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This is a great piece @lizpelly
My first thought when I encountered streaming was that it is an inelegant logic to value all music by per play numbers.
Many of the most transformative pieces of art are not repeat experiences
Stalker is not Star Wars https://twitter.com/andrewhuang/status/1335666130216755200
My first thought when I encountered streaming was that it is an inelegant logic to value all music by per play numbers.
Many of the most transformative pieces of art are not repeat experiences
Stalker is not Star Wars https://twitter.com/andrewhuang/status/1335666130216755200
I've maybe read my favorite books two times. I don't listen to the Art Ensemble on repeat everyday. I'm not offended if my music isn't on daily rotation.
Only meaningful metric: did the piece of art blow your mind for it's duration?
Only meaningful metric: did the piece of art blow your mind for it's duration?
the sales model worked for groundbreaking artists as I had to pay a one time fee to access a singular idea or experience
I am skeptical that many of the categories of mind blowing music we enjoy today would exist if their value were to have been judged upon per stream numbers
I am skeptical that many of the categories of mind blowing music we enjoy today would exist if their value were to have been judged upon per stream numbers
an engineer with a simplistic understanding of culture will design a simplistic system for it
Culture is a complicated ecosystem. Behind the popular song we listen to on repeat is decades of experimentation that was not very popular. Without support for that we get cul-de-sacs.
Culture is a complicated ecosystem. Behind the popular song we listen to on repeat is decades of experimentation that was not very popular. Without support for that we get cul-de-sacs.
I think my most streamed piece of music is when I autotuned that weird BBQ guy
lets get real
lets get real
