Last month I saw on Facebook that my friends started to use 'Spotify' application. At first I was not really interested to open it, not even thinking to download it.After few days I have thought that- 'hello, I am a media student!', it is my obligation to focus on everything, what is going on around all the networked world!
I decided to log on just to see why it is becoming so popular among my friends. The downloading process was very easy and I did not have to use any special tools or applications. I was surprised that I could find there every artist or band, even those from my country(Poland).
The benefits of using 'SPOTIFY' is that is legal (which is important these days), that you can find all of discography of any artists, (even the newest albums), you are able to make your own playlist mixing all the songs, albums of your favourite music. It is connected with all other social networks, so every song or artist you are actual listen to, your friends can see it or even just play it.
The other advantages of using it is that you are able to follow your favourite artists and your friends who has the same music taste as you.
The 'catch' is that about every 30 minutes you can hear commercial, if you would like to use this app without any disturbers you can pay monthly and use it as much as you like.
Why Spotify became my favourite application at the moment?
I dont mind commercial due to my understanding of the 'legalization' of that application. The company has to pay for the songs to the artists and some how they need to pay for the server, that is way commercial are active every time.
While I was doing a research I found articles which are helpful to make a critical overview:
'Behind the music: The real reason why the major labels love Spotify'
Spotify has been accused of failing to compensate artists fairly. Helienne Lindvall of The Guardian reported that for "artists who 'signed up to a label' there's a tangible risk that revenue which comes from a possible sale of shares by the label would end up in the proverbial 'blackbox' (non-attributable revenue that remains with the label)." and that "indie labels... as opposed to the majors and Merlin members, receive no advance, receive no minimum per stream and only get a 50% share of ad revenue on a pro-rata basis."
To find out more click on link below:
Is Spotify unfair to musicians?
Spotify may offer a spectacular selection of tunes, but producer/engineer Allen Farmelo thinks Spotify's music for almost nothing model devalues music.
To find out more click on link below:http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-57540964-47/is-spotify-unfair-to-musicians/
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