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Mood Machine
Liz Pelly · 初版 2025 年
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全美畅销书。对 Spotify 的起源及其对音乐界的影响进行毫不留情的深入调查，将前所未有的报道与敏锐的文化批评交织在一起，揭示了流媒体如何为听众和艺术家重塑音乐。Mood Machine 基于对行业内部人士、Spotify 前员工及音乐人的百余次采访，带我们深入当今高度整合的唱片行业内部运作，展现了随着音乐日益被歌单化、个性化和自动播放，行业所发生的深刻变化。基于她多年来对流媒体
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我强烈推荐大家读读 Liz Pelly 的《Mood Machine》（这里引用了它在《Harper's》上的节选），不仅因为它展现了艺术家们对科技巨头兜售的“长尾模式”的看法，更因为它简直可以被看作是对……的控诉
I would highly recommend that folks read Liz Pelly's Mood Machine, which is referenced here via the Harper's excerpt, not just because it shows artists' perspectives on the long tail model that tech pitched to them, but because it can be read as an indictment of the…
确实是这么回事，他们在《Mood Machine》这本书里聊到了这点，还有很多关于 Spotify 的趣事：https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214151728-mood-machine
That is definitely the case, they cover this and many other interesting things about Spotify in the book Mood Machine https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214151728-mood-machine
流媒体和传统电台大不相同：https://thebaffler.com/downstream/big-mood-machine-pelly 当我花钱买音乐时，可不想把“被收割听歌习惯”也当作代价的一部分。
Streaming is very different from radio: https://thebaffler.com/downstream/big-mood-machine-pelly When I pay for music I don't want harvesting of my listening habits to be part of the price.
……给真正创作者的报酬 [...] > 据一本令人震惊的新书披露，Spotify 一直在扶持所谓的“幽灵艺术家”，以此逃避向真正创作者支付微薄的版税。 > 在《Harper's》刊登的《Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist》节选中，作者 Liz Pelly 爆料称，这家流媒体平台有一个秘密内部项目，专门优先推那些廉价且同质化严重的……
…Payments to Real Ones [...] > According to a shocking new book, Spotify has been promoting so-called "ghost artists" so it can avoid paying its piddling royalties to real artists. > In an excerpt from "Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist" published in Harper's, author Liz Pelly reveals that the streaming platform has a secretive internal program that prioritizes cheap and generic…
Liz Pelly 写的《Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist》更详细地探讨了他们的起源，以及当时瑞典的盗版文化。https://lizpelly.info/book
"Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist" by Liz Pelly goes into more detail about their origins and the culture around piracy in Sweden at the time. https://lizpelly.info/book
> 在我看来，用流媒体平台的推荐算法，其实就是过滤掉那些厂牌没花钱推广的乐队。平台收了钱才会推——对吧？我老听到这种说法，我也读了《Mood Machine》，里面反反复复也是这套说辞。然而，好几年下来，我每周都能靠 Spotify 发现一些根本没钱做任何宣发的宝藏艺术家。我倒不是说我……
> IMO using a streaming service’s recommendations is a way to filter out bands that labels aren’t promoting. The services have to be getting paid for pushing - right? I keep hearing this, I also read Mood Machine that says the same thing over and over again. Yet, every week for years, thanks to Spotify I'm discovering artists that don't have the means to pay to be promoted in any way. I'm not saying that I'm…