r/Music • u/yazid87 • Sep 15 '26

article Ed Sheeran support act Aaron Rowe withdraws from NA tour

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u/Hung0ver_Hero Sep 15 '26

That's literally what I did with Macklemore last night, don't care for his music one bit but I applaud him, so I shuffled his spotify on mute as I watched football and went to sleep

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u/Hybrid_Johnny Sep 15 '26

Macklemore’s been saying it consistently for years, and as such, I have been listening to him on mute for years

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u/TitusNox Sep 15 '26

He's a fellow Washingtononian so I just listen to him. He's in my "Seattles Hits" playlist.

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u/ElliotNess Sep 15 '26

You could just actually listen to the music. Music we like is largely music we've listened to and become familiar with. That's why the radio stations play the same songs every day, and that's why your favorite songs were probably on a radio station.

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u/Hybrid_Johnny Sep 15 '26

I’ve listened to him before, I don’t dislike his music, it’s just not something I would actively seek out to listen to. This was meant to be a joke, I have nothing against the guy and wish him all the best

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u/ElliotNess Sep 15 '26

It's just weird to listen to him for years on mute imo.

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u/Hybrid_Johnny Sep 15 '26

Again, it was a joke referencing the previous post about putting him on mute and letting it “play” in the background to add to his stream count

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u/ElliotNess Sep 15 '26

hmm i don't get it, but i'm sure it's very funny.

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u/ttue- Sep 15 '26

That’s what we all need to do

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u/philter25 Sep 15 '26

How long until companies figure this out and only give artists stream counts when users volume is at a certain percent?

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u/CoyoteScribbles Sep 15 '26

Twitch already does that with livestream viewers so I wouldn't be surprised if Spotify yoinks the idea sooner rather than later.