[HN Gopher] Streaming Is Changing the Sound of Music
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       Streaming Is Changing the Sound of Music
        
       Author : lxm
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2023-09-16 02:55 UTC (20 hours ago)
        
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       | piker wrote:
       | Fascinated / saddened by the effect of modern economic trends on
       | music, but it is what it is. However,
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       | > Before the Temptations sing a word, an instrumental
       | introduction featuring organ, guitar, bass, and a hi-hat cymbal
       | ebbs and flows for more than four minutes.
       | 
       | Seems like this should refer to about 2 minutes of instrumental
       | intro based (ironically?) on my listening to the ca. 7 minute
       | version on Spotify. Am I missing something?
        
       | kouru225 wrote:
       | Why is it that a "play" is defined by a discrete threshold line
       | 30 seconds? Isn't it way more logical to define some continuous
       | relationship between amount of time played and amount of money
       | generated like it's done on YouTube?
        
       | archo wrote:
       | https://archive.is/uTnYi
        
         | thunderbong wrote:
         | For some reason that link didn't work for me.
         | 
         | https://archive.ph/uTnYi
        
       | crooked-v wrote:
       | This seems like a repeat of everything I've seen about the
       | effects of radio on mass music.
        
         | gdulli wrote:
         | If technology through streaming, AI, and other enshittifying
         | forces are scaling up pre-existing bullshit from annoying
         | trends into absolute omnipresence, that's worth recognizing and
         | talking about as its own phenomenon.
        
       | rhabarba wrote:
       | I will _not_ listen to music made for people with a short
       | attention span.
        
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