From Mind, a major mental health charity in the UK

#UK

Just got laid off. If anyone's looking for a senior writer/showrunner/narrative designer I could really use the work, as this was a contract position and there will be no unemployment.

Games industry, audiodrama, screenwriting, novels, anything with story... I have over ten years of experience and I'm good at what I do. #getfedihired

Spotify's relationship to artists can be kind of confusing. On the one hand, they pay a laughably low per-stream rate, as in homeopathic residues of a penny. On the other hand, the Big Three labels get a *fortune* from Spotify. And on the other other hand, it makes sense that rate for a stream heard by one person should be less than the rate for a song broadcast to thousands or millions of listeners.

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In "Youtube is not working for electronic musicians," @lislegaard shares why he wants to see more experimental musicians talking about their artistic process.

#ExperimentalMusic #ElectronicMusic #AmbientMusic #MusicDiscovery #Musodon #Musicians #Music

https://www.kristofferlislegaard.com/blog/2024-05-22-youtube-is-not-working-for-electronic-musicians/

"Video Game Execs Are Ruining Video Games": https://jacobin.com/2024/05/video-games-union-zenimax-exploitation

"If we accept precarity in the video game industry, or any other industry, as immutable or just a quirk of the 'culture,' we all lose. Game development does not have a culture of instability. It has a culture of exploitation."

#GameDevelopment #GamesIndustry #Exploitation #Union

When Phil Spencer took over Xbox, he sold himself as a fellow gamer to win player support. He used that vibe to convince them industry consolidation would benefit everyone.

But now we’re seeing the real costs: layoffs, closures, and fewer games. Spencer was always serving the company.

https://disconnect.blog/phil-spencer-isnt-your-friend/

#tech #xbox #gaming #videogames #microsoft

I canceled Spotify and pulled my podcast off its platform when they supported Joe Rogan.

After laying off employees,the CEO expressed dismay over operations being disrupted. Then he sold $176.3 million in stock since the stock price has gone up 60%

Fuck #Spotify

From: @etherdiver
https://ravenation.club/@etherdiver/112411672850146003