There’s not many things that cause sleepless nights to those running big corporations – but facing a potentially even bigger adversary might just be one of them. Just ask Tim Cook at Apple –...
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You can’t just keep rinsing the 80s and 90s forever! As streaming’s tentacles continue to influence the way people listen to music, where ARE the classics of tomorrow going to come from?
You know things are getting desperate when the establishment media start asking the big questions. And no, we’re not talking about the dance music press – if the questions aren’t about drugs or about...
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But we don’t want to pay out more money! Spotify throw a temper tantrum by pulling out of two French festivals – and all because France has put a streaming levy on the site…
The very pretty, Instagram friendly graphics from 2023’s edition of Spotify Wrapped might have given the impression that all is well at the streaming site – but anyone taking a quick look under the...
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Don’t give the money to your bank, leave it in OUR bank account instead! Spotify’s latest defence of its 1000 streams per year rule is possibly its most ridiculous yet…
As far as years go, Daniel Ek is probably hoping to see the back of this one sooner rather than later. It’s not exactly been a good 2023 for Spotify – they’ve had to...
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You can’t do a balanced take here, this is the internet! Marshall Jefferson comments on DJs posting their Spotify Wrapped stats – and reckons the numbers DO help get you bookings…
It’s now practically an annual tradition in the music world. Towards the end of November or early December, Spotify release their yearly data dumps to their artists, known simply as Spotify Wrapped. In addition...
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Does Spotify have ANY idea what it’s doing anymore? Fresh from announcing no pay for less than 1000 streams next year and 1500 job cuts, they’re now plugging three months of free Premium!
There’s simply no way that Ears To The House can be alone in wondering just what on earth is up with Spotify at the moment. Call us cynical if you must – some readily...
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Take it you don’t mind being called Scrooge, Daniel? Fresh from announcing they’re not paying for anything less than 1000 streams next year, Spotify say they’re giving 1500 workers the axe…
Back in 1843, the most well-known novel by Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, was released in London. The book – telling the story of a rich miser called Ebenezer Scrooge who changes his mean,...
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So how much money was behind those cute Spotify Wrapped pictures last week? German composer Hainbach answered the question that many wouldn’t – and it’s about a pitiful $0.00216 per stream…
Last week, Spotify engaged in its latest, now annual piece of marketing – Spotify Wrapped. They would take all the data that they’ve obtained over the past twelve months, and compress it down into...
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How many of those streams will be paid for in the future? As Spotify Wrapped looks set to hit artists inboxes this Thursday, a question about the changes kicking in during 2024…
We’re almost at that time of the year when artists start receiving emails from Spotify telling them how they’ve done on the streaming site this year. Many will choose to parade the badges proudly...
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They’ve got you right over a barrel! Threaten Spotify with having to pay artists more money, and they’ll just leave your country – as Uruguay are about to find out…
History is littered with examples of people and institutions being corrupted by power. Quite simply, if you hand over all the power to someone, they’re probably going to be tempted to abuse it –...
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Is this just the start of a slippery slope? Spotify confirms that anyone getting less than 1000 streams for a track from next year won’t be getting paid for it…
Ever since Spotify was founded back in 2006, it has become the most curious of beasts. Despite becoming the website which, in many ways, saved the majors from a very bleak future as everything...
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Do they STILL have to plug music in this way? There’s a hard techno playlist on Spotify – and we still don’t know how the hell this cover photo got approved…
So how do you promote music in this day and age? No one seems to know the right answers to this question anymore – and Ears To The House certainly can’t profess any specific...
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Just pay everything to Lucian Grainge and be done with it! Spotify is changing its royalty model from next year to combat streaming fraud – but who will REALLY benefit from the move?
Everyone seems to agree that the streaming model doesn’t pay in the way that it should. Even the major labels admit that there are issues within the current system – despite them being by...
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Spotify should raise their prices, says Warner Records boss
It was Baz Luhrmann on his 1999 song “Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)” who commented that you should “Accept certain inalienable truths; prices will rise, politicians will philander. You too will get old, and...
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Are upcoming DJs getting fake verified to get to the top?
From the relatively early days of social media, it’s been possible to buy followers. Although the technology existed in Facebook’s infancy, it was when Twitter came along in 2006 that it started to really...
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Spotify are going into ticket trade – guess who’s not happy?
Imagine that you run a business which was repeatedly cited as having saved an entire industry, yet your own company had never made a single penny of profit in its entire 17 years of...
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