Spotify’s new royalty system means so-called functional noises like the sound of rainfall will earn significantly less than traditional music files. In an attempt to crack down on “bad actors” using ...

Research has shown that people perform better in a space with a moderate amount of noise, such as the sound of rain, than in silence. ' Rain Pomodoro' is a tool that combines such ambient sounds that ...

The change is part of the platform's effort to free up "extra money ... for honest, hard working artists." By Elias Leight Functional content — think rain noises, whale sounds, recordings of wind ...

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