Thanks for sharing that info; I was kind of waiting for that to happen.
Here's what I wrote earlier this year in an essay:
"To appease the labels, some streaming services have agreed on ‘white noise’ getting lesser or even no payouts. Sounds fair, right?
Well, good luck with practically telling those tropical rain sounds or birdsong albums apart from the artful ways of employing field recordings in ambient, musique concrète and other forms of experimental music. (...)
Let’s just admit that every statement on distinguishing valuable art from invaluable non-art will be completely subjective, and subject to massive conflicts of interest if the rightsholders get a say in these matters."
Thanks for sharing that info; I was kind of waiting for that to happen.
Here's what I wrote earlier this year in an essay:
"To appease the labels, some streaming services have agreed on ‘white noise’ getting lesser or even no payouts. Sounds fair, right?
Well, good luck with practically telling those tropical rain sounds or birdsong albums apart from the artful ways of employing field recordings in ambient, musique concrète and other forms of experimental music. (...)
Let’s just admit that every statement on distinguishing valuable art from invaluable non-art will be completely subjective, and subject to massive conflicts of interest if the rightsholders get a say in these matters."
https://www.zensounds.de/p/flotsam-and-jetsam
"an acid techno peak"--well played. ;)
I was waiting for someone to get it :)
Thank you, James!