here’s hoping that the way we start to push back on all the fuckery is with, among other things…books:
@lizpelly.bsky.social
#MoodMachine
@lizpelly.bsky.social
#MoodMachine
January 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
here’s hoping that the way we start to push back on all the fuckery is with, among other things…books:
@lizpelly.bsky.social
#MoodMachine
@lizpelly.bsky.social
#MoodMachine
Happy Tuesday! #currentlyreadi̇ng #moodmachine by #lizpelly . Spoiler alert: its about Spotify being an abominable company! Cancel your account and don't forget to ruin the workplace today! 📚☕️
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Happy Tuesday! #currentlyreadi̇ng #moodmachine by #lizpelly . Spoiler alert: its about Spotify being an abominable company! Cancel your account and don't forget to ruin the workplace today! 📚☕️
“We’re punks,” Ek proclaimed…”Not the punks that are up to no good. The punks that are against the establishment.”
@lizpelly.bsky.social
#MoodMachine
@lizpelly.bsky.social
#MoodMachine
January 14, 2025 at 10:24 AM
“We’re punks,” Ek proclaimed…”Not the punks that are up to no good. The punks that are against the establishment.”
@lizpelly.bsky.social
#MoodMachine
@lizpelly.bsky.social
#MoodMachine
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Spotify----------Bland---Corporate----Capitalist-----Yuk
#Spotify #Bandcamp #Independent #MusicStreaming #Artist #Musician #SoundArtist #Audio.com #UMAW #MoodMachine #LizPelly #Music #Noise #consumer #muzak #Helsing #boycott #Community #Audio #SoundProduction
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Spotify----------Bland---Corporate----Capitalist-----Yuk
#Spotify #Bandcamp #Independent #MusicStreaming #Artist #Musician #SoundArtist #Audio.com #UMAW #MoodMachine #LizPelly #Music #Noise #consumer #muzak #Helsing #boycott #Community #Audio #SoundProduction
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘Death to Spotify’: the DIY movement to get artists and fans to quit the music app
Musicians have long criticized the streaming service’s paltry payouts, but a new wave of boycotts is emerging
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Spotify----------Bland---Corporate----Capitalist-----Yuk
#Spotify #Bandcamp #Independent #MusicStreaming #Artist #Musician #SoundArtist #Audio.com #UMAW #MoodMachine #LizPelly #Music #Noise #consumer #muzak #Helsing #boycott #Community #Audio #SoundProduction
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Spotify----------Bland---Corporate----Capitalist-----Yuk
#Spotify #Bandcamp #Independent #MusicStreaming #Artist #Musician #SoundArtist #Audio.com #UMAW #MoodMachine #LizPelly #Music #Noise #consumer #muzak #Helsing #boycott #Community #Audio #SoundProduction
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.subvert.fm/bat-asterisks
Another project on the new Subvert music streaming platform
#punk #punkrock #livemusic #music #subvert #nc #band #moodmachine
Another project on the new Subvert music streaming platform
#punk #punkrock #livemusic #music #subvert #nc #band #moodmachine
Bat Asterisks - Subvert
Noisy 3-piece outta Wilmington. We're just yelling what ya'll smellin.
www.subvert.fm
August 14, 2026 at 5:58 PM
www.subvert.fm/bat-asterisks
Another project on the new Subvert music streaming platform
#punk #punkrock #livemusic #music #subvert #nc #band #moodmachine
Another project on the new Subvert music streaming platform
#punk #punkrock #livemusic #music #subvert #nc #band #moodmachine
Bood rec: #moodmachine
It's fantastically researched and educational.
I didn't need any more reasons to hate #spotify, but I am glad to have learned all these things.
Dear musicians, it's time to quit!
#booksky #books #reading #music #musiciansky #musicsky #music #musicconsumption #musicstreaming
It's fantastically researched and educational.
I didn't need any more reasons to hate #spotify, but I am glad to have learned all these things.
Dear musicians, it's time to quit!
#booksky #books #reading #music #musiciansky #musicsky #music #musicconsumption #musicstreaming
Mood Machine
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A New Yorker, GQ, The Daily Telegraph (London), and Library Journal Best Book of 2025 A 2025 Washington Post Notable Nonfictio...
www.simonandschuster.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Bood rec: #moodmachine
It's fantastically researched and educational.
I didn't need any more reasons to hate #spotify, but I am glad to have learned all these things.
Dear musicians, it's time to quit!
#booksky #books #reading #music #musiciansky #musicsky #music #musicconsumption #musicstreaming
It's fantastically researched and educational.
I didn't need any more reasons to hate #spotify, but I am glad to have learned all these things.
