> Recently, Spotify announced their Discovery Mode program. This allows labels to discount selected parts of their catalog in return for increased promotion via Radio and Autoplay
Uggh. I wish payola were actually illegal in practice.
> So who’s really losing in this equation?
Possibly, older out of touch-artists who think music should always be something meaningful and “culturally important” and are perhaps – just slightly – butthurt that no one cares, or that other people have figured out another way to be successful.
I can't tell if this bit is dripping with sarcasm, or if the author is actually this contemptuous of musicians and this dismissive of the difficulty associated with getting "discovered" these days.
Either way, it is a fascinating article. Wouldn't have guessed that Sony was one of the leading spammers/fraudsters (see other threads on this article) in this space, or that Spotify was complicit.
This actually makes me angrier than the Sony rootkit fiasco.
