@JohnPhilpin Interesting article about the Pitchfork going down and all the layoffs. Makes me think about the music industry future, too, especially as someone who both feels it in the tech (death of tech journalism, at least in the App Space) and, on the other hand, as a musician.
@jacob yes - Ted Gioia has been on that track for a while now - he is one of the links ... where you find these words ..
Meanwhile streaming platforms encouraged passive listening—so people don’t even know the names of songs or artists.
.. he's not wrong.
@JohnPhilpin yeah. Also, as a “small unknown” musician, just the basically endless amount of music makes it hard to get my music out. Some people, especially people who know me, might listen to it once, at most, and then move on to the next new music.
@JohnPhilpin so it’s interesting. Curation (or editorials) could help with actually sifting through the noise but, apparently, in practice this doesn’t work. Or even if there’s curation on the track level by the streaming services, the customers still don’t care about a specific artist. No loyalty.