The Playlistification of Music
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 มิ.ย. 2023
- Howdy! Today I want to talk about something frustrating I've been noticing in the last few years and explore what it is, what it means, and what musicians can do about it.
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I think popular music is suffering, while more underground (or even just music that’s not made to be popular) is better than ever. the innovation is crazy too see
Remember: you do NOT have to conform to playlist culture. Make music that you love to make. With sounds, structure, and vibe that moves you to make more. Tell the story any way you want. If it gave you goosebumps, it’ll give someone else goosebumps. Do what you do. Do it exceptionally. Try to make it as visual as possible to adhere to our screen dominated culture. Become singular, not for singular’s sake - but because it’s you.
New strategy: get hired by an indie game to compose their OST, also release the OST on streaming services. That's a good way to get fans if they like the game and the music
Music gets boring because you dont listen to my Songs
That's your first mistake, never listen to pop music
I personally love the Vocaloid scene for its ease of exploration - any indie artist in any genre can upload and get views because the only criteria to be a part of the scene is that your music uses synthesized vocals, and there's a pretty sizeable audience for it, at least on the Japan side.
Why is markiplier talking to me about music
you kinda sound like markiplier
I never hear 5-8 minute songs anymore. I feel like this is a great length because you can't fully grasp the song after only one listen. It takes multiple listens to unpack it and this makes repeat listens a whole lot more fun. You also had time to fit in a nice instrument solo in there and also even a slow 1 minute buildup intro that gets you hyped before the singing even starts.
I'm a compulsive music listener. I used to be proud of how many new artists I discovered per year. And I agree with you on that discoverability point. I feel like it's getting harder to discover new music and artists even when you want to. I few years ago it happened almost by accident. Nowadays I need to dig so hard. And I'm not talking about finding stuff that I like, but actually truly new stuff, even if it's not my cup of tea.
Music isn't getting boring, not any more than it's ever been. Popular/mainstream music has always been generic-"be as simple as possible to attract as many people as possible"
I think something I find interesting about the Spotify algorithm is that while it doesn't like to serve you new styles of music, it DOES happily serve you incredibly obscure music if that's what you usually listen to. I listen to a lot of stuff nobody's heard of, and my Discover Weekly sometimes has songs on it that don't even have their lyrics transcribed anywhere online. Lesser-known artists WILL get recommended to you if you listen to lesser-known artists. Most people just don't bother listening to obscure indie stuff, I guess.
I'm am not, and have never been a professional musician, but I was in the music scene in the 90s and was in a few bands, so I spent a lot of time with people who were trying to "make it".
I wrote a symphony, paid 3000 € to let it be recorded in Belarus back in 2010, it probably generated revenue through streaming about 5-10 € atmost since then. Cruel reality 😂
This is why ive found myself enjoying smaller artists the majority of the time. They arent making music for everyone, they’re making music for themselves and audiences like them. Its much easier to enjoy then the weekly pop hit.
This remember me how my peers always say that "todays music is shit", and I always respond saying that mainstream music is kinda in a bad place, but also we are in the best possible age to find amazing songs and we need to have a conscious effort to find them. The algorithm has shifted to make you spendtime in the platform, not to give you what you like/asked for.
We need another boom of concept albums, a whole bunch of them to be released in a period of 5 years. This will make people hear the entire album again
Something I've really noticed lately is just how good listening to a full album all the way through is. I've been enjoying music more taking control over things instead of letting Spotify do all the work. A lot of times when Spotify does start shuffling music at the end of an album, if I find a song that piques my interest, I'll go to the artist page and check out their works and see if I can find more music with interesting vibes, if there's an album tied to it, I check out the entire album. It's great
That‘s an awfully long way of saying “I don‘t like my wife‘s taste in music” 😂❤