I dislike rules and regulations from Reviewers, particularly ones that make them seem more important than the musicians, but I do have a request. It is about Spotify links and nothing at all to do with the current hubbub around the company.
I don't have or use Spotify, nor Apple Music. I understand that people do and have no problem with that. I asked on I Don't Hear A Single could links for potential reviews or plays be sent in some other way, preferably download so that I can choose when I want to listen away from the computer.
I get over 200 emails a day and try to listen to everything, but Spotify links are a problem. The link will not take you anywhere to be able to listen to the song apart from having a Spotify account.
Up until now, I have sent emails, largely to PR People, asking could I be sent the music via a different format. These replies usually do not get answered. Now I just don't have the time to keep sending these emails.
Therefore, I can no longer spend time sending these emails and sadly can't guarantee that music sent only as a Spotify link will get listened to. If Spotify were more user friendly listening wise without the whole account rigmarole, I could avoid this.
I understand that people will naturally assume that I have and use Spotify. I also know that PR companies send out Blanket emails, but I don't understand why many don't give different options to listen. My internet bandwidth is very low here, due to where I live, so I do hope people understand why I have to do this.
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