Dear musicians, it's time to quit!
#booksky #books #reading #music #musiciansky #musicsky #music #musicconsumption #musicstreaming
Book Review: Mood Machine by Liz Pelly (coming Jan 7, 2025, from Atria Books ). A detailed look at the inner-workings of Spotify and their playlist machine. mcmaenza.blogspot.com/2024/12/book-r…#MoodMachinen#Spotifyf#NetGalleyey
https://mcmaenza.blogspot.com/2024/12/book-r…
December 11, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Book Review: Mood Machine by Liz Pelly (coming Jan 7, 2025, from Atria Books ). A detailed look at the inner-workings of Spotify and their playlist machine. mcmaenza.blogspot.com/2024/12/book-r…#MoodMachinen#Spotifyf#NetGalleyey
reposting this for @citystreetmedia.bsky.social and anyone else interested since there is alot of crossover into the holistic aspects of consuming art and culture that have become more important with AI developments bsky.app/profile/ambi...
#moodmachine #hollywoodreporter #citystreet #spotify
#moodmachine #hollywoodreporter #citystreet #spotify
February 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
reposting this for @citystreetmedia.bsky.social and anyone else interested since there is alot of crossover into the holistic aspects of consuming art and culture that have become more important with AI developments bsky.app/profile/ambi...
#moodmachine #hollywoodreporter #citystreet #spotify
#moodmachine #hollywoodreporter #citystreet #spotify
“It proved to them that they’re not a music company. The’re a time filler for boredom”.
“They’re filling people’s time. Apple Music, Amazon, these aren’t our competitors. Our only competitor is silence.”
Enkele citaten van een ex-medewerker van #spotify in het boek #Moodmachine
“They’re filling people’s time. Apple Music, Amazon, these aren’t our competitors. Our only competitor is silence.”
Enkele citaten van een ex-medewerker van #spotify in het boek #Moodmachine
December 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
“It proved to them that they’re not a music company. The’re a time filler for boredom”.
“They’re filling people’s time. Apple Music, Amazon, these aren’t our competitors. Our only competitor is silence.”
Enkele citaten van een ex-medewerker van #spotify in het boek #Moodmachine
“They’re filling people’s time. Apple Music, Amazon, these aren’t our competitors. Our only competitor is silence.”
Enkele citaten van een ex-medewerker van #spotify in het boek #Moodmachine
📺🎶Endlich die #arte-Doku zu #muzak gesehen. Super Ergänzung zum Buch #moodmachine von Liz Pelly. Verwandtes wie Musique d’ameublement und Ambient („Music for Airports“) werden erwähnt. Doku und Buch vertreten die Meinung, dass #spotify heute (für viele Menschen) ein modernes Muzak mit […]
Original post on chaos.social
chaos.social
May 23, 2026 at 11:59 PM
📺🎶Endlich die #arte-Doku zu #muzak gesehen. Super Ergänzung zum Buch #moodmachine von Liz Pelly. Verwandtes wie Musique d’ameublement und Ambient („Music for Airports“) werden erwähnt. Doku und Buch vertreten die Meinung, dass #spotify heute (für viele Menschen) ein modernes Muzak mit […]
New #mlupod: “What You Care About Always Comes Through On The Page”
Liz Pelly (@lizpelly.bsky.social) - author of Mood Machine is on My Little Underground discussing the pro-artist perspective of her book and more: linktr.ee/mlupod
#moodmachine #musicjournalist #musicpodcast #musicbooks
Liz Pelly (@lizpelly.bsky.social) - author of Mood Machine is on My Little Underground discussing the pro-artist perspective of her book and more: linktr.ee/mlupod
#moodmachine #musicjournalist #musicpodcast #musicbooks
January 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
New #mlupod: “What You Care About Always Comes Through On The Page”
Liz Pelly (@lizpelly.bsky.social) - author of Mood Machine is on My Little Underground discussing the pro-artist perspective of her book and more: linktr.ee/mlupod
#moodmachine #musicjournalist #musicpodcast #musicbooks
Liz Pelly (@lizpelly.bsky.social) - author of Mood Machine is on My Little Underground discussing the pro-artist perspective of her book and more: linktr.ee/mlupod
#moodmachine #musicjournalist #musicpodcast #musicbooks
Adelanto del libro #MoodMachine de @lizpelly.bsky.social por su autora en el último número de @harpers.bsky.social sobre las #playlists curadas por #Spotify que contienen cada vez más temas de #Fake o #GhostMusicians.
harpers.org/archive/2025...
harpers.org/archive/2025...
January 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Adelanto del libro #MoodMachine de @lizpelly.bsky.social por su autora en el último número de @harpers.bsky.social sobre las #playlists curadas por #Spotify que contienen cada vez más temas de #Fake o #GhostMusicians.
harpers.org/archive/2025...
harpers.org/archive/2025...
Excellent book! A must-read if you are an artist or a music fan. #MoodMachine #LizPelly #Spotify #MusicStreaming #Payola
April 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Excellent book! A must-read if you are an artist or a music fan. #MoodMachine #LizPelly #Spotify #MusicStreaming #Payola
Just ordered @lizpelly.bsky.social #MoodMachine on @bookshop.org NOT Amazon. I know it's going to make me rethink my love of #Spotify but it seems like an essential read. And Bezos won't get a dime! #shopindie #boycottAmazon
July 13, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Just ordered @lizpelly.bsky.social #MoodMachine on @bookshop.org NOT Amazon. I know it's going to make me rethink my love of #Spotify but it seems like an essential read. And Bezos won't get a dime! #shopindie #boycottAmazon
(1/2) After reading “Mood Machine” by Liz Pelly, I am ever more disilllusioned about Spotify and its unhealthy infuence over music and culture as both an artist and listener.
#moodmachine #booksky #lizpelly
#moodmachine #booksky #lizpelly
February 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
(1/2) After reading “Mood Machine” by Liz Pelly, I am ever more disilllusioned about Spotify and its unhealthy infuence over music and culture as both an artist and listener.
#moodmachine #booksky #lizpelly
#moodmachine #booksky #lizpelly
If you haven't yet checked out Liz Pelly's remarkable book Mood Machine, this film is your entry point. I speak at the 20-minute mark, but I suggest watching the entire film—there are perspectives from Horsegirl, TV On The Radio, and others. #MorePerfectUnion #MoodMachine #MusicIndustryInsights
July 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
If you haven't yet checked out Liz Pelly's remarkable book Mood Machine, this film is your entry point. I speak at the 20-minute mark, but I suggest watching the entire film—there are perspectives from Horsegirl, TV On The Radio, and others. #MorePerfectUnion #MoodMachine #MusicIndustryInsights
Delighted to see this based young man talk about some of the many problems with the music industry.
I wish more musicians were aware and started unionising against this exploitative system.
#musicindustry #musicsky #musiciansky #music #moodmachine #musicstreaming #drewgooden @lizpelly.bsky.social
I wish more musicians were aware and started unionising against this exploitative system.
#musicindustry #musicsky #musiciansky #music #moodmachine #musicstreaming #drewgooden @lizpelly.bsky.social
The Music Industry is Broken
YouTube video by Drew Gooden
youtu.be
June 18, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Delighted to see this based young man talk about some of the many problems with the music industry.
I wish more musicians were aware and started unionising against this exploitative system.
#musicindustry #musicsky #musiciansky #music #moodmachine #musicstreaming #drewgooden @lizpelly.bsky.social
I wish more musicians were aware and started unionising against this exploitative system.
#musicindustry #musicsky #musiciansky #music #moodmachine #musicstreaming #drewgooden @lizpelly.bsky.social
#MoodMachine by @lizpelly.bsky.social is absolutely required reading for #musicians, #music fans, folks in any music-related business, users of #Spotify & other streamers, & anyone concerned about equity in #tech or the #arts. I thought I knew what it was going to be about but it was so much more.
February 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
#MoodMachine by @lizpelly.bsky.social is absolutely required reading for #musicians, #music fans, folks in any music-related business, users of #Spotify & other streamers, & anyone concerned about equity in #tech or the #arts. I thought I knew what it was going to be about but it was so much more.
hab für @fm4.orf.at endlich das super wichtige spotify-buch #MoodMachine von @lizpelly.bsky.social besprochen und sie im interview auch um ein 2025er update aus der welt des musikstreaming gebeten:
fm4.orf.at/stories/3051...
das ganze interview im #InterviewPodcast:
sound.orf.at/collection/5...
fm4.orf.at/stories/3051...
das ganze interview im #InterviewPodcast:
sound.orf.at/collection/5...
Das Buch "Mood Machine" rechnet mit der Streaming-Ökonomie ab - fm4.ORF.at
Autorin Liz Pelly hat den Werdegang und die fragwürdigen Praktiken von Spotify zusammengefasst - zeigt aber auch positive Gegenmodelle auf.
fm4.orf.at
December 16, 2025 at 10:17 AM
hab für @fm4.orf.at endlich das super wichtige spotify-buch #MoodMachine von @lizpelly.bsky.social besprochen und sie im interview auch um ein 2025er update aus der welt des musikstreaming gebeten:
fm4.orf.at/stories/3051...
das ganze interview im #InterviewPodcast:
sound.orf.at/collection/5...
fm4.orf.at/stories/3051...
das ganze interview im #InterviewPodcast:
sound.orf.at/collection/5...
読了 | 陰翳礼讃 - 谷崎潤一郎
FilterWorldで一部が引用されてて気になっていた本
LEDの元で暮らし洋服に袖を通している我々には理解し難い部分もあるが、とても興味深い読み物だった
"われ〳〵は、機械に迎合するように、却ってわれ〳〵の藝術自体を歪めて行く。"ってところなんかはMoodMachineでもまんま言われてたようなことだし、案外人類は150年前と同じようなこと考えて暮らしてるのかもな
"もし東洋に西洋とは全然別箇の、独自の科学文明が発達していたならば、どんなにわれ〳〵の社会の有様が今日とは違ったものになっていたであろうか、と云うこと"の件なんかは、想像するだけで楽しい
FilterWorldで一部が引用されてて気になっていた本
LEDの元で暮らし洋服に袖を通している我々には理解し難い部分もあるが、とても興味深い読み物だった
"われ〳〵は、機械に迎合するように、却ってわれ〳〵の藝術自体を歪めて行く。"ってところなんかはMoodMachineでもまんま言われてたようなことだし、案外人類は150年前と同じようなこと考えて暮らしてるのかもな
"もし東洋に西洋とは全然別箇の、独自の科学文明が発達していたならば、どんなにわれ〳〵の社会の有様が今日とは違ったものになっていたであろうか、と云うこと"の件なんかは、想像するだけで楽しい
January 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
読了 | 陰翳礼讃 - 谷崎潤一郎
FilterWorldで一部が引用されてて気になっていた本
LEDの元で暮らし洋服に袖を通している我々には理解し難い部分もあるが、とても興味深い読み物だった
"われ〳〵は、機械に迎合するように、却ってわれ〳〵の藝術自体を歪めて行く。"ってところなんかはMoodMachineでもまんま言われてたようなことだし、案外人類は150年前と同じようなこと考えて暮らしてるのかもな
"もし東洋に西洋とは全然別箇の、独自の科学文明が発達していたならば、どんなにわれ〳〵の社会の有様が今日とは違ったものになっていたであろうか、と云うこと"の件なんかは、想像するだけで楽しい
FilterWorldで一部が引用されてて気になっていた本
LEDの元で暮らし洋服に袖を通している我々には理解し難い部分もあるが、とても興味深い読み物だった
"われ〳〵は、機械に迎合するように、却ってわれ〳〵の藝術自体を歪めて行く。"ってところなんかはMoodMachineでもまんま言われてたようなことだし、案外人類は150年前と同じようなこと考えて暮らしてるのかもな
"もし東洋に西洋とは全然別箇の、独自の科学文明が発達していたならば、どんなにわれ〳〵の社会の有様が今日とは違ったものになっていたであろうか、と云うこと"の件なんかは、想像するだけで楽しい
Liz Pelly's #MoodMachine: The Rise of Spotify investigates the profound impact of #Spotify on the #musicindustry and its listeners. youtu.be/G-lGKr04HVs
Mood Machine Spotify and the Algorithmic Reshaping of Music
YouTube video by hotelkilo
youtu.be
January 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Liz Pelly's #MoodMachine: The Rise of Spotify investigates the profound impact of #Spotify on the #musicindustry and its listeners. youtu.be/G-lGKr04HVs
@adamconover.net & @lizpelly.bsky.social | Adam Conover: "How Spotify is Making Music Worse with Liz Pelly" | #MoodMachine #MusicIndustry #GhostMusicians #StockMusic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnXw... ⯆
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnXw... ⯆
How Spotify is Making Music Worse with Liz Pelly
YouTube video by Adam Conover
www.youtube.com
August 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
@adamconover.net & @lizpelly.bsky.social | Adam Conover: "How Spotify is Making Music Worse with Liz Pelly" | #MoodMachine #MusicIndustry #GhostMusicians #StockMusic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnXw... ⯆
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnXw... ⯆
If you want to listen to #Spotify guilt-free, do NOT read @lizpelly.bsky.social #MoodMachine. Incredible reporting insanely detailed eviscerates the company and entire streaming eco-system. And published before worst of the fake band AI shit. And before #DanielEk went AI weapons crazy.
July 31, 2025 at 10:59 PM
If you want to listen to #Spotify guilt-free, do NOT read @lizpelly.bsky.social #MoodMachine. Incredible reporting insanely detailed eviscerates the company and entire streaming eco-system. And published before worst of the fake band AI shit. And before #DanielEk went AI weapons crazy.