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Honestly I'm not bothered, the kind of artist that would care enough about optimizing profit on Spotify to actually change their music isn't the kind of artist
by p1necone 8y ago
Honestly I'm not bothered, the kind of artist that would care enough about optimizing profit on Spotify to actually change their music isn't the kind of artist I give a shit about in the first place.
- dagurp 8y agoMaybe there's pressure from the publisher. Many artists have terrible contracts
- jere 8y agoI find it hard to believe Kendrick Lamar falls in that bucket and with that, I can't take this article very seriously.
- p1necone 8y agoYeah I'd be much more inclined to believe it's just a desired stylistic change from him. Or perhaps he knows about shorter songs being more profitable and decided to do it without sacrificing integrity. (Constraints do make creativity more fun/easier sometimes).
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- plaguuuuuu 8y agoThe cognitive dissonance is real
- claudiawerner 8y agoMany artists were told to shorten their songs or at least produce radio versions, and that was part of the contract. At least according to the film Bohemian Raphsody, Queen was faced with such a predicament - now imagine if they had been weaker willed (though still the kind of artist you might give a shit about)... Money (and security required for the lack of it) is unfortunately a big incentive in society's producton of art, and one look at the "culture industry" tells you more than you need to know.
- notatcomputer68 8y agoIt doesn't have to be the artists optimizing. It could be that everyone makes whatever they want but those who happen to make shorter songs are pushed up and those that make longer songs are pushed out.