"Artists, especially new ones trying to break through, actually started changing how they composed to play better in the algorithmically driven streaming era. Songs got shorter, albums got longer, and intros went away. The hook got pushed to the front of the song to try to grab listeners’ attention immediately, and things like guitar solos all but disappeared from pop music. "
I’m not going to subscribe to read the full article, but a lot of the things in the summary happened before streaming. As a songwriter, I do, however, try to grab listeners’ attention immediately since there’s so much good music out there that someone could easily go somewhere else after a few seconds.
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