#Tidal

[bambiiaangel]

sullen girl by fiona apple ‧₊ . ✮ ˚ ⋅

[realbigpodcastslut]

As much as I like Spotify Wrapped, I have to say this year was awful and the nail in the coffin for me.

Firstly, it was later than usual and was all AI. That isn't 100% a bad thing, but it was missing a ton of stats in favor for what AI generated genre description we were listening to through out the year. I wanted to know what my top genres were this year! What my tarot or energy was! But there was none of that, instead an AI podcast that reguritated the wrapped story and got it wrong for me. (Last time I checked by biggest listneing day couldn't have been 12k minutes as there's not even that many minutes in a week).

Spotify isn't even the best music streaming platform by far. It sucks with music quality where it is very noticible even if you aren't an audiophile. Let's compare individual plans. For 11.99 USD the highest streaming is 320kbps and doesn't have high-res. Amazon, Tidal, and Apple Music all have the ability to stream CD quality (for example Tidal is 1,411kbps) for their 10.99 USD each. And they have the same if not bigger catelogs. Oh and Tidal actually pays their artists and is clear about it (Spotify pays $0.00348 per stream, Amazon does $0.00426, Apple $0.00675, and Tidal $0.00876).

The biggest draw to Spotify for me was the statistics. I really enjoyed being able to see what I'm listening to and compare but now every other streaming service has that. I liked that. Except, each service is doing that now. And Every Noise At Once, a website I use to find great new music, is no longer updating cause Spotify laid off a ton of their staff. While it wasn't a Spotify "offical" thing, the person that ran it worked at Spotify and was a part of the daylist creation along with other things.

Another thing is the music recommendations. They suck. Spotify used to introduce me to a lot of new music but I feel like it just gives me the same five same songs. Shuffle is also rigged and anything generated has gone downhill since the layoff. There's no new layout or UI changes that have been asked for years. Like covers for playlist folders or album collections.

Spotify might have podcast integration but it SUCKS. There's so many better free options. I'm a big podcast listener and their podcatcher is the worst I've used. By far.

The only good thing about Spotify right now is the audiobooks for premium users. I liked that. Except the selection is limited you get 15 hours a month. There's other free options like Libby which is integrated with local libraries.

If you were disapointed with Spotify Wrapped this year, maybe look into some other options. Spotify has some nice features but I'm finding it less and less worth it.

[wildflowerwildfiree]

“Criminal” Fiona Apple

8/07/97

[coldcoffee18]

Living as God (Fiona Apple) intended.

[zegalba]

Fiona Apple: Tidal (1996)

[ghostdaughterr]

“all my secrets”

5 song EP by ghostdaughter

december 20th 2024

presave here

This EP, "all my secrets" (title taken from the first track) is the true beginning of what ghostdaughter is all about: deeply vulnerable reflections on what it means to be transgender, what it means to be a woman, what it means to be from the American South, and what it means to be alive in 2024 in the wake of all the traumas of our communities and families.

[dearestlyla]

fiona apple at shoreline amphitheater | june 13, 1997 - mountain view, california

[ecultured]

fiona apple, at the a perfect murder premiere on june 2, 1998 photographed by gregory pace

[lace4ngel]

[fionaapplerocks]

Fiona Apple photo by Eric Mulet

[coquettefawn]

real

[coolchickblog]

Sullen girl🪐🍓🖤

[katkats-world]

fiona apple in the 90s

[you-need-not-apply]

How much is your favourite artist really being paid?

(Per stream)

Spotify: $0.003 - $0.005

TIDAL: $0.0125 - $0.015

YouTube Music: $0.001 - $0.003

Amazon music: $0.004 - $0.007

Napster: $0.019 - $0.021

Deezer: $0.005 - $0.007

Support artist, choose a platform that not only pays well but supports artists!!!

[angeleternity]