians' output. We typically see albums released, which are a holistic work vs a focus on hit singles.
Many musicians aren't trying to create pop music. New sound can be challenging to the broader public, and a model that focuses on hits or single tracks disincentivizes creative risk and thriving in an inherently smaller community.