Post B08soB4MY5ac5K98XA by onekind@beige.party
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 (DIR) Post #B08soB4MY5ac5K98XA by onekind@beige.party
       2025-11-10T23:53:25Z
       
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       This is fucking bleak on Spotify:https://www.theverge.com/column/815744/music-recommendation-algorithms'The [former Spotify] employee explained that, "the vast majority of music listeners, they're not really interested in listening to music per se. They just need a soundtrack to a moment in their day."'Music changed as a response to this:'Songs got shorter, albums got longer, and intros went away. The hook got pushed to the front of the song to try to grab listeners' attention immediately, and things like guitar solos all but disappeared from pop music. The palette of sounds artists pulled from got smaller, arrangements became more simplified, pop music flattened.'
       
 (DIR) Post #B08soCTDLB3wQgmUuO by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
       2025-11-11T17:04:48Z
       
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       @onekind Meh. True but not the change it appears to be. 1960s, 1970s, people put radio on and same thing. Just the soundtrack for the moment.  Exactly the same, only the ads changed. But the user feedback did allow for fine tuning not possible with radio. It's all shit in the end.