Just a reminder that if you're a #Spotify customer, you're paying the platform to give anti-vax, conspiracy-theory podcaster Joe Rogan $250M to spread dangerous misinformation.

I switched to Deezer. There are many other choices: Apple, Amazon, Tidal, Qobuz and others. If you are the type to abandon Twitter because of Musk, why pay Spotify to make Joe Rogan wealthy and the world less informed?

https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/joe-rogan-renews-spotify-deal-not-exclusive-1235895424/

Joe Rogan Renews Spotify Deal for $250M, Podcast No Longer Exclusive

Spotify inked a new partnership with Joe Rogan, under which "The Joe Rogan Experience" podcast will now be available on other audio platforms.

^{Todd Spangler (Variety)}

Yeah, life’s hard when you’re not on #Spotify 🤣

I guess I’ll survive on #AppleMusic a little while longer

"In a completely unrelated note, Spotify is shutting down in Uruguay after the country passed a bill that requires fair pay to artists, as reported by MixMag. The company made threats to shut down when the bill was first suggested back in July and now it has followed through. A spokesperson for Spotify actually wrote Uruguay's Minister of Education, Pablo Da Silveira, to say that the country’s bill would force it to “pay twice” the amount of royalties to artists." "

https://www.engadget.com/spotify-confirms-it-wont-offer-payouts-for-songs-with-fewer-than-1000-plays-181501465.html

#Tech #Music #Corporations #Spotify #Capitalism

Spotify confirms it won't offer payouts for songs with fewer than 1,000 plays

Spotify has officially unveiled its new streaming payment policies for artists and labels and the details haven’t changed from previous reports. Payments...

^{Lawrence Bonk (Engadget)}

#NewMusic #OutNow!

If you enjoyed my bubbly house track "Fediverse" about this very decentralised network that I submitted to #Fedivision2023, I'm excited to share that it's out now on #Bandcamp!!

- https://moule.bandcamp.com/track/fediverse

Also on #Spotify:

- https://open.spotify.com/track/0lcthJJao3RqxTsJpHsCUL

...& more platforms listed here!

🎶 - https://hyperfollow.com/moule/fediverse

#Fediverse #Fedivision #MOUL #MOULE #Music #EDM #ElectronicMusic #House #Artist #Artists #Art #Musodon #Music

This is such a cool idea.

It's estimated that 100,000 new songs are uploaded to #Spotify every day.

Inevitably, that means loads of really great music never gets heard.

Thanks to Venus Theory, I've just heard about #Forgotify, which points you to songs on Spotify that have no listens, or at least no complete play throughs.

And I've already found some real gems!

#Musodon #Music

https://forgotify.com/

Forgotify

Millions of songs on Spotify have been forgotten. We’re changing that.

^{forgotify.com}