That’s what I like about DJ forums when the discussion of music usage comes up…. I like the variety … always a different brick wall to bash your head against, when someone with a different view to the facts, is told, the facts.
Historically, in the topics of music licensing PKtheDJ is our most factually accurate member. He’s always happy to back up his own words with cut and pastes directly from the streaming services very own small print.
The basic, but sometimes hard to swallow, facts are:
When a person, DJ or not, pays 79 cents for a track, or 3 bucks for a CD single (old skool , lol) or pays 15 bucks a month for a streaming service with zillions of tracks available, that one-off or monthly payment does not mean the purchaser owns every right to do every action with that song - usually we’re buying the right to do nothing more than listen to a track with our own ears in a private situation, like at home or on headphones/earbuds on a bus or train etc
Then again, no-one ever said DJing should be or would be cheap, free, or profitable (mind you, if it’s not profitable, put your prices up)
There are services available though, that are intended for professional use, and licensed for use by DJs, radio stations, broadcast, retail, hospitality etc.
Now here we are in 2024 and Algoriddim have integrated Apple Music into their DJay Pro software. Maybe not top dog yet though, because although the software is cross platform, features are not, and controller support is not.
I wish some online website of samples packs had a subscriptions for djs to enable these cloud samples for build-in sampler. Especially for Pioneer sampler device it would be more flexible and better to use that cloud samples service instead buying everything to usb pendrive
It would be possible to use any OS device or mobile to connect output aux to your mixer in order to hear tracks from Spotify app or website but you need at least 2 separated Spotify account to play 2 different tracks at this time. The problem is you don’t have BPM detection, specific key and displayed waveforms of it, so yeah it’s not easy to integrite Spotify
It might well be possible but it’s not something any respectable DJ should be doing. They removed themselves from that market because they (or their providers) didn’t want their service used by DJs.
I’m thinking now that Apple Music joined this section of the market, there is a chance others like Deezer and even Spotify might consider joining. (Just like how everybody was making phones with noches a few years ago after iPhone X launched)
From my understanding the APIs are only offered to partners so the integration is bases on collaboration from both sides. And Spotify exited the market right before the concept of streaming services for djs started gaining a lot of traction. I know a lot of beginner djs who are actually subscribed to streaming services to use them to dj. This wasn’t the case 5 years ago when beginners were just ripping from YouTube . I feel like there is a chance for a comeback
That is completely up to Spotify management. If they see the value in that, they will do it. if they don’t see any value in this, there will be no spotify dj.
“Spotify has over 675 million users, including 263 million premium subscribers.”
Do they really need to be worrying about a few thousand DJs? They will have removed themselves for a reason and im not sure its a big enough market for them to care about coming back in.
So i had a think about this earlier, and i think the answer is all down to Djay Pro.
The guy who owns Algoriddim used to work for Apple so has a close relationship with them, and i think this move to integrating the VR side of things was what prompted Apple to allow Apple Music streaming.
I think that move alone was what led them into the rest of the DJ space.
. I feel like there is a chance for a comeback