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Post by jazzhead on Jan 11, 2021 14:05:41 GMT
This is pretty bloody cool. If you go to Blue Note dot com and select Timeline, you're able to view Blue Note albums in a cover flow style. That isn't new, to me anyway, however, what I've not noticed before, is that you can view an album and select an option to stream that album. I viewed the first album that came up, Thelonious Monk's Genius of Modern Music Vol 1 and selected Stream. I then selected Spotify and ta-da, Spotify opens and Monk's album is ready to play! That is bloody cool! There are one or two albums atm that don't have an option to stream. I guess they'll sort that out in time. The Filter is cool as well. You can quickly switch between dates, 1939 - 1955, 1956 - 1966 etc. Anyway, give it a try! www.bluenote.com/timeline/1939-1955/ |
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Post by bassman on Jan 11, 2021 16:07:28 GMT
I only resort to "streaming" of a kind when I want to check out some music I do not know. "Listening" to music, however, tends to happen in more traditional ways. So my question to all you streamers is: How do you do it? From smartphone to amp to speakers via bluetooth? Or are you using headphones/earphones all the time?
How do you stream vinyl?... (sorry, couldn't resist  ) ... No, seriously. I must confess I have almost completely given up listening to music outdoors, or while driving, on a train, riding a bike etc. ... I know I am a bit strange. |
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Post by jazzhead on Jan 11, 2021 16:24:25 GMT
I only resort to "streaming" of a kind when I want to check out some music I do not know. "Listening" to music, however, tends to happen in a very traditional way. So my question to all you streamers is: How do you do it? From smartphone to amp to speakers via bluetooth? Or are you using headphones/earphones all the time? How do you stream vinyl?... (sorry, couldn't resist ) Headphones outside. When I'm home, unless I'm playing vinyl or cds, I stream music via Amazon's Fire Stick. I use an 3.5mm jack to RCA cable. Plug the jack into the tvs headphone socket and connect the stereo ends to the amp. When using Spotify on the tv/Fire Stick, I can change the track or album currently playing using the iPad on my lap. You'll need to have Spotify open on your Fire Stick and iPad to do that. I haven't tried doing that using my mobile as Spotify on the phone is total crap unless you pay for it. Which I don't. The free version on iPhone doesn't allow you to select any track you want. The free version on iPad and Fire Stick does allow you to play any track or album that you like. |
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Post by bassman on Jan 11, 2021 16:43:15 GMT
I only resort to "streaming" of a kind when I want to check out some music I do not know. "Listening" to music, however, tends to happen in a very traditional way. So my question to all you streamers is: How do you do it? From smartphone to amp to speakers via bluetooth? Or are you using headphones/earphones all the time? How do you stream vinyl?... (sorry, couldn't resist ) Headphones outside. When I'm home, unless I'm playing vinyl or cds, I stream music via Amazon's Fire Stick. I use an 3.5mm jack to RCA cable. Plug the jack into the tvs headphone socket and connect the stereo ends to the amp. When using Spotify on the tv/Fire Stick, I can change the track or album currently playing using the iPad on my lap. You'll need to have Spotify open on your Fire Stick and iPad to do that. I haven't tried doing that using my mobile as Spotify on the phone is total crap unless you pay for it. Which I don't. The free version on iPhone doesn't allow you to select any track you want. The free version on iPad and Fire Stick does allow you to play any track or album that you like. Ah, that sounds reasonable. I do most of my recording, editing etc. via PC, but when it comes to listening for pleasure I try to avoid anything that looks like a screen. Thanks for your quick reply! |
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Post by gregorythefish on Jan 11, 2021 17:38:38 GMT
I still listen to music, if not on vinyl, with an old-fashioned iPod and iTunes. I like 'having' the music. So much is not available on streaming services.
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Post by bassman on Jan 11, 2021 19:00:22 GMT
I still listen to music, if not on vinyl, with an old-fashioned iPod and iTunes. I like 'having' the music. So much is not available on streaming services. Having the music, I think that's the point. I also like detailed information, liner notes, back covers, booklets. But otherwise, I think there's nothing wrong with MP3's. After all, even LJC presents us with digital rips to compare and assess the sound quality of vinyl. |
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Post by jazzhead on Jan 12, 2021 10:14:56 GMT
I still listen to music, if not on vinyl, with an old-fashioned iPod and iTunes. I like 'having' the music. So much is not available on streaming services. There's an unbelievable amount of jazz on Spotify. Yeah, there are some albums you'll search for and won't find, just like when you go to a record store or an online store. The positives outweigh the negatives, for me anyway. You can go to downbeat.com/ , check out the reviews and listen on Spotify to every album on the first page (not checked the rest) for free. They're all available. Just checked. I've read posts on here, both the forum and LJCs, and then gone and streamed those albums. Some I've bought. We can scroll through albums on Blue Note's website and stream them within seconds. Wherever we are! And it doesn't cost a penny! |
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Post by Doom Girl on Jan 12, 2021 16:57:53 GMT
I still listen to music, if not on vinyl, with an old-fashioned iPod and iTunes. I like 'having' the music. So much is not available on streaming services. .....We can scroll through albums on Blue Note's website and stream them within seconds. Wherever we are! And it doesn't cost a penny! Who pays the musicians for all the free music? And how much, I wonder. Perhaps a penny? |
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Post by jazzhead on Jan 12, 2021 17:12:21 GMT
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Post by Admin on Jan 12, 2021 18:12:29 GMT
Who pays the musicians for all the free music? Interesting question I couldn't answer, so I did some homework, educational! Sorry to butt-in
Swedish-founded Spotify has 286m users world-wide, and enjoys a market capitalization of $28 billion ( a fraction of FB and Twitter). It regularly fails to turn in a profit. Basically, it is a loss-making company which has made its founders fabulously wealthy based on the market valuation of its stock. It operates in the casino-economy, as does much of hi-tech, selling advertising or user-data, not music. Musicians provide content for next to nothing, in the same way LJC generates content for the benefit of my host Wordpress.
Musicians do actually get some income, but it is not a lot. Apparently, Spotify put the revenue from ads and subscriptions into a pot, then divvies it up based on the artist's total share of streams listened to more than the first 30 seconds. The performing artist gets on average 15% of the pot, after the label, composer, and other royalty payments take their share. It works out at $0.00318 per stream, some way short of a penny. An artist’s income from a single CD sale is equivalent to that of more than a thousand streams
Most Blue Note original artists are long-deceased, so their music is either public-domain, or there are some rights accruing to their estates, or the current catalogue owners. I suspect the Blue Note content is nominally "free". Revenue is leveraged from other aspects of the reissue manufacturing and sale, like MM33, 80, and Tone Poet. The music is "free", the album product is $30.
If anyone knows more, chip in.
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) ... No, seriously. I must confess I have almost completely given up listening to music outdoors, or while driving, on a train, riding a bike etc. ... I know I am a bit strange.
