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kidslow · Post by **kidslow** » Wed Sep 13, 2023 5:17 pm

This story just says something profound about the musical age we live in.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ ... nder-money

gnu23 · Post by **gnu23** » Wed Sep 13, 2023 5:44 pm

Anything that can be gamed will be.
I had to RTFA a little deeper to understand the amounts involved. As I suspected given Spotify's payout rate, the values were relatively small. That does not negate the concern at all.
In the Baltimore area, links between local artists and drug gangs have surfaced in drug trials.

harryupbabble · Post by **harryupbabble** » Sat Sep 16, 2023 2:00 pm

some peopke hated prog rock
so some people did something about it
and punk music came to be

some people hated hair metal
so some people did something about it
and grunge music came to be

some people hate spotify
can't some people do someting about that?

funky lime · Post by **funky lime** » Sat Sep 16, 2023 3:21 pm

vulfpeck did it first

lotus2035 · Post by **lotus2035** » Sat Sep 16, 2023 3:25 pm

harryupbabble wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2023 2:00 pm some people hated hair metal
so some people did something about it
and grunge music came to be

Thrash/Death Metal bands did it first.

InLight-Tone · Post by **InLight-Tone** » Sat Sep 16, 2023 3:59 pm

Um, ya, but it's the Guardian...

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sat Sep 16, 2023 4:19 pm

InLight-Tone wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2023 3:59 pm Um, ya, but it's the Guardian...

and?

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sat Sep 16, 2023 4:23 pm

lotus2035 wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2023 3:25 pm
harryupbabble wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2023 2:00 pm some people hated hair metal
so some people did something about it
and grunge music came to be
Thrash/Death Metal bands did it first.

while i agree, and prefer those genres, they didn't have the same impact as grunge did.
few thrash metal tracks made the billboard charts, and no death metal as far as i remember. aside from a couple of anthrax, a couple of metallica and same for megadeth, over here no other thrash ventured near the charts.

grunge was everywhere! even at fashion shows ffs

idiots spending a fortune on designer ripped jeans and flannel shirts. what a world!!!

? ? ? · Post by **? ? ?** » Sat Sep 16, 2023 5:07 pm

vurt wrote: and no death metal as far as i remember. aside from a couple of anthrax, a couple of metallica and same for megadeth, over here no other thrash ventured near the charts.

Those bands aren't death metal or thrash bands, they are speed.metal.

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Sat Sep 16, 2023 5:11 pm

? ? ? wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2023 5:07 pm
vurt wrote: and no death metal as far as i remember. aside from a couple of anthrax, a couple of metallica and same for megadeth, over here no other thrash ventured near the charts.
Those bands aren't death metal or thrash bands, they are speed.metal.

The term 'trash metal' was literally coined for Anthrax.

dayjob · Post by **dayjob** » Sat Sep 16, 2023 5:12 pm

there's an endless amount of scams and gaming of the system on spotify.. spotify runs some of the scams to benefit themselves. there's dozen or so articles about all the scams that happen and how artists lose the game and scammers win. spotify is just a tech bro grift.. venture capital, high stock valuation, big money extraction for the top and pennies for everyone else.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sat Sep 16, 2023 5:15 pm

well i did say "no death metal reached the charts" and as they did, you can assume, i know they're not death metal.

they were 3 of the "big 4 thrash metal bands"

? ? ? · Post by **? ? ?** » Sat Sep 16, 2023 5:16 pm

whyterabbyt wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2023 5:11 pm
? ? ? wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2023 5:07 pm
vurt wrote: and no death metal as far as i remember. aside from a couple of anthrax, a couple of metallica and same for megadeth, over here no other thrash ventured near the charts.
Those bands aren't death metal or thrash bands, they are speed.metal.
The term 'trash metal' was literally coined for Anthrax.

Well whomever coined them trash was probably some clueless executive with a clean cut beard that listens to Bread

? ? ? · Post by **? ? ?** » Sat Sep 16, 2023 5:17 pm

vurt wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2023 5:15 pm well i did say "no death metal reached the charts" and as they did, you can assume, i know they're not death metal.

they were 3 of the "big 4 thrash metal bands"

Metallica, after And Justice, became easy listening pop

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sat Sep 16, 2023 5:21 pm

? ? ? wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2023 5:17 pm
vurt wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2023 5:15 pm well i did say "no death metal reached the charts" and as they did, you can assume, i know they're not death metal.

they were 3 of the "big 4 thrash metal bands"
Metallica, after And Justice, became easy listening pop

i would kind of agree, the best was long gone.
but a couple of justice tracks (the begining of the end...) made the charts here.
i wasn't talking about the black album onwards, as they don't really register on my memory.

Spotify as money laundering vehicle