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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: 0.211s | source
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eleveriven ◴[20 Dec 24 07:21 UTC] No.42468980[source]▶
It’s particularly concerning that Spotify’s actions prioritize cheaper, anonymous tracks over legitimate artist contributions
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nicky0 ◴[20 Dec 24 08:26 UTC] No.42469262[source]▶
What makes an artist "legitimate"?
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iamacyborg ◴[20 Dec 24 08:42 UTC] No.42469333[source]▶
They release records and play shows.
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troupo ◴[20 Dec 24 17:31 UTC] No.42473013[source]▶
That somehow makes people who create music for games and movies not legitimate artists.
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iamacyborg ◴[20 Dec 24 21:06 UTC] No.42475026[source]▶
Do those not also get released as records and do those artists not also do live shows?

I know of at least one record label that specialises in releasing game music and I’ve seen Amon Tobin (producer who make the soundtrack for a Splinter Cell game, amongst other things) live.

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1. pxoe ◴[21 Dec 24 10:42 UTC] No.42478849[source]▶
there's probably a difference between doing maybe a handful of live shows spontaneously, and having a career that's filled with live shows and tours. having a "record" (a whatever physical release) is kind of irrelevant cause anyone can put anything on anything, live shows and tours are more complicated and some people just don't do it, and it's a yet more bizarre way to measure "legitimacy" cause again, so much music and so many artists just don't do that.