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How a 90-Year-Old Missing Person Became a Hit on Spotify
- 6stringmerc 11y agoWonderful little story and I expect we'll have lots more of these cottage industry, for-love-of-art-commercially-unsuccessful-hidden-in-history stories now that recording technology is reaching consumer-level. The material by Connie seems very strong and I look forward to listening to some more - kind of reminds me of Everlast's latest album, The Life Acoustic. I can really dig how tech might be a great way to preserve non-public talent, rather than taking somebody with extremely limited musical talent and forcing them on the public (i.e. Fetty Wap).
- miander 11y agoMaybe the Internet Archive could participate in this. I imagine that much of this lost-to-time music is recorded on deteriorating tapes which might only be able to be played back a few times. Consumer equipment is getting a lot better but unique recordings deserve professional archival equipment and care.
- swagv 11y agoAnd yet why only Spotify? In fact, the article makes no mention of it and the word "Spotify" only appears in the title. Perhaps I should be thankful that this wasn't a blatant advert for Spotify. But you have to ask...
- lizzard 11y agoGreat stuff and a good story. Her songs kind of remind me of Daniel Johnston's.
- Renaud 11y agoA bit of a tragic story that echoes that of Vivian Mayer: undiscovered during her lifetime, unable to really find herself in the society of the time, later suffering from mental disorder, sad ending. Mysterious and fascinating women who maybe just needed a bit more luck in their life.
- LargeCompanies 11y agoIs this yet more fiction on the Internet to sell product (growth hacking) or an actual true story? I'm sorta getting sick of all the fake and made up crap seen on the Internet and notably shared on Facebook.
- tomcam 11y agoThe blog is called pricenomics but they don't address who owns the rights to her music? I'm guessing the surviving brother Phil but it would be fun to know who benefits.
- cdelsolar 11y agoThis music is beautiful.