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Ghost artists on Spotify

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556 points greenie_beans | 1 comments | 19 Dec 24 14:12 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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timoth3y ◴[19 Dec 24 23:01 UTC] No.42466636[source]▶
The entire history of the music business is one of attorneys developing ever more inventive ways of screwing over musicians.

The sad thing (for artists) is that it seems like most Spotify listeners don't care.

Most of our music consumption today seems to be as a kind of background vibe rather than an appreciation of the music itself.

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CapsAdmin ◴[19 Dec 24 23:51 UTC] No.42466984[source]▶
Maybe very anecdotal, but I know a genz'er who mostly listens to music on tik tok in short loops.
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piva00 ◴[19 Dec 24 23:58 UTC] No.42467033[source]▶
I got a cab some months ago with a young driver, he'd play a playlist, scrub the song to jump around the 01:00 mark, listen to 30-45s of the chorus, scrub again to find the 2nd chorus, and skip the song afterwards.

It was fascinating to experience.

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1. justatdotin ◴[20 Dec 24 00:09 UTC] No.42467096{3}[source]▶
I've always known people who do similar. it's weird, but it's not terribly new.