The Slow Music Movement / is on Nostr

Disorderly digging in an algorithmic world. Lesser known, independent & alternative artists. Lazy & hazy vibes.

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Last Notes

2025-01-20 07:59:47

One down. Facebook is next, as soon as I spend some time trying to persuade TSMM's 5K followers there - who Meta rarely show my posts to anyway, to follow me on other more responsibly managed platforms. 2025's digital detox is making me feel healthier already.
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2025-01-20 07:59:47

2024-08-24 17:50:48

(2/2) and to add insult to injury have decided to throw in major label artists in the top ten who you don't even follow. They're not even pretending to care about the artists or listeners any more. If you care about music, especially independent and alternative music, I would suggest moving to Napster, Tidal or Apple Music who respectively pay the most and pay ALL artists regardless of popularity. TBC 👆

2024-08-24 17:50:48

2024-08-24 17:50:11

(1/2) The enshittification of Spotify is almost complete. After demonetising 67% of music on the site since April - mostly from alternative and small independent artists, and funneling their earnings to major label artists (but mostly their label and its shareholders), they then introduced Smart Shuffle to populate third party playlists with algorithmic picks. Now they’ve just reduced Release Radar from 200 tracks to just 30 new releases from your followed artists (TBC)👆

2024-08-13 10:55:35

Just in case you're wondering why the music tips have been few and far between for the last 3.5 weeks 🐣🍼 Normal service should resume in 2042 when she goes to university 😂
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