Jun 29, 2020·1 replyStreaming devalued music & ruined the culture surrounding it tbh
Jun 29, 2020·1 replyOooYou don’t own the music
Artists don’t get much from it
People listen to way too much music every week and don’t appreciate it or let it sink in
Artists now drop bs bundles full of uninspired music to get more streams to get more money
It’s terrible for music in generalits a way better model for the artists, consumer stuff aside
aint noone making money selling albums really outside of the .1%
- Jun 29, 2020·1 replydeleteduser2863
Streaming devalued music & ruined the culture surrounding it tbh
ruined the culture around music?
this is so melodramatic for nothing - Jun 29, 2020dr3am_weaver_479
ruined the culture around music?
this is so melodramatic for nothing
- Jun 29, 2020·1 reply
Still don’t stream
Download gang
Jun 29, 2020bobby jThis was back in 2016 when streaming was taking off.
I remember the stat nerds on here would split physical sales and streams in their reports. They said that only physical sales count as “real album sales”
It was also brought up that streaming made certifications worthless since they have been given out more frequently since 2016. Y’all know this was happening in the 90s too right?
People on KTT also said that it’s better to own your music in case streaming services ever get taken down (would never happen by the way
)Fast forward to 2020 and I feel like it’s common to own either a Spotify or an Apple Music account. What caused this change in attitude towards streaming?
Because 1000 streams equaled one physical sale in billboard rankings, meaning that 100 fans could buy a physical and it'd be the same as 100,000 people streaming the album.
People didn't hate on streaming, they hated on the ratio between streaming and physical sales, and encouraged real fans to buy physical to boost their sales numbers.
- Jun 29, 2020·1 replydr3am_weaver_479
its a way better model for the artists, consumer stuff aside
aint noone making money selling albums really outside of the .1%
That wasn’t always the case tho
- Jun 29, 2020·1 replyOoo
That wasn’t always the case tho
no we also didnt always have internet so i guess f*** that too right
Jun 29, 2020·1 replyKtt stay being wrong about everything
- Jun 29, 2020·2 repliesNozuka
Still don’t stream
Download gang
downloading isn't as easy nowadays, in terms of finding what youre looking for. plus all the links online are dead or shut down
Jun 29, 2020counting streams as sales is still trash
Jun 29, 2020·2 repliesBecause it has very clearly caused a decline in the quality of the music we love
- Jun 29, 2020Chris M
downloading isn't as easy nowadays, in terms of finding what youre looking for. plus all the links online are dead or shut down
Most albums I’m able to find in my case...
It’s very rare that I can’t find what I’m looking for
Jun 29, 2020·1 replyStreaming was the best thing to happen for consumers lol. 4.99 a month and you get access to almost every song in existence. Sounds like a good thing to me.
- Jun 29, 2020dr3am_weaver_479
no we also didnt always have internet so i guess f*** that too right
Idk what ur saying
- Jun 29, 2020
Fake streams.
Jun 29, 2020I still dont mess with it
Stopped supporting that BS and started building my own library
Jun 29, 2020Jim HalpertBecause it has very clearly caused a decline in the quality of the music we love
Jun 29, 2020Digital hoarders
- OPJun 29, 2020·2 repliesJim Halpert
Because it has very clearly caused a decline in the quality of the music we love
How so?
Jun 29, 2020·edited(POLITICAL)
- Jun 29, 2020
Still have never streamed anything lol I own all my tunes
- Jun 29, 2020Chris M
downloading isn't as easy nowadays, in terms of finding what youre looking for. plus all the links online are dead or shut down
its easier than ever tbh
Jun 29, 2020·1 replybobby jHow so?
Artists have been turning their albums into weed plates by bloating it with unnecessary songs in order to boost streaming numbers. Look at Drake, Migos, Rae Sremmurd, etc.
Even with these bullshit "Deluxe" albums where they tack on another project to that album and in return it ruins the album
- Jun 29, 2020bobby j
How so?
The encouragement of bloated albums that aren’t focused to gain streams
Younger listeners having to feel like they can’t sit with an album for more than a couple listens because they can access so much
Trash deluxe album trend for more streaming numbers
Algorithms controlling consumption
Up and coming artists have no reason to make great albums and in this system benefit more from thrown together playlists
I’m an album guy so it’s obviously bad for my purposes.