Author Archives: Adam Reifsteck

Spotify Pisses On Us And Calls It Spring Rain.

A Report by Dawoud Kringle

Spotify has augmented its corporate policy to avoid paying Artists. It has been bundling audiobooks with music by independent artists on Spotify, calling this a “discounted packet.”

In April 2024, Spotify announced that it now considers all its Premium plans ’bundles‘.

In October, Spotify started offering 15 hours worth of audiobooks with its Premium plans for free by ‘bundling’ access to audiobooks with its Premium services. Alongside its decision to classify its Premium music services as bundles, Spotify has also been making moves to offer different types of subscriptions focused on the various types of content it provides. One example is a $9.99 per month standalone audiobook tier in March in the US. On its Q1 earnings report on April 23, Spotify co-founder and CEO Daniel Ek confirmed that a new ‘music-only’ subscription tier is coming to the platform.

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CD Review: SoSaLa “1994 – Live at CBGB”

SoSaLa 1994Artist: SoSaLa
Title: 1994-Live at CBGB
Format: CD (Limited edition of 100) and digital
Record label: DooBeeDoo Rec
Genre: NO WAVE

(Note: the CD is numbered, autographed, and 24bit fidelity)

Digital and International Releases: January 3, 2025
Distributed Worldwide by CD Baby

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SoSaLa’s Thanksgiving Message

Today is Thanksgiving in my home country #4…L’America. So, I would like to “give my thanks” to ALL musicians in this country and worldwide who have been trying to be a positive, helpful, compassionate, loving, and caring force in their respective communities and nations for thousands of years.

Without a doubt, ALL people will agree that working musicians, including myself and my fellow members of Musicians For Musicians, Inc. – MFM, are ESSENTIAL WORKERS. We’re a particular workforce or business league that cares for people’s social-cultural-political wellness. We’re storytellers reminding them where we came from, what we’re going through NOW, and what could happen shortly.

So, all this said, let me thank the musicians’ community again for their excellent work, and I will continue to do so.

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