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Re:Carving out a niche as a small artist on Spotify by ipnon on Friday June 26, 2020 @12:11PM (#23653604)
It's sad to admit but there are enough musicians in the world. The reason wages for musicians is so low is that there are already countless professional musicians making music in every style.
Re:Carving out a niche as a small artist on Spotify by swiley on Friday June 26, 2020 @01:30PM (#23654549)
Maybe, but I think it could be better if Spotify paid artists per listen instead of just paying them for being popular.

Also Spotify is definitely missing a lot of obscure music and there definitely aren’t enough live musicians. Otherwise I could afford to have a good band play live in my living room every Sunday morning.

Re:Carving out a niche as a small artist on Spotify by ipnon on Friday June 26, 2020 @01:59PM (#23654963)
Yes, I don't think Spotify is the optimal conclusion of the music industry.
Re:Carving out a niche as a small artist on Spotify by stronglikedan on Friday June 26, 2020 @02:09PM (#23655086)
> It's sad to admit but there are enough musicians in the world.

There was a time when you had to have two mediocre gifts to make it: talent and beauty. Or just have one of those gifts, but in spades. It seems like there's a lot more mediocre talent now, since we've evolved to devalue beauty.

Re:Carving out a niche as a small artist on Spotify by Kalq on Friday June 26, 2020 @01:36PM (#23654661)
Musicians might be the most saturated field but I think this is true for most things. How many millions of artists or photographers put out their art for piddling views and even less money. Even genuinely amazing artists can be absolutely unheard of. Authors also fall into this category.