Spotify white noise

[CS70]

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/0 ... mN9RRNyt4s

[Drew Stephenson]

How can anyone be claiming royalties on white noise?

[CS70]

Yeah it sounds pretty insane!

[Drew Stephenson]

But it does lead me to wonder if John Cage ever claimed royalties on 4'33?

[Aled Hughes]

But it does lead me to wonder if John Cage ever claimed royalties on 4'33?

I've often wondered if the audience members are entitled to PPL royalties for a broadcast/recording of 4'33...

[Drew Stephenson]

But it does lead me to wonder if John Cage ever claimed royalties on 4'33?

I've often wondered if the audience members are entitled to PPL royalties for a broadcast/recording of 4'33...

That would make at least as much sense!

[ManFromGlass]

I’m waiting for the remix or mashup!
But you can still buy Cage’s score. So somebody is still making money from his work.

[Sam Spoons]

I’m waiting for the remix or mashup!
But you can still buy Cage’s score. So somebody is still making money from his work.

It must be the most expensive score ever on a cost per note basis!

[CS70]

Well, you can factor in that you can photocopy it and reuse it as writing sheets...

[Sam Spoons]

Genius, I'll have five

[Sam Spoons]

Oh bugger, it's no good for jazz, it only does 4/4

[CS70]

Yeah only dance pop then!

[ManFromGlass]

I never knew he wrote a B section

[N i g e l]

Is the score available transposed for Bb Clarinet ?

[CS70]

Is the score available transposed for Bb Clarinet ?

Certainly. It's one of the few scores in just temperament that can be played identically well in equal temperament and transposes easily to any key.

[Drew Stephenson]

Going back to the original point about white noise for a moment, the vexing thing is that because Spotify operates a proportional payout (not a per-stream payout), this is taking cash from actual music.

[CS70]

Indeed, which was the reason for which I posted it here.

Can't believe they let pass such an obvious scam! And the album has apparently millions of listens, so the money involved starts to be more than a cappuccino and croissant, so to say.

[N i g e l]

.... taking cash from actual music.

The noise track genre is a perfectly valid art form/sonic tool !
note: that the article uses "white noise" as a non technical term including fans, ocean waves, etc.

I have a self-composed noise track in my audio player. Pink noise from audacity & a few bass peaks added in Cakewalk. ~60s long, it loops very well indeed.
Ideal for use for sleep, masking tinitus or working in open plan offices.

Ideal for monetizing too as its short & used on repeat, day after day. Wish Id thought of that !

[CS70]

The noise track genre is a perfectly valid art form/sonic tool !

It's also a perfectly valid form of bs.

[Drew Stephenson]

I have a self-composed noise track in my audio player. Pink noise from audacity & a few bass peaks added in Cakewalk. ~60s long, it loops very well indeed.

But you have put some measure of creative process in there at least, as does most of the 'noise music' crowd.
But I really should have read the article properly - but it's hard to do when you're reading round an adblocker banner...