"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. "
it used to be that listening to the radio was our constant discovery. That used to be the easy part.
I still listen to college music stations all of the time. They aren’t selling anything, just playing the stuff they like.
Hmmm. Building on what I said earlier, it was a certain once a week late night programme geared towards people like me.
But internet radio has changed all that of course - made it easier.
Podcasts still exist for this kind of thing, which is a comfort.