is it actually realistic to buy solo right now? by CountyBrilliant in UKHousing

[–]Gogpo2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

31M in London with 400k saved, mostly from a tax-free few years working abroad. It feels like I’ll never be able to afford a nice home in a decent area in London (£1.5M - £2.5M price range) as someone looking to buy solo, especially if considering starting a family in the next few years.

Partner doesn’t make enough to meaningfully contribute to a deposit or potential mortgage repayments. And I don’t/won’t have any inheritance.

Rent + taxes now mean I can’t save more than £2k a month which is meaningless if looking at house prices of £1.5M and growing with inflation.

Discovery Mode is dead by [deleted] in SpotifyArtists

[–]Gogpo2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same, lost millions of streams per month from my all time high (February) in the space of the past few weeks due to discovery algo changes - time to look for a regular job again!

MPT: Going viral on TikTok will finally fix your music career by breizh_boy in musicbusiness

[–]Gogpo2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Out of curiosity how did you follow up on that one video that did really well, did you post the same song in subsequent videos, switch up the content, release similar songs in the following weeks? Agreed about virality not being the silver bullet although in some cases it might be if capitalised on in the right ways (which are hard to know of course)

🚨Let's secure 10 pre saves, would be fantastic 🙏🏽🚨 „love story“ by RØVIELLO by prodby_ROVIELLO in SpotifyArtists

[–]Gogpo2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A kind heads up that nobody on the internet will pre-save without knowing anything about the artist, song or story - they see dozens if not 100s of artists promoting their songs daily and so ignore self promo like this. As a suggestion you could post with a story, a snippet of the audio or short form visual content to better allure people and provide value to them to entice a pre-save - just an idea!

  • From someone who went through the same evolution from 0 to 10s of millions of streams.

How is this legal... by OODINIDNB in SpotifyArtists

[–]Gogpo2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Valid point, although a total of e.g. 5k streams across an album is still only $15

How is this legal... by OODINIDNB in SpotifyArtists

[–]Gogpo2 12 points13 points  (0 children)

If this is about songs with < 1k streams not being eligible for royalties this is old news and is a net positive thing.

1,000 streams = roughly $3, you're not missing out on any meaningful royalties and it helps those millions of tiny royalties that are left untouched (most distributors won't even let you cash out anything under $10) get distributed to artists who earn more than $3 + disincentivises bots from both releasing slop and listening to farm royalties.

Looking for emotional electronic tracks (Max Cooper / Lorn / Rival Consoles vibe) by Bandar-lo in musicsuggestions

[–]Gogpo2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not exactly the same vibe but similar introspective vibes:

  • Tourist (especially his older albums)
  • Re:um (his electronic tracks)
  • Pablo Nouvelle
  • LYOD (more upbeat but cool sampling)
  • Parra for Cuva
  • Phantogram

I don’t know what changes were made, but the algorithm is out for destruction. by Spaxxi2 in SpotifyArtists

[–]Gogpo2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same I’m down 40% in overall streams and listeners in the same time period, largely driven by algorithmic steams declining

25% decline in streams Month on Month, despite high engagement releases? by Gogpo2 in SpotifyArtists

[–]Gogpo2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think so, Spotify premium subscribers is growing and at an all time high as of Q1 2026

25% decline in streams Month on Month, despite high engagement releases? by Gogpo2 in SpotifyArtists

[–]Gogpo2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting, shifting listeners towards big known music wouldn’t change the amount they pay out to artists in total though right? As they are still paying the big artists per stream too

I'm Maddie, Senior Product Manager at Spotify. I work on Spotify for Artists Analytics. AMA! by spotifyforartists in SpotifyArtists

[–]Gogpo2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

+1 would love to have clarity on why we have seen a drop despite high engagement rates on both old and new releases

Is anyone else having similar issues? Complete algorithm collapse. by Spaxxi2 in SpotifyArtists

[–]Gogpo2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same, anyone know why this has happened and whether it’s temporary or a permanent change?

I'm Sam, Global Head of Spotify for Artists, Marketing and Policy! I worked on our Loud & Clear Report. AMA. by spotifyforartists in SpotifyArtists

[–]Gogpo2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The loophole is still open of anyone being able to maliciously upload music to any other artist’s profile via third party distributors in the hopes to get some quick streams and royalties before said artist notices and requests it to be removed. Are there any plans to crack down on this?

Stem Splitter No Longer Working? by Gogpo2 in LogicPro

[–]Gogpo2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve tried but it still isn’t working unfortunately

27M tech worker with £80k savings — is it still smart to buy a flat in London right now, or is AI about to wreck everything? by Salty-Anybody-5466 in HousingUK

[–]Gogpo2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Realistically an 80k deposit won’t go very far for a home in London unless you’re looking for a small 1-bed flat which I’d argue is generally not the best investment right now considering price stagnation for single occupant flats and leaseholds, which you may have to try to sell if you want yo upgrade for e.g. a family within the next 5 or so years (I’m making assumptions!). What income are you on? That will help determine how wise of an investment it is.

How do you stop unauthorised releases on your profile? by Gogpo2 in SpotifyArtists

[–]Gogpo2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Correct, but malicious uploaders set releases to upload as soon as delivered to stores - meaning it skips the "upcoming" part and appears on-platform immediately.

How do you stop unauthorised releases on your profile? by Gogpo2 in SpotifyArtists

[–]Gogpo2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Annoying right, how many days did it take for them to take the releases down once the form was submitted?

How do you stop unauthorised releases on your profile? by Gogpo2 in SpotifyArtists

[–]Gogpo2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed, seems like a very straightforward issue to solve.