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liquid_at t1_j2d42k6 wrote

Imho, the opposite is true.

With all the reaction channels and classic songs being used in meme-videos, I've never seen a time where young people have had more access to great music than now.

Just in 2022 we've seen Fleetwood Mac and Kate Bush going viral.

Plus a ton of musicians without traditional success, who are well known due to their social media and youtube content.

It's just different...

Edit: But one problem is that the algorithms only show to you what they think that you want to see. So if you do not diversify your musical input, you do not even see the content that exists, that others watch.

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whatistheformat t1_j2d6mvd wrote

> Edit: But one problem is that the algorithms only show to you what they think that you want to see. So if you do not diversify your musical input, you do not even see the content that exists, that others watch.

This is the crux of my objections. Too much decision making is left to machines for my comfort. A great band that would be getting positive word of mouth from a good show may never see the light of day in an AI-dominated world for reasons often obscure to the end user.

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liquid_at t1_j2d7a45 wrote

if you get it by word of mouth, you actively look for it and your choice affects what the algorithm shows you.

Considering that the professional music industry has been taken over by large firms buying listeners to gain chart entries and actually independent musicians have no chance to get into their corrupt system, the recommendation-system where no one but you decides what is recommended to you, is vastly superior.

If you start looking for new music, you get new music.

"Algorithms that show you what you want to see" only show you new music if you have a habit of looking for new music. If you don't bother looking, how should the algo know what you want?

Sure, they are not perfect, but at least better and more democratic than the practice of buying chart-ranks by paying for fake streams...

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GlueForSniffing t1_j2do3z3 wrote

Okay but we've seen Kate go viral due to a popular Netflix series .. .

That isn't social media? ---- Though I guess . . . okay I guess you could say the influx of people posting their covers of it on Social media gave it a secondary boost?

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liquid_at t1_j2dr0q5 wrote

Did the song go viral on Netflix or social media platforms like tiktok?

Where would it have had the chance to go viral, if the internet was just a consumer medium like TV and radio?

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GlueForSniffing t1_j2drk81 wrote

Like I said I answered my own question.

But given what cinema and television did for music in past generations, I think the answer is yes? ( I think you thought you had something, but let's be real. Netflix is a huge platform and Stranger Things is their biggest show? )

Social media aided its longevity and numbers perhaps but it would've happened regardless. Plenty of songs have blown up from being used in shows and commercials.

I mean look at Lizzo.

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