Comment on Spotify’s 3rd price hike in 2.5 years hints at potential new normal

Steve@communick.news ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Powderhorn@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There are several albums I listen to as a complete work. But you can’t tell me that albums with one good track and a bunch of detritus weren’t a thing.

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  • Steve@communick.news ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    But why listen to just one song? It seems a waste to sit down, put on headphones or fire up the livingroom stereo, all for only a single pice of music.

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    • bluGill@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What makes you think it is just one song? In the 1980s it was a mix tape that took the good tracks from several albums. With computers it is a playlist. Or more often it is a play random tracks from my large collection until I hit stop.

      I do listen to just one song once in a while when that is all I have time for, or when some song comes to mind that I want to hear. However mostly it is a playlist that I created.

      There are a few albums that are related collection and work best listened together, but most are just a bunch of songs and you can listen in any order.

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      • Steve@communick.news ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I was playing a role to try to make a point to the OP.

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    • Powderhorn@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I mean, I can just choose a track on my phone or computer, hit play and have music. I don’t currently have a speaker setup.

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      • Steve@communick.news ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That’s no way to enjoy music. You can hardly hear anything on that tinny little phone speaker.

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• Prove_your_argument@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Sure but you can listen to whole albums on stuff like Spotify.

  Some bands are truly one hit wonders though..

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• HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Even during the halcyon days of CD sales in the late 90’s, there was a decent amount of filler on a lot of albums. It didn’t help that albums were the product while singles were what were advertised.

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• passepartout@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Music has changed. Its more about single tracks with shorter playtime now because of the algorithms calculating the payout for the artist.

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• Banzai51@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Some.bands do that. Most do not.

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