JQBX VS Loud & Clear by Spotify

If you're a Spotify user I recommend jqbx.fm. It's got a small population so there aren't that many rooms but they play some really good music. I have about 4-5 rooms I hop around when I'm doing work and JQBX has a few cool functions like starring songs which automatically adds it to your Spotify. Source: about 2 years ago

If you like music, you can join the music/chat-channels on jqbx.fm and we can have a drink together, chat and listening to music..? Source: over 2 years ago

I discovered a website/app called JQBX a few years ago where a bunch of other music obsessed people share music through premium Spotify. The community there is amazing (and very tight knit), I have discovered 99% of my new favourite bands on there, I usually hang in the room called ☁️ Chill Vibes ☁️. Highly recommend if you want to find new music. Source: over 2 years ago

If you have Spotify Premium check out JQBX. You join genre themed rooms with live chat and join the queue to add your song choices to the rotation. I haven't been in on a while so I don't know how active it is at the moment but it's a fun way to share and discover and talk about music together. Source: over 2 years ago

My friend, if you have spotify premium (I know, it's a pity that it doesn't also work with youtube) I recommend jqbx.fm It's where the music nerds hang out on the internet. Source: almost 3 years ago

According to Spotify's data report site[0], there were 17,800 artists grossing over $50k from Spotify, out of a denominator of ~8 million, or 200k if you use Spotify's estimate of “professional or professionally aspiring”. I don't know much at all about the music industry, so I don't really have a conclusion from those data, but that seems low. It also does put a (not insignificant) number on the independents... - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

They’ve updated their Loud & Clear page with stats from 2022 on royalty payments and overall Artist payouts. Source: about 1 year ago

Just 20% of spotify artists have more than 50 listeners. Additionally there are an estimate 80 million total tracks on Spotify and only 719,000 tracks have more than 1 million views, that's less than 1%. Haken are literally in the top 1% of artists on spotify. This is based on 2021 data: https://loudandclear.byspotify.com/. Source: over 1 year ago

AFAIK royalties are paid out for every stream over 30 seconds long. The 'context' (album, playlist, single play) doesn't matter. "royalties [are] based on an artist’s share of overall streams across the platform" [1] My guess is that playlists lead to more engagement than albums. Users listen longer, and discover new music, which leads to more listening in the future. [1]... - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

> This is where I shrug my shoulders and say "Why not [blame] both?" I've yet to see any of these discussions to blame both. And your own comment literally never mentions the Big Three. > can all be screwing over creators in conjunction with their publishers. I prefer not to wade in to conspiracy territory. Apple may have power over the industry, but they are an outlier. The rest do whatever the industry tels them... - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago