Ignore the major labels, there is a vibrant world of new music being released on indie labels! http://avant.fm. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

Tl;dr: crapshoot as to whether you get featured, but worth it if you do. My personal experience with it was positive. I posted my site on PH over the summer (plug: https://avant.fm, a customizable feed of new releases from the best indie music labels). After a couple weeks it was featured for a day. Not sure how that happened, but someone with some pull "hunted" it I guess. About 30 other sites were featured that... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

Super cool. Would love a "has lyrics" feature (for my player, https://avant.fm). Always wonder how hard that would be. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

> 3. Discovery is not a viable product I guess define viable? The future has got to hold more ways to interact with music than the main apps of Spotify, Apple Music, etc., which push music in a very specific, generic way. Mostly around top 40, opaque personalizations, algorithms and “algotorial”. We’re never getting back to a place where your identity is defined by which record store you go to. But... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

If you're interested in something for consumers, I recommend you try https://stats.fm/. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

If you cannot find it, you always have the option of paying and importing your stats to stats.fm and it should hopefully be there on the songs you have played! Source: 6 months ago

Stats.fm is just for spotify right? I use last.fm to track music on almost any interface you can think of:. Source: 6 months ago

Not sure if the stats.fm 'leader board' for top listeners are correct since there seems to be some users with inflated minutes. Some random dude has 157,274 minutes on 'Fantastic Magic' alone which is unbelievable. Source: 6 months ago

I tried contacting support about this but they just hit me with a "we think you deserve it so we're not going to do anything" (not literally, but it has those vibes). I do not farm streams or practice fraudulent behavior in any manner, and y'all are free to check this out yourselves. I use Spotify very frequently, whether it be to drown out noise or to distract me from other things. I also have diagnosed ADHD and... Source: 7 months ago