The hottest Spotify Substack posts right now

The majority of tracks on music streaming platforms receive little to no streams, affecting artist royalties.
Even popular tracks earn very little from streaming platforms due to low royalty rates.
A more equitable distribution of streaming revenue is needed to support working musicians.

Rashida Tlaib and Jamaal Bowman proposed a bill called The Living Wage for Musicians Act targeting Spotify and its competitors.
The bill aims to triple payments to artists, raising them from 0.3 cents per stream to 1 cent per stream, but faces obstacles as it seeks to increase subscription fees and cap payments.
The bill reveals flawed economic thinking commonly found on the far left, showing how marginalized loons can be thwarted by those with more knowledge.

600 Hard Rock, Metal, and Punk(ish) Artists have experienced significant growth in Monthly Spotify Listenership.
Various artists like Ghost, Deftones, and Falling in Reverse have seen a massive increase in their monthly Spotify listeners over nine months.
Data on monthly Spotify listenership offers insights into the health of genres, the impact of marketing efforts, and the success of tours in building audiences.

The post talks about first-week album sales by various artists.
It provides updates on hard rock, metal, and punk music on Spotify.
The post also includes YouTube view counts for recent music videos by different bands.

Chrome extension idea: Automatically play gameplay videos alongside text for better understanding.
Chrome extension idea: Highlight passive voice and weasel words for easier reading.
Consider creating a chrome extension to bypass web paywalls.

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The author automated the process of creating a Spotify playlist featuring artists from a new music venue lineup in DC.
They used Spotipy, a Python wrapper for the Spotify Web API, to compile songs from each artist's featured playlist.
The biggest challenge faced during the process was getting the proper access code to work with the Spotify Web API.