‘Hopefully people now are talking and not just relying on something pushing them somewhere’: Indie music platform Vocana is fresh off the slab, longing to challenge Spotify’s algorithm and artist payment — I spoke with its President who dissected the company’s vision and teased a global rollout
… As far as algorithms go, Vocana’s structure doesn’t rely on AI models to do it all for you like Spotify does. If anything, it’s a simple model that does what it needs to do, and that’s use your listening habits as one of the bases for your new music recommendations. …