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“Can you really reach a larger audience by getting on a background jazz playlist than taking home the most coveted Grammy? I hate to share the bad news, my friends, but the world has changed.”

wow what an amazing insight. some dead awards show for geriatrics where disney child actors always win musician of the year or whatever. it’s truly shocking that nobody cares about that

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Missing the point: when the playlist features in-house brands pushed to prominence they don’t actually have to fuel higher profits for Spotify in lieu of paying royalties to independent artists or labels that needs to be labeled. “Amazon knock off of Amazon independent merchants product” Which is precisely shady behavior.

“Hey you asked for jazz, here’s the top ten” with no mention that it’s stocked full of generic house brands commissioned specifically to bang out cheap non innovative copies.

Had you searched for “generic jazz Muzak” you might expect such dreck and even welcome it. But as it stands you have the worlds largest streaming service undercutting it’s own clients.

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