I started to like the jazz music that plays in my favourite coffee shop, so I now listen to whatever chill jazz I can find while driving as it helps to keep me calm. I’m open to recommendations if anyone has any artists, tracks or playlists to share! #jazz#music
@andycarolan they cover a lot of different genres but I have discovered so much great jazz (especially international artists) from the My Analog Journal YouTube channel. I can especially recommend their 70’s Japanese jazz/fusion sets, which are a goldmine for incredible music. https://www.youtube.com/@MyAnalogJournal
@LexiGirl Thanks. I searched for and found it. I use Apple Music though, so will check out some of the artists and see if there’s something similar there. Ooh, a fancy bookshop sounds just as amazing as a fancy cafe
@andycarolan@LexiGirl A lot of Spotify Jazz is actually machine/AI generated, recently Spotify has taken down tens of thousands of songs from the artificial intelligence music start-up Boomy.
Spotify is also rdeveloping AI-generated playlists. References discovered in the app’s code indicate the company may be developing generative AI playlists users could create using prompts.
Spotify is still loosing money even on the meagre amount they pay for plays. AI music only costs to generate.
@andycarolan@LexiGirl Pick a few tracks from playlists like "Jazz In Background" and see if you can find albums by the artists, or where they are on tour. Many just don't exist.
That might be fine, but the more people listen to this type of music, the more homogeneous it will become.
@ctproduced “recently took down about 7 percent of the tracks that had been uploaded by Boomy, the equivalent of “tens of thousands” of songs" - Seven Percent! @LexiGirl
@andycarolan@LexiGirl It's likely the only way Spotify will stay in business... if you listen to albums made by actual artists they have to pay, multiply by a million plays and it's not a lot of money for the artist, but multiply it by Spotify's ten of millions of users and it's killing Spotify which has never made a profit.
If they can churn out AI generated music, in AI generated playlists, it only costs them for the compute power, no licensing.
@ctproduced This is assuming that we want music streaming companies to stay in business of course. Sure, it's great for convenience, but maybe supporting artists directly is the better solution. @LexiGirl
@andycarolan@LexiGirl all aspects of physical distribution are collapsing. Amazon takes a huge slice out of CD and DVD sales revenues and passes the full sales tax to the distributor or band.
So a $10 CD with 8% state tax, Amazon often passes on just $4 out of which the label, distributor and sales tax have to be paid... Sales tax takes 80¢ so there's not much left...
So be careful what you wish for. As much everyone would love it to go back to record stores... It won't happen.
@ctproduced I didn't mention record stores... the one mainstream one we have left appears to specialise more in merchandise and niche vinyl than CDs/DVDs (although I have bought box-sets there recently). I'm talking about other methods of purchasing music digitally, while avoiding streaming services.
While Bandcamp isn't perfect, artists appear to receive more than they would on there than via streaming. especially on Bandcamp day. @LexiGirl
Add comment