Fedez to Pulp Podcast: from Sanremo to streaming platforms, passing through Marta Donà and the editors of Spotify.
In the last episode of Pulp Podcastthe new podcast of Fedez with Marrawas a guest Marco Masini And there was amply talk of music and discography, with a Fedez who, without brakes, touched several topics: from Sanremo Festival to Marta Donàpassing through the Power of the Spotify editors.
The Giorgia case and the words of Elodie
Starting from some statements made by Elodie to Sunday in on the ranking of Giorgiaaccording to her, unfair, given her career, Fedez explains his point of view:
“Just before I performed on Sunday in Sunday there was Elodie who made a statement I didn't agree on. Regarding Giorgia's placement, he said he found that he was out of the podium, that you have to have respect for careers. Here, I also find it absurd that Giorgia was not on the podium, but it should not have been out of respect for her career. It makes no sense, why then does Vasco participate and make it come first? At the Festival you evaluate the song. Even on the discourse of women on the podium, it is a speech that no longer makes sense to do … “
And this hints at the women's question pushes Marra to launch a joke that will trigger a reaction from the colleague.
Marta Donà and the order of performance in Sanremo
Marra intervenes in the speech of Fedez stressing that a woman, in reality, won the umpteenth festival this year: Olly's manager, Marta Donà. Thus going to reopen, as a game, a controversy that has kept the bench for weeks. “He won with his talents”says Marra.
At this point, Fedez The opportunity does not miss for what, at least to listen, it looks like an arrow: “For his talents and also for his power, from a certain point of view”.
It is not the only phrase that seemed to be a storage of the manager. During the episode, in fact, Fedezspeaking of the importance he holds for the career of an artist the Sanremo FestivalIncalza:
“Sanremo is truly precious. For five days where the country stops to listen to the songs. And then there it becomes really important, and perhaps it is the only theme that we must worry about, the interference of people of power that can affect the positioning of where the singers sing. Because this thing in my opinion can affect. Also because perhaps the singer himself who has been favored by a certain type of timetable, perhaps he would win equally, but a useless controversy is created. Theoretically there should be a fair distribution of times for everyone, if you played late the night before … “
Fedez and the power of streaming platforms
During the episode, Fedez Back on a battle, very right, it must be said, which has been carrying out for some time: the one on streaming platforms, in particular on Spotify (even if the rapper never mentions it) and the power they have in determining the success or not of a song.
“The beauty of music in the end is that if you have a beautiful song … music is a dirty context for many reasons, subtle and ugly for many reasons. But, in the end, if you have a beautiful song, that is worth that.
I were born, as Salmo and Gemitaiz, in a particular period, that of the end of the 'First Republic' of discography. I am born on YouTube in a short period that was truly democratic, before the streaming platforms.
Now there is a worse scenario compared to what was the first republic of discography. To date it is undeniable, and I know this for sure: streaming platforms can change the trend of a song based on the promotion and visibility they give it. The percentage on which they can affect is enormous, can affect the trend of a piece of up to 40-50%. This thing is very serious.
In Italy we have translated a method that is used in America, where the power to do this is distributed in the hands of several people, the famous editors that can put you in the playlists giving you visibility. Here, in America the editors are many and therefore you are not concentrating all the power in the hands of a person.
In Italy, being a province of the Empire of Discography, this power was given in the hands of a few people. Giving this power so enormous in the hands of a few people, and I do not say it for the people in themselves because anyone who gives that power in hand becomes very dangerous and it is inevitable that things that are not good happen.
I hope this is a transition phase, because it is actually more difficult today to emerge. “
A reasoning that does not make a turn and that unfortunately also appears decidedly realistic.
Marco Masini in Fedez “What happens in streaming, takes place control”
The guest of the episode, Marco Masiniunderlines how all this happens without any control body:
“There wasn't before, but before there was a selection of the record company, because in any case first to make a record you had to spend 500 million lire. So, necessarily, the records had to believe in what you did, they had to recover the budget. “
In short, a very interesting episode that we advise you to recover here.
