[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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(TXT) w3m dump (www.wsj.com)
| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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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