Music blogs in the mid-2000s were a power (I was there). A good review could help sell a ton of albums.
After that, we ditched our iPods and piled onto social media and streaming playlists.
It’s all burning down.
I’m surprised how anyone is upset at this. Unlike popular DJs that would make radio shows, the people making these playlists were somewhat “hidden.” Yeah, sure, we knew who some of them were, but it’s not like the big prominent names and faces that we see in the world of radio, you know?
So how then are we surprised that they just replaced everyone with computers anyways?
None of these companies want to actually pay money for editorial discernment. If they did they’d have a full staff of amazing writers, like how Bandcamp used to operate.
Email lists and vinyl records will outlast social media, and I’m adding DSPs to that list now, too.
(via, Bloomberg)