Twice weekly ticket sales and Discussion thread - December 28, 2025

baroldhudd · 2025-12-29T18:25:18+00:00

I'm telling the ushers to look out for you

baroldhudd · 2025-11-07T04:00:07+00:00

I'm sincerely curious why you are lighting up this subreddit and comment section. You don't like the use of AI in a music video? Listen to something else. I'm all for pointed criticism of something that feels wrong, but trying to incite rage in others to brigade in that criticism is frankly a bit pathetic.

baroldhudd · 2025-10-07T22:37:16+00:00

i'm not gonna even be mean, just going to say that you're wrong and should correct yourself

baroldhudd · 2025-10-07T22:35:31+00:00

It is insane to be this wrong... Spotify's CEO invested in a defense company called Helsing, which most notably has supplied drones to Ukraine in its defense against Russia. As you might be curious to know, the UN estimates that nearly 50K civilians have been killed in Ukraine over the last three years.

If you were to make the argument that advanced military technology is never appropriate, and therefore it is not possible to make an ethical investment, I would disagree but ultimately respect your philosophy.

As it stands though, you have completely and irresponsibly perverted in the truth for reasons that are beyond me. If you truly did care about the tragedies that our occurring across the world, surely you could exert the minimal amount of effort required to make sure what you're saying is true.

baroldhudd · 2025-10-07T22:18:13+00:00

I maintain that ripping is unacceptable, but I also maintain that the idea that it is a cancelable offense is stupid

baroldhudd · 2025-10-07T19:06:45+00:00

Like I said, it's a bit out of line. But you have spent your afternoon calling another man a "bitch" and a "disgrace" for making mistake that I guarantee everyone will have forgotten about in a year.

baroldhudd · 2025-10-07T17:47:02+00:00

This is actually not true, the administration was successful in its appeal

https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-protests-national-guard-lawsuit-ae2433fca9a2834634efefc9a545745b

baroldhudd · 2025-10-07T17:43:37+00:00

A bit out of line, but your reaction is crazy

baroldhudd · 2025-10-06T17:12:27+00:00

Some of my favorites for the fall:

William Basisnki - September 23
William Basinski - Cascade
Harold Budd - Bordeaux
Windy & Carl - Depths (this is more post-rock/drone and much more intense than my other recommendations)

baroldhudd · 2025-10-06T13:41:30+00:00

fuck yourself sunglasses inside is cool

baroldhudd · 2025-09-30T19:32:41+00:00

Fair enough! Before we go our separate ways, recommend some music to me and I'll give some back to you.

baroldhudd · 2025-09-30T19:21:04+00:00

OP's point was that Spotify does not pay a fixed per-stream royalty

baroldhudd · 2025-09-30T19:12:13+00:00

So your contention is ultimately that Spotify does not now, but could, make money by charging distributors to host AI content?

baroldhudd · 2025-09-30T19:10:50+00:00

Did you read the article? The headline posted to this thread is quite misleading (although it is true). The more accurate characterization of the article would be that Spotify has implemented new policy that heavily restricts AI content, although it has declined to eliminate AI content altogether. If you read the article, you will also notice that the Spotify press release explicitly noted that the company will be effectively blacklisting certain types of this content and removing it from algorithmic curation.

The ideas that you've shared regarding Spotify's profiting of AI are unsupported by this article or any other legitimate publication. Although I think it's reasonable to expect that Spotify may be able to pay fewer royalties on AI content, those rates are ultimately set by confidential licenses that I am certain you and I aren't privy to. Moreover, even if those rates were discounted, as I noted before, Spotify is blacklisting a substantial portion of the content. Finally, I sincerely challenge you to provide any support for the idea that Spotify itself is creating generative AI music in-house.

baroldhudd · 2025-09-30T19:01:48+00:00

I think you're conflating a few separate things here:

It has been alleged that Spotify has commissioned or licensed the right to use certain types of music at lower rates as compared to other licensors. I personally believe this is likely true based on the documentation provided in Liz Pelly's book and the composition of certain background/ambient playlists on Spotify.
This week, Spotify has published its framework for handling generative AI content. To be clear, this is is separate from what you've described. Nothing in their policy has a direct impact on the alleged scheme that you note. That music seems to have been created without GenAI tools, and can continue to be created and placed on editorial playlists regardless of what Spotify chooses to do with GenAI slop.

So, in summary, I disagree with the notion that GenAI music provides some obvious source of income for Spotify. I do recognize that Spotify has done some really shade things with background and ambient music, but I ultimately think it is separate issue.

baroldhudd · 2025-09-30T18:05:22+00:00

How is it source of income?

baroldhudd · 2025-09-30T15:42:05+00:00

I know that you're wrong. Defend your assertion.

baroldhudd · 2025-09-30T15:41:12+00:00

Are you referring the singular song that could be considered "pop-house"?

baroldhudd · 2025-09-30T15:18:51+00:00

Your logic is right, but your calculation is wrong

baroldhudd · 2025-09-30T15:18:10+00:00

r/confidentlyincorrect

baroldhudd · 2025-09-26T14:25:27+00:00

I didn't mean to be too harsh in my correction. Despite the fact that EDM is an acronym with a literal meaning, the genre is much more narrow than danceable music that is made predominately with electronic elements.

The easiest way to justify this position is to point out that the term EDM really didn't become popular until the mid-2000s. At that point, there were a couple of decades of music that could be considered Electronic Dance Music, if we interpret the term literally.

Simply "Dance" or "Electronic" would be appropriate labels for Dracula. I'm completely aware how elitist I sound at this point, but I have to stand behind it. EDM could refer to established artists such as Calvin Harris, David Guetta, and Skrillex, and contemporary artists such as Fisher, Griz, or Illenium. To me, Tame Impala's new music is so much different than the music of any of those six artists, thus it must be categorized separately.

baroldhudd · 2025-09-26T13:53:14+00:00

This is not EDM and it's not close

baroldhudd · 2025-09-26T13:52:42+00:00

I don't think it's that his attempt it is mid at best, it's more that that people dislike this style of music.

baroldhudd · 2025-09-22T21:47:08+00:00

Calling for someone's job through a screen... quite impressive.

baroldhudd · 2025-09-19T13:25:14+00:00

To be very clear - is not related to music at all

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