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Within a few days, the owner of an independent record label in New York dropped me a line to let me know about a mysterious phenomenon that was “in the air” and of growing concern to those in the indie music scene: Spotify, the rumor had it, was filling its most popular playlists with stock music attributed to pseudonymous musicians—variously called ghost or fake artists—presumably in an effort to reduce its royalty payouts. Some even speculated that Spotify might be making the tracks itself. At a time when playlists created by the company were becoming crucial sources of revenue for independent artists and labels, this was a troubling allegation.

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According to a source close to the company, Spotify’s own internal research showed that many users were not coming to the platform to listen to specific artists or albums; they just needed something to serve as a soundtrack for their days, like a study playlist or maybe a dinner soundtrack. In the lean-back listening environment that streaming had helped champion, listeners often weren’t even aware of what song or artist they were hearing. As a result, the thinking seemed to be: Why pay full-price royalties if users were only half listening? It was likely from this reasoning that the Perfect Fit Content program was created.

After at least a year of piloting, PFC was presented to Spotify editors in 2017 as one of the company’s new bets to achieve profitability. According to a former employee, just a few months later, a new column appeared on the dashboard editors used to monitor internal playlists. The dashboard was where editors could view various stats: plays, likes, skip rates, saves. And now, right at the top of the page, editors could see how successfully each playlist embraced “music commissioned to fit a certain playlist/mood with improved margins,” as PFC was described internally.

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Spotify, for its part, has been open about its willingness to allow AI music on the platform. During a 2023 conference call, Daniel Ek noted that the boom in AI-generated content could be “great culturally” and allow Spotify to “grow engagement and revenue.”

Posting an electronic track a day until I finish my album #2

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This one is such a banger and usually lives in my head rent free for a few days after I listen to it.

song from a game i used to play as a kid (platypus)

why does it go so hard

Posting an electronic track a day until I finish my album #1

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Kinda hoping to motivate myself to sit down at the computer everyday and at least think about some cool music. Kicking off the series with this classic that I lowkey consider as some kind of little theme tune for myself lol

Words cannot describe how much I love Daft Punk

Generally revolutionary music is good, especially if it is in a langage idk which is most of them.

German and Russian punk go crazy

I would also love recommendations similar to Molchat Doma and Kino, those also slap. Motorama is also a band I think is cool.

I especially fw arabic in general

Final Fantasy: Pray is the first Vocal Collections album from the legendary RPG series. This video features remastered audio from the original 1994 release, showcasing beloved tracks from Final Fantasy I through VI.

🎵 Featuring vocals by Risa Ohki in Japanese, English, French, and Portuguese

🗓️ Originally released on June 25, 1994

🎮 Covers iconic themes from Final Fantasy I to VI

🔊 Carefully remastered audio for enhanced listening experience