"I’ll need to think about the costs and benefits of continuing to remain on those platforms". That's something not everyone thinks about and it's so important! I feel like algos are somewhat 'in your face' and also very well masked and hidden behind their usefulness. I am glad we got this insider opinion!! Thanks for sharing~
As a musician/producer, I often get asked about whether or not streaming is a "good/bad" thing. It's not that simple. Both as an artist and fan, I'm grateful, I'm frustrated, and confused. It's a loaded topic. This really connected for me from your recommendation of Patrick Sharbaugh's article: "That’s not how I want to experience music. What am I missing out on by allowing a corporate monolith with so little respect for artists or music shove its preferred content at me? I’m certainly not suggesting that all music on Spotify is bad; that would be ridiculous. And I’m not trying to say Spotify is evil or that there are no good things about it. But I know I’m no longer comfortable with the tradeoffs I have to make by being a puppet of its algorithm, both ethically and artistically."
Thank you, Caoilainn, for the chance to team up here!
thank you! as an artist, it's nice to hear about others experiencing the conflicted experience.
"I’ll need to think about the costs and benefits of continuing to remain on those platforms". That's something not everyone thinks about and it's so important! I feel like algos are somewhat 'in your face' and also very well masked and hidden behind their usefulness. I am glad we got this insider opinion!! Thanks for sharing~
Thanks for sharing this with us
As a musician/producer, I often get asked about whether or not streaming is a "good/bad" thing. It's not that simple. Both as an artist and fan, I'm grateful, I'm frustrated, and confused. It's a loaded topic. This really connected for me from your recommendation of Patrick Sharbaugh's article: "That’s not how I want to experience music. What am I missing out on by allowing a corporate monolith with so little respect for artists or music shove its preferred content at me? I’m certainly not suggesting that all music on Spotify is bad; that would be ridiculous. And I’m not trying to say Spotify is evil or that there are no good things about it. But I know I’m no longer comfortable with the tradeoffs I have to make by being a puppet of its algorithm, both ethically and artistically